04-12-2014, 09:46 PM
(04-11-2014, 06:45 PM)droid327 Wrote:(04-10-2014, 06:42 AM)Elkhound Wrote: Schakal, Blutbad--still a canine. (Really, how different are jackals from wolves? I think they can even interbreed.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canid_hybrid
Jackals are more genetically distinct from other members of Canis, they have different chromosomal counts...they can breed with other jackals, but not with more "dog-like" canids.
But yes, its not as big a difference as, say, dog to hyenas.
I stand corrected. I'm pretty sure that foxes and wolves can't interbreed, but that doesn't seem to bother Monroe & Rosalee .
IIRC, hyenas aren't even really in the dog family, but are more closely related to meercats and mongooses.
I think the reason the Hitler clip was put in the opening montage was to show that there are more Wesen around than we think---some right under our noses! In a way they are a fantasy analog to 'invisible' minorities, like gays or Jews (that is, ones whom you might not know were 'other' unless they said or did something to call attention to it.)