Two rare black wolves have been spotted on camera crossing a stream in a Polish forest. The unusual sighting, which was captured on a video camera last year, was made by Joanna Toczydłowska, a project coordinator at the SAVE Wildlife Conservation Fund Poland. The footage has prompted the organization to collect scat (droppings) in the forest in the hopes of learning more about the black wolves’ genetics. Most of the 2,5000 to 3,000 wolves in Poland are gray with red or black accents. Black fur comes from a genetic mutation that was likely in domesticated dogs thousands of years ago. Two rare black wolves have been spotted on camera crossing a stream in a Polish forest. The unusual sighting, which was captured on a video camera last year, was made by Joanna Toczydłowska, a project coordinator at the SAVE Wildlife Conservation Fund Poland. The footage has prompted the organization to collect scat (droppings) in the forest in the hopes of learning more about the black wolves’ genetics. Most of the 2,5000 to 3,000 wolves in Poland are gray with red or black accents. Black fur comes from a genetic mutation that was likely in domesticated dogs thousands of years ago. AP Technology and Science
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