Originally Posted by Maverick940
Originally Posted by Talus_in_Arizona
Wouldn't wolves eat a coyote rather than breed with it? And yeah, this could be an escapee.


Yes. Wolves don't tolerate coyotes, just as coyotes won't tolerate foxes. The only way that I could foresee an inbreeding situation, was if it was under a controlled (domesticated) intro-fertilization situation. In the wild, wolves try to consume whatever coyotes they come across.


While I agree with you that this is the case under most circumstances, have you ever been around dogs in heat? It doesn't much matter what the female looks like, the male will pretty much claw his way out of a steel crate, or jump through a basement window (shattering the glass), to get to a female. It doesn't even matter if the female is the right size, as with breeds at either end of the size spectrum. Those pheromones are STRONG! smile