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It has supermodel legs, walks like a camel, hunts like a cat and – bizarrely – loves fruit. Meet one of the weirdest dogs on the planet

In addition to its supermodel legs (and endearing long black socks), this canid's most striking characteristics are its huge ...
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Photo: Adorable Maned Wolf Pups Get a Medical Exam

The four maned wolf pups born Jan. 5 at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va., received their first vaccinations Thursday during a routine medical exam. SCBI veterinary ...
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Three Maned Wolf Pups Born at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In an exciting conservation milestone, three maned wolf pups were born this winter at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology ...
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A fox on stilts? Argentine long-legged maned wolf returned to the wild

BUENOS AIRES, May 17 (Reuters) - Argentine conservationists have returned a rare and unusual-looking animal, a maned wolf, to the wild around Buenos Aires, with its long black legs and red-fur making ...
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Heart rate monitors to measure stress on maned wolves in Brazil’s Cerrado

Researchers in Brazil have implanted the first subcutaneous heart rate monitoring devices on wild maned wolves, South America’s largest canid; they want to map the stress levels that a human-dominated ...
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Argentina to return two rare maned wolves to the wild

BUENOS AIRES, June 24 (Reuters) - Conservationists will return two maned wolves, rescued after the death of their mother, to the wild next month in Argentina, where the long-legged wild canine is ...