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Ep. 466: Direwolves and Ancient Hunting Dogs

The MeatEater Podcast

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The Evolution of Wolves

Wolves learn to hunt from their parents and other pack members. When you have generations of wolves that have no longer hunt, right, they're scavengers now. So going back to a hunting lifestyle is not as easy for them. They only know a scavenging lifestyle. And eventually you kind of narrow that population down to this population of wolves that are scavengers who are comfortable living alongside humans. That's just like right for becoming a dog.

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