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Peeing to mark your territory?


Is it really true that you can mark your territory so to speak and get your message across to a wolf by peeing in strategic locations?

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you must be young and never owned a dog.

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Is that a yes?

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Perhaps the original poster was asking whether or not marking your boundary in the way the man did and the Wolf's response to it is based in reality. If you can find out if a specific situation like the one depicted in the film is feasible between a human being and Wolf from Wikipedia alone as you suggest please let them know or cease being a pompous, arrogant arsehöle. Maybe they were looking for an answer from an expert or at least someone with information on the subject, clearly you’ve proved there are none to be had when you decide to post.

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I always pee outside. Thus far, no lupine interlopers have trespassed in my territory.

Health inspectors and the vice squad, yes. But no wolves.

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What does owning a dog have to do with this? Do you pee in your house and yard to mark your territory?

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Dogs mark their territory be peeing in certain locations they like to claim. If another dog pees over them, then they are challenging the claim. If not then they accept it. The scientist does this to see the wolf's reaction.




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In the book Never Cry Wolf, Farley Mowat describes pretty much what happened in the film after drinking a lot of tea, so I suppose so.

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I can't remember the exact number, but the average dog has like 10,000x the number of olfactory (smelling) nerves that a human has (something to be grateful for, huh?) A bloodhound has around 30,000x times more and can track an odor in the air for over a mile. I'd say yes; he just shouldn't expect the average human to respect HIS territory.

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