• tamal3@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I don’t know anything about it, but apparently alpha wolves are not actually a thing. Can someone chime in more info?

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      8 months ago

      The guy that claimed it later proved it wasn’t true and has spent the rest of his life yelling about how he was wrong. With way too many people not listening. Wolves just exist in social groups.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        The study was on captive wolves, so it was not accurate to wolves in their natural environment. All it shows is that if you restrict wolves to a very small amount of territory, they will fight for dominance, probably because they think it means food scarcity.