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What can we learn from wolves? Discover how one of the most iconic large carnivores provides us with insights into many overlapping fields of study - from ecology and genetics to microbiology and sociology.
Founded in 2017 by career conservationist Peter L King, The Dark Wolf Project provides both information to the public and funding to wolf monitoring and recovery programs across the world. Find me on all major social media platforms as The Dark Wolf Project.
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Just had a dream about 2 wolves, and woke up to the same raven I’ve seen 3 days in a row. Talked to my mom and she had a dream about wolves too..
Episode 5 starts off with my own wolf dream, go team dream wolves!
@@ProjectDarkWolf checking it out now thank you!!
Dont demonize wolfs, suckers !
I grew up in an area with a healthy wolf population. When I heard about the Carnegie attack, my first thought was that some fool had been feeding those wolves, because normal wolves just don't approach people. I spent one summer in the Yukon looking after 20 sled dogs, they were kept on the lake shore about a quarter mile from where my cabin was, two of us would walk along the shore carrying pails of dog food and as we crossed a particular open space a howl would come from across the lake, the dogs would start up barking, but only after the wolf told them breakfast was on its way. This happened every morning until fall when we moved the dogs back to the houses, the first snow fell and I discovered that the wolf would come into the yard, hang out with the dogs who never even yipped at him. It was a lone wolf whose mate had been shot a couple of years earlier and seemed to have taken up with the dogs for company. Outside of the tracks I never once actually saw the wolf, I'm sure he was in the yard often enough at night when we were out and about, but nothing was ever touched, the dogs were comfortable with him there, but