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Kinga Wołk

Kinga Wołk

"Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill." - Shinichi Suzuki

Livestock-Guarding Dog's adolescence draft

Livestock-guarding dogs work autonomously. Immediate reaction on stranger's approaching (predatory animal, unrecognised person) is essential - LGD intends to distract an intruder closing in, to prevent a potential attack on grazing animals within protected pasture.

Dreamcatcher's folk tradition vs fiction

Dreamcatcher's folk tradition vs fiction

Indian folk-art inspires independent artists, with myriad ideas of its realisations. Primary Oji-Cree twisted dual spiderweb design hung on the one loop where both net-knotted threads secured each other in their fulfilled role - a common hanging tool or a tiny necklace/amulet.

Study finds Tibetan Mastiff wolf-hybridised to survive

Recent study suggests that in the distant past, Tibetan mastiffs (as a domestic dog type of breed) could survive in harsh, low-oxygen high mountains' environment thanks to being randomly hybridised with mountain wolf individuals (vide Tibetan wolf), by gaining hypoxia tolerance.

My bookshelf - "the Wisdom of Wolves"

My bookshelf - "the Wisdom of Wolves"

Hard to deny the impression of experiencing a lot - the book is subjective, but accurate, written by an bystander and ethologist at once, concluded/illustrated with real examples coming from personal observations of wolves, witnessed by someone fascinated with their social nature.

Like a painted wolf

Like a painted wolf

Polish lore and culture are permanently attached to the forest with its wolf, lynx and brown bear as main predatory carnivores. Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski (1849-1915), born in Poland, mostly painted genre scenes featuring people, hunting dogs, horses and especially wolf as a leitmotif .

Fear of predators may change prey's brain structures

Prey-predator relations. PTSD-like brain changes aspect. Fear of predators may change prey's brain structures

In pratum

In pratum

Winter is coming. In the Subcarpathian suburb it means a deer or a hare flitting suddenly on the horizon or just crossing your path on the run. It's a time of bird feeding and wild animal marks on the snow. Hopefully to hear a wolf's howl somewhere far away.