Whitechapel - Stray dogs that take the subway Sat, 18 May 2013 21:51:13 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216212#Comment_216212 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216212#Comment_216212 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:54:33 -0800 chinklet
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-01/moscows-stray-dogs-evolving-greater-intelligence-wolf-characteristics-and-mastery-subway ]]> Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216227#Comment_216227 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216227#Comment_216227 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:56:55 -0800 Brendan McGinley Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216229#Comment_216229 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216229#Comment_216229 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:14:22 -0800 StefanJ
If that was done on an ongoing basis they could eventually trace changes in genes through the generations.

I'd like to see a dog smart enough to beg for coins, so they can support mass transit systems by paying fares. ]]> Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216234#Comment_216234 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216234#Comment_216234 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:53:29 -0800 Rootfireember I'm curious if this behavior exists in other populations of dogs in different areas and just hasn't been noticed as of yet. ]]> Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216237#Comment_216237 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216237#Comment_216237 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:18:57 -0800 mister hex
There's apparently a cat who takes the bus everyday, too. ]]> Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216245#Comment_216245 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216245#Comment_216245 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:48:37 -0800 St.Wanger Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216295#Comment_216295 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216295#Comment_216295 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:20:26 -0800 spinnerin Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216317#Comment_216317 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216317#Comment_216317 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:14:56 -0800 StefanJ
I think it would be cool if coyotes learned to use the MAX. The ones living by the airport could visit the ones the live in the Intel plant across the street. ]]> Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216319#Comment_216319 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216319#Comment_216319 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:26:57 -0800 costa_k Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216328#Comment_216328 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216328#Comment_216328 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:25:05 -0800 Audley Strange Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216346#Comment_216346 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216346#Comment_216346 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:57:54 -0800 Pow There's apparently a cat who takes the bus everyday, too.



shame ]]> Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216349#Comment_216349 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216349#Comment_216349 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:21:49 -0800 bjacques Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216394#Comment_216394 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216394#Comment_216394 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:37:06 -0800 spinnerin
Also, I must've missed the crank version of the story. I lived right by the Parkrose station for a while, so I assumed the coyote was just taking advantage of the then-unused stop where Ikea is now. ]]> Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216405#Comment_216405 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216405#Comment_216405 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:14:03 -0800 StefanJ
I seem to recall that the doors eventually not opening there, even though the train stopped.

Wouldn't it be cool to dress up in a dark suit and derby and a "no face" mask and WAIT MOTIONLESS on that platform as trains pulled in, stopped for the requisite time, and then moved on? ]]> Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216550#Comment_216550 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216550#Comment_216550 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:57:01 -0800 spinnerin Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216572#Comment_216572 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216572#Comment_216572 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:47:01 -0800 Vox Doom
There's apparently a cat who takes the bus everyday, too.






shame

:(

Now I'm extra sad. ]]> Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216808#Comment_216808 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=216808#Comment_216808 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:55:55 -0800 Erisah
I mean, if crows that build their nests out of electrical wires can learn to build fake nests so that their nests won't get destroyed by angry Japanese officials (though I'm sure the electricians are happy), and have learnt how to use the pedestrian lights to decide when is the best time to drop then later retrieve nuts so that cars will drive over them and crack them, what's so surprising about a dog learning how to commute? ]]> Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=221477#Comment_221477 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=221477#Comment_221477 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:02:15 -0800 wings_of_wrath Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=221522#Comment_221522 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=221522#Comment_221522 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:56:59 -0800 Verissimus Heh. I saw that on the Bucharest metro too, back in 2001.

Isn't Bucharest infamous for the packs of stray dogs attacking humans? ]]> Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=221767#Comment_221767 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=221767#Comment_221767 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:09:05 -0800 wings_of_wrath
The whole thing started in the late 80s when the government got this idea of tearing down whole neighbourhoods of houses and replacing them with prefabricated concrete "blocks of flats" as parts of their "Pursuit of the Communist Ideal". Most of the residents were given just a few hours to get out before the bulldozers came, so their pets ended up on the streets and started multiplying...
After the revolution they started picking them up, taking them to pounds and putting them to sleep, but what do you know it, PETA went in and filed a protest against the Romanian government at the Hague, so now the only course of action left to them is to catch as many as they can, sterilise them and then release them back, which, of course, doesn't really work for controlling the overall population and still leaves large and dangerous packs around.

As for attacking humans, yeah, they do that if they feel like it, and trust me, having to fight 20 or so dogs isn't fun at all, even though most of them are not that big. I got bitten twice so far and the best defence I came out with was actually talking to them if they bark at me- they expect fight or flight, so that really confuses them.

And I'd really like to have some of the PETA people, who I bet are now feeling squishy inside for having saved all the nice widdle doggies from the bad dogatchers, come here and get chased a few block by one of these packs, just to see what they do... ]]> Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=221777#Comment_221777 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=221777#Comment_221777 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:18:45 -0800 Illogic Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=221822#Comment_221822 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=221822#Comment_221822 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:10:13 -0800 SilentObjector Stray dogs that take the subway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=221823#Comment_221823 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7636&Focus=221823#Comment_221823 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:14:38 -0800 Rootfireember so its dogs + Samuel L. Jackson vs. Everyone else! :D Win/Win! ]]>