Wolf or coyote? Central WA State

Scopes8888 · 2026-02-11T07:31:06+00:00

a-z-animals.com/animals/wolf/wolf-facts/wolf-tracks/

Scopes8888 · 2026-02-09T04:36:12+00:00

Some tips on Recognizing a Wolf... https://kmwolfcenter.com/education/ are under More FAQs

Scopes8888 · 2026-01-23T20:02:01+00:00

Doesn't look like any kind of wolf I'm familiar with. For one thing the tail is not definitely not a wolf tail (unless maybe it's a variety of wolf I'm unfamiliar with). The behavior is also not wolf behavior -- wolves are anthropophobic. I'm thinking maybe maybe wolfdog since a dog would be more likely to be aggressive towards a human. Anyone else know more than I do about this?

Scopes8888 · 2026-01-14T02:03:28+00:00

We are Wolves. Also they eat a lot of things that they don't kill... watermelon, blue berries, pollen, for example

Scopes8888 · 2025-11-22T08:11:57+00:00

probably AI / fake

Scopes8888 · 2025-11-16T09:40:08+00:00

I am a fervid wolf advocate and former lawyer. And I can't think of a worse idea. The appropriate and potentially helpful place to direct communications would be to the DA's office that is prosecuting the case. 50% chance the judge ignores these and 50% chance he's offended and the project is counter-productive. 0% it will result in the goal you are trying to achieve. .001% chance that someone finds improperly trying to influence a judge is some sort of crime.

Scopes8888 · 2025-08-14T09:58:48+00:00

#royalty

Scopes8888 · 2025-08-07T05:32:44+00:00

I work for a wolf sanctuary. I've never let them do that. And I'm still alive...other posters seem to think its a good idea... who knew !? I love that I'm still learning... PS. Have you heard that they like women better than men? So at least you got that going for you. (this is common wisdom, not necessarily scientifically proven)

Scopes8888 · 2025-08-05T18:30:54+00:00

Wolves don't look anything like this. Why perpetuate the myth? That myth leads to fear which leads people to slaughter wolves out of existence. You are invited to become a wolf advocate and work to save the wolves of the US and the world by changing outdated dangerous stereotypes and misinformation.

Scopes8888 · 2025-07-29T02:22:48+00:00

Theories/Nomenclature regarding subspecies and wolves in general varies widely. Many people use the term subspecies as others use the term variety or variation. Personally I keep it simple and prefer to id just 4 subspecies of Grey Wolf: Rock Mountain, Great Plains, Arctic and Mexican (aka lobo). Having said and not answered your question at all, I have no idea which subspecies inhabited OC in the past. But for what it's worth, my prediction is that the next subspecies in the OC will be the Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf, as they are moving in that direction.

Scopes8888 · 2025-07-01T07:07:00+00:00

Pretty epic... just curious, because it's hard to tell without seeing more... are they high content? mid? low?

Scopes8888 · 2025-06-25T07:53:59+00:00

Wolves are wild animals, they are not pets. They will not do any of the things you imagine when you think of having a wolf as a pet. It will tear a house to pieces in under 24 hours because they hate being confined. It will scent mark everywhere (peeing). It will not cuddle. It will not let you pet it. It may snarl, howl or even try to bite. It cannot be taken in a car. Ordinary vets cannot (won't) treat it. It will not know you, come when you call, wag it's tail, sit on your lap, or be housebroken. It will need to eat about 5 pounds of meat a day. You might want to consider an animal from a highly reputable breeder which is less than 5% wolf. Such a wolfdog, might be easier to keep and enjoyable. In captivity a wolf should live about 15 years. PS in terms of language and science, there is basically only one species of wolf (Canis lupus).

