Thinking it twice, no other animal has been more important to humans then the wolf. For many years they where gods in the Norse mythologies and nursed Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. Not forgetting that the wolf is the first animal to be domesticated, a process still surrounded by mystery that happened over 10,000 years ago. There is all this love and hate around humans and wolfs, they have been our dearest friends and direst enemies, and yet there is still so much we don’t know about them.
Here are top 7 little known facts about wolves..
1. Black Wolves
Black wolves don’t occur naturally.
Stanford University in 2008 published a study about the mutation responsible for black fur. This color of fur occurs only in dogs, and black wolves are the result of grey wolves breeding with domestic canines long time ago. This type of mutation is a dominant trait and is passed down to the majority of offspring. They are not sure if this muttation has any benefit, they do not seem to be more successful hunters, but do show a marked improvement in immunity to certain infections. North America has the major number of black wolves in the world.
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