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Wolves vs Dogs

'Gambling' wolves take more risks than dogs

Wolves pursue a high-risk, all-or-nothing strategy when gambling for food, while dogs are more cautious, shows a new study. This difference is likely innate and adaptive, reflecting the hunter versus scavenger lifestyle of wolves versus dogs. Ref. Source 3o.

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I wonder how a gang of domesticated dogs would cope in the wild. Will they have that natural instinct like wolves to survive?

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Domestication has not made dogs cooperate more with each other compared to wolves. Following domestication, dogs should be more tolerant and cooperative with conspecifics and humans compared to wolves. But looking at both in more naturalistic living conditions, however, speaks for more cooperative behavior of wolves. Researchers now show that the wild ancestors are excelling their domesticated relatives in teamwork. In an experimental approach dogs but not wolves failed to cooperatively pull the two ends of a rope to obtain a piece of food. Source 5t.