Jennifer Welsh
- Humans are not newcomers when it comes to messing around with nature.
While we haven't created Frankenstein's monster yet, what we do messes
with the natural world. One recent example is the creation of the
coywolf — a hybrid of the coyote and the wolf that is also known as the
Eastern coyote.
These animals have a completely new genetic make up: Their genes are
about 1/4 wolf DNA and 2/3 coyote DNA, the rest is from domesticated
dogs. They were created when previously separate wolf and coyote
populations merged in the land north of the Great Lakes...Continue reading, photos...
A coywolf, this one was spotted in West Virginia.
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