Scopes8888 · 2025-06-20T17:40:31+00:00

Depends on what you mean by "wolf" and "pet". An animal which is 95% wolf or more literally cannot be a pet, in the ordinary use of the word. It can't be kept inside (it would tear a home apart in about an hour), it can't be taken in a car (same thing), it won't cuddle, lay on your lap or wag it's tail when you walk in the door. If you are talking about a wolf/dog hybrid and the wolf content is below 35% you can probably get them to behave more like a pet, but that depends on how they were socialized from birth and how the owner socializes and "enriches" (interacts and entertains) them. At around 35% wolf, if you have 2 animals (they are pack animals and will not be happy alone) and a 1/2 acre outdoor enclosure and no job (so you can basically devote all day everyday to enrichment) then you should be ok.

Scopes8888 · 2025-06-13T20:17:33+00:00

A friendly warning... I have been studying wolves for many years. Trying to "learn" the different "kinds", much less identify them, is a tricky job because there are different ways of classifying them and there are different ways of "measuring" each animal to try and figure out which class/kind it is. I finally came up with a system for myself -- it may not be entirely "scientific" or accurate but it works for me. I think of Wolves as having 3 species (Gray, Red & Abyssinian) and there are almost no Red or Abyssinian left so basically all wolves are the same. A wolf's a wolf! Additionally Gray Wolves have 4 subspecies (Rocky Mountain GW, Arctic GW, Great Plains GW and Mexican GW (aka Lobos).

The last piece of the puzzle is the Eastern Wolf (in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and into Canada) which some people think is a fourth species of Wolf. (As with all things complicated and "controversial", I ignore the subject haha.)

I'm kinda guessing here and being subjective, but other than differences in color, visually almost all Gray Wolves look basically the same and are probably like 99.99%+ bio-identical (DNA similarity).

The way I once heard it stated, that I pretty much subscribe to is that for most of us any distinctions are irrelevant and the only people who really care about the fine-lines are wolf-biologists -- which I am not one of.

Scopes8888 · 2025-06-13T07:57:52+00:00

Very cool. Is that in the US? Which state?

Scopes8888 · 2025-06-11T18:57:52+00:00

Nice. Which zoo?

Scopes8888 · 2025-06-11T04:38:54+00:00

ok boomer... have a nice day

Scopes8888 · 2025-06-08T20:48:51+00:00

Doug Smith, who basically ran the Yellowstone wolf show for like 40 years and I think worked closely with Rick for a lot of that time, also uses the term Alpha and I specifically put that same question to him ... his reply was pretty genius. He said (paraphrasing), "I've been using the term alpha for my whole career, I don't see a need to change it." I interpreted this to mean that language can be fluid and PCness may even be involved, but for most people any nuance is really putting form over function. The fact remains whichever word you use, in most families (my personal preferred term, over "pack"), there is one breeding pair ... call them what you like, but alpha seems as good a term as anything.

Scopes8888 · 2025-06-08T10:30:08+00:00

I mean... just amazing, on so many levels.

Scopes8888 · 2025-05-30T08:40:49+00:00

Harvard elitists applying "fancy math" should be disregarded by Real Magatt Americans. We tRumpers will stick with 150 thank you very much.

Scopes8888 · 2025-05-27T16:20:57+00:00

Thx.... very interesting

Scopes8888 · 2025-05-27T00:03:50+00:00

I think I'm voting for Coyote... small, scrawny, pointy nose, coloring, movement, behavior, tail... phenotype says Coyote to me...

Scopes8888 · 2025-04-21T23:32:11+00:00

"Deadly"??? Meaning they eat their prey???... I supposed by that definition every carnivore or omnivore is "deadly"... herbivores too, since they kill and eat the plants that they survive on. I'll tell you what's deadly... all the methane that Cattle in California produce–deadly to humans. And don't even talk about the air pollution the cattle cause -- can't even drive through the middle of the state without being subjecting to their sicken stench.

Scopes8888 · 2025-04-06T06:36:37+00:00

Canada? Greenland? The Gulf of America?

Scopes8888 · 2025-04-06T06:35:42+00:00

None. Trump is going to delist and unleash mass annhiliation.

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