amnhnyc:It’s a fox! It’s a dog? It’s the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus), the largest member of t
amnhnyc:It’s a fox! It’s a dog? It’s the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus), the largest member of the dog family in South America. But these omnivores don’t form packs like real wolves: they live as monogamous pairs that remain mostly independent of each other, except during breeding season. The maned wolf is known for its long legs, bright red fur…and its odd-smelling urine. The musk so closely resembles the odor of cannabis that police once searched a Dutch zoo for a pot smoker that turned out to be wolf pee. Males and females use the scent to mark territory and find each other. It turns out the specific aroma is caused by a compound that occurs in plants, including cannabis and hops.Photo: Calle Eklundhttps://www.instagram.com/p/B7csn96AScD/?igshid=1wgz4oxqu4zfp -- source link