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Another element that could be at play here:

He thought it was a dog.

Dogs, because we domesticated them, have muscles around their eyes, that allow them to make eye/eyebrow expressions.

Wolves do not have these. Because they’re the ones we did not domesticate for millenia.

So, if he was expecting dog expressions… wolves literally cannot make the same facial expressions.

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Tonava@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Interestingly some dog breeds also still lack those muscles, like huskies

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- sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Huh! You’re right, I did not know that.
  
  Huskies are… much closer to being actual wolves though, genetically speaking.
  
  Seems like this applies to malamutes and samoyeds as well…?
  
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  - Tonava@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I wonder do dingoes have them. I haven’t been able to find any information on that yet
    
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    sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    My, ahem, blind guess would be probably not, as they’ve… not been widely and thoroughly domesticated for 20,000+ years?
    
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ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
It’s thought the species we domesticated was distinct from wolves of today. That species went extinct in the wild.

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