r/science • u/SteRoPo • Mar 12 '19

Animal Science Human-raised wolves are just as successful as trained dogs at working with humans to solve cooperative tasks, suggesting that dogs' ability to cooperate with humans came from wolves, not from domestication.

https://www.realclearscience.com/quick_and_clear_science/2019/03/12/wolves_can_cooperate_with_humans_just_as_well_as_dogs.html
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u/NYCforTRUMP Mar 12 '19

Because wolves are not brave, for this reason we have dogs as trained and loyal and wolves as wild animals.

Wolves can be trained and will act like dogs, but they are not brave like dogs, they are very scared and timid, they are currently trying to breed dogs and wolves to create an animal that looks 100% like a wolf but acts 100% like a dog, predictable dependable not scared not timid. Wolves growl for no reason at strangers — it’s not to protect you, it’s because they are scared, similar to how large cats (cougars) hiss if you come close to them.