VERY breautiful girl!

So cute and snuggly looking

his expression is tells everithing ;3

*came out form my hideout* yeah I'm acutally starring at you!...and you're pretty cute

beautiful animal Wahots is, very playful as well i'm sure :D

Yep, she is. Yet she has a very low rank, so she can't afford to show much playful behaviour, as it draws unwanted attention of the higher ranks.

I'm interested what does that mean?

The higher ranks do consider having the right for anything they are interested in before the lower ranks. The current beta is very sharp and comes to investigate immediately and that is a high chance she will assert her dominance upon themselves. Perhaps it is something like jealousy, or perhaps she tries to keep the discipline, or it just draws attention, as the wolves are very curious animals and she asserts herself because she sees the low rank - the lowest two usually spend their time in another part of the pen. I cannot tell, as it even may be a combination of more factors.

The ownership of things is another interesting thing. If a wolf has something in his/her muzzle, it is his, no matter what it is and what his rank is. The only exception is, if it is bigger than the personal space in which the thing must be. The personal space is about as large as the reach of his muzzle when protecting it. If more than one wolf grab it, the ownership is not clear and other wolves may join, biting into the object (if it is big enough), pulling on it to gain it for themselves. If some other wolf wants an object in clear ownership, he tries to make the owner drop it. Once that happens, it again has no owner and the first wolf who grabs it, becomes the new owner. The dominant wolves do it by asserting themselves upon the lower rank, the lower ranks provoke the dominant wolf and let him drive them away, as to do that properly, the dominant wolf has to drop what he has in his muzzle. They then return to grab the thing, if the more dominant won't return to it.

Wow, fucking interesting...Kinda sad existence..Wolves are very much capitalists...

Well, keep in mind, that the dominant ones have to fight for their hierarchy position, so they are either so cunning or so physically fit. That means that the hierarchy should show the competence to contribute to the pack's survival. The pack needs to be the most competent if it should be able to feed themselves, to have pups and to succeed in keeping their territory. So in this setup the best wolves get most food, can mate and lead the pack. It's the preference of genes.

The alpha pair's strength is also in the fact, that packs are family groups and the alpha pair usually are the parents, so their hierarchy position is strengthened with the parent-child bond. The rest can consist of aunties/uncles (siblings of one of the parents) or their pups. Sometimes, when a wolf grows too old, he can loose his position but still be part of the pack.

That's really fascinating. How do you know so much on the subject?

By studying and by watching this pack for more than 5 years.

Shit, that's awesome. Wish I had that opportunity. I mean, I can learn about it from books, internet, and shit all I want, but to actually visually experience it is different, and far more helpful to understanding than a book, or website could ever teach you.

True, I visit the pack for that long, I tend to work with them to do some enrichment, yet I am not employed at the ZOO, where I visit them.

Btw, I have just now realized I never posted the following image.

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47774006/

Fluffy! :O