CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: On The Track (Of Unknown Animals) Episode 31

[dltanner99]

Cryptozoology novel about two boys who find something strange on the beach one night see video book trailer

[Methadone4Life]

Catching up on the few episodes that I seem to have missed. Please keep these coming...also,cant wait for the full length vid of your Texas adventure!!

[coloneljade]

Hey Man,

Just wanted to say very jealous that you get to go out an do this. Fantastic!

My only gripe would be get rid of the music it actually takes away from your informative videos.

Kind Regards

Jade

[BabetteBombshell]

I'm truly impressed with the remarkable quality and thoughtfulness of CFZ's videos... they are simply wonderful and a credit to the serious science of cryptozoology. Warmest wishes to all envolved!

[cfztv]

Thank you my dear

[asubjectiveopinion]

Didn't the DNA indicate that they are coyote/Mexican wolf hybrids?

I thought this one had been put to bed.

[cfztv]

Yes, but where did the Mexican wolf DNA come from? They have been supposedly extinct in Texas since 1970. This suggests that there is a pocket of hitherto unsuspected survivors. Also, why the strange `lumps`? These are not unique to the Cuero creature but can be seen on other specimens...

[Retrieverman1]

Wolves disperse from great distances.

But the nearest wild Mexican wolves are in New Mexico.

If there is a population of these Mexican wolves, they are heavily polluted with coyotes. And just because you get a sequence of a wolf, doesn't mean that they are necessarily wolves.

We have coyotes here that have dog mtDNA, but they are still coyotes in conformation and behavior.

Was it a nuclear DNA test or a y chromosome test that was performed on the Cuero specimen?

[Retrieverman1]

I found something else interesting.

Cuero is not in historic Mexican wolf range. It is in the part of Texas where the only wolves were what are called red wolves were supposed to have lived.

Now that is an interesting find.

[asubjectiveopinion]

@cfztv

I'm tempted to suggest that they are the product of depressive inbreeding, it would be the most likely explanation for the apparent stabilisation of type.

But yes, I would agree that it is very odd, especially as wolves have been absent from the area for so long.

Are the lumps keloidal perhaps? One might expect scarring if there is an external cause for the baldness, although the apparent symmetry would be problematic.

I await the full length film with anticipation comrade.

:)

[Retrieverman1]

Another possibility:

I think we may have another species of coyote or at least another evolutionary line that leads to them.

Mexican wolves have very unique DNA. It has been suggested that they, not the red wolf, are actually worthy of being considered separate species.

Maybe there are two forms of Mexican wolf. One that is like a Mexican wolf, and that is very similar to the coyote. The coyote-type easily hybridizes with Canis latrans.

It's a possibility.

[tonyyoung222]

@cfztv Hi all as much as I look forward to your brilliant work,can you please lose the backround music on some pieces,its very offputting.Consider the piece on the hedgehogs and then the piece on visiting birds,I believe you dont need the music,it also spoiled my enjoyment of the blue dogs.Please dont shout at me for this because you all do a fantastic job and I will always support your site,just a little editing may help,music wise,cheers and keep searching,tony