j_seph
Senior Member
Another came through 30 min behind but was no where near this color and as full coated. Sorry for quality they were exported from video
Coy-dog hybrid. This is why I believe the eastern coyotes are larger and have a more significant impact on deer populations than their smaller western cousins. They have more dog dna in them. Many of the coyotes in north Habersham are large like that but are solid black.
The several DNA studies done so far usually show the typical eastern yote to be about an average of 65% coyote, 25% wolf, and 10% dog.
Yes we all know about your wolf studies and don’t need to start that debate again...
Yes we all know about your wolf studies and don’t need to start that debate again. I would say that one looks more like 50% coyote 50% dog but either way it shouldnt be in the GA woods.
I don’t dispute that coyotes have some wolf DNA in them. But so does every domestic dog you see, that doesn’t make them a wolf. The debate I was speaking of is the one we had where you and Nicodemus tried to tell me coyotes are good for the GA deer herd and are only here because the white man killed off the red wolves.
After the last wolf/yotes debate I now agree with NC hillbilly; however i think that there are varying degrees of wolf DNA in each yote. Some certainly have More while others appear to be less wolf and more coyote.
No, domestic dogs do not show up wolf DNA. None. 0%.
So Snopes is incorrect?
https://www.snopes.com/dogs-99-percent-wolf/
No, domestic dogs do not show up wolf DNA. None. 0%.
So Snopes is incorrect?
https://www.snopes.com/dogs-99-percent-wolf/
No, you are just misinterpreting what it says, and how DNA testing works.
As I said before, dogs and wolves are very closely related with similar DNA, but dog DNA is not a mixture of wolf and dog DNA-it is readily identifiable as dog DNA. When you take a DNA sample from a dog, it does not show up as a mixture of wolf DNA and dog DNA-it shows up as dog DNA, which is similar to wolf DNA. In a wolf/dog hybrid, a DNA sample would show up as a mixture of wolf and dog DNA. It would not in a normal dog.
Humans and bonobo chimpanzees share almost 99% of our DNA, just like wolves and dogs- but human DNA is readily identifiable from chimp DNA, and a DNA sample from a human does not show any chimpanzee DNA. Every human on earth shows a 99.9% similarity in DNA, but each individual's DNA is readily identifiable compared to someone else's.
Closely related similar DNA is not the same as a mixture of DNA. They are entirely different things.
Western coyotes sample pure coyote DNA. Pure wolves sample as pure wolf DNA. Dogs sample as pure dog DNA. Eastern coyotes sample as a mixture of coyote, wolf, and dog DNA.