My Dad Tried to Tame a Wolf June 29, 2015 by Gavin Jenkins I was four years old when my dad bought a wolf. We named the pup Dusty and gave him a pen at the edge of our basketball court, in front of the garage. Our lives were already extremely weird by suburban Pittsburgh standards: My dad owned alm...

SolitaryHowl wrote: My favourite herbivore in the Cretaceous Era is probably the Ouranasaurus, while my favourite carnivore would be the Albertosaurus. I like T-Rex too, obviously, but everyone likes that one.

Just letting everyone know that it's spelled T. rex (like C. lupus or H. sapiens)

Nordue wrote: Do you mean that the cat is harder to upset/escape from when it is lying on its back?

That's exactly what I mean. Here's the technique in action:

See 1:43

Written by pastor and paleontologist Robert T. Bakker in 1986, this is the book that inspired Michael Crichton to write Jurassic Park (indeed, the character Alan Grant was based on Bakker). It was the first book aimed at the general public to openly argue for the theory of agile, warm-blooded, intel...

The Jackson's chameleon is a pygmy Triceratops... Seriously, I've heard this being proposed.

That would have certainly been a sight to see! I'm somewhat surprised to hear that the wolf appeared to be "winning," but I'm not surprised at the actual outcome. I was unable to access the video on the link provided (I'm also on my phone), so here is another link if anyone else is having trouble- ...

NOTE: click on link to see footage Cougar vs. wolf: ‘Unreal’ battle caught on camera near Lake Cowichan Conservation officers are calling it a once-in-a-lifetime sight. A Lake Cowichan man captured an intense battle in the backcountry between two of B.C.’s most fearsome predators: a cougar and a wol...

Someone's probably been feeding it...

Nordue wrote:

• Perhaps it is true that there are few instincts as strong as a mother's protectiveness. Combined with rabies...look out!
  
  I wonder how many rabies cases go unreported. I have no idea for Israel.

A rabid wolf would have probably killed its own pups.

In any case, good riddance.

- The moa was the biggest bird species driven to extinction in historical times by man (it actually was the elephant bird of Madagascar).

- The dodo was driven to extinction due to people eating them.

Went into a travel agent's today, and saw a poster advertising a discount on trips to South Africa... with a photo of a tiger.

- Raccoon dogs are not foxes... Yeah, "fox" and "wolf" taxonomy is such fun!

- Carnivorous dinosaurs couldn't swim.

- Mastodon is just another word for mammoth.

- Pterosaurs were the ancestors of birds.

- Pterosaurs were just flying dinosaurs.

If dogs evolved from wolves, there wouldn't be any wolves left, I think. That assumes that all wolves evolved into dogs... Domestic cats evolved from African wildcats, and domestic rabbits from European wild rabbits, yet these wild species still exist... - Grey foxes are foxes. - South American fox...

- Dogs evolved from wolves-they share a common ancestor. That's news to me as a misconception... :? - Ethiopian wolves, apart from domestic dogs, are the closest relatives of grey wolves. - Chimps are genetically closer to gorillas than to humans. - Komodo dragons are descendants of dinosaurs. - Th...

Feel free to contribute! - Hyenas are part of the dog family. - Modern big cats are descendants of sabre-toothed cats. - Crocodiles are more closely related to lizards than they are to birds. - Lipleurodon , Mosasaurus and Plesiosaurus (basically all prehistoric marine reptiles) were dinosaurs.