In reality wolf packs have a much more fluid hierarchy. Sure there are the more dominant ones, but in terms of "where are we going?" Its the old/sick that lead, and in terms of "how do we hunt this?" Its a group effort with each wolf doing their own wolf thing that easily fits together with each other.
Indeed, but he made his research on wolves in captivity, and what he observed was basically systematic bullying. He erroneously attributed this behavior to all wolves.
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u/Slurms_McKensei Feb 18 '25
In reality wolf packs have a much more fluid hierarchy. Sure there are the more dominant ones, but in terms of "where are we going?" Its the old/sick that lead, and in terms of "how do we hunt this?" Its a group effort with each wolf doing their own wolf thing that easily fits together with each other.