[Ansteorra] Enders game and Re: honor and animals

[Stefan li Rous]

On Apr 16, 2010, at 6:55 PM, Hugh & Belinda Niewoehner wrote:
>>> A peculiarity of the wolf is that it cannot turn its head, because  
>>> there is no joint in its neck, but must turn its whole body
>>> when it wishes to look behind, thus symbolizing people stiff- 
>>> necked and stubborn in sin.
>>
>> Oh? I hadn't noticed this. I'll have to watch my dog (Snowball, the  
>> dog that pulls the wagon) and see.
> Is she/he a wolf?  I don't know if it is true of all breeds, but  
> seemed to be true for our thick necked ~75% timber/tundra wolf we  
> had for fifteen years.

No. American Eskimo. But I thought all dogs were descended from wolves  
and that isn't something I think that would have changed. In fact,  
since dogs and wolfs do cross-breed and bear fertile offspring, I'm  
surprised they would be classed as separate species, since I thought  
that that was the definition of a "species".  Hmmm. Something to check  
further.

Stefan

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