Yes - after posting my reply below I thought its head looks rather like a hyena's.
I've been very, very close (without protection) to wild hyenas, and they are very scary creatures. Can hyenas and dogs have babies? Even if they can, if the dog is in Afghanistan I don't see how it could a hyena could be one of its parents. As others have pointed out, its legs look unnaturally long. However, I'm no expert on dogs (don't like them - I was savaged by an Alsatian when I was a child). Could it be a cross-breed (perhaps a greyhound) with a pariah? There's definitely a lot of pariah in there. -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 16 May 2006 08:10 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Strange looking dog in Afghanistan... > > Are those ears natural? Have they been chewed off in fights? > Are they normal for the breed -- whatever it might be? I > can't believe they were trimmed by an owner. That animal > looks really wild. The ears are like those of the spotted > hyena (US spelling) Crocuta crocuta. I'd hate to meet this > beast on a dark night, or any night, or day for that matter. > I think the photographer must have been a soldier with armed > companions. > Or the lens might have been very long. Or the picture might > have been taken from inside a vehicle. It makes me shiver. > > Don W > > Bob W wrote: > > I'd say it was a pariah dog, which is a primitive kind of > semi-wild dog from > > India and the area, and an/the ancestor of the Autralian dingo. > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Bob > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: 16 May 2006 04:46 > >> To: Pentax Discuss > >> Subject: Fw: Strange looking dog in Afghanistan... > >> > >> Anyone got any ideas how long was the lens used for this shot? > >> And what the heck is it? > >> > >> From: > >> Subject: Re: Strange looking dog in Afghanistan... > >> > >> > >> > http://michaelyon-online.com/media/images/disp/roadahead/lg/12lg.jpg > >> > >> > >> > >> William Robb > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Dr E D F Williams > www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ > personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ > 41660 TOIVAKKA - Finland - +358400706616 > > > >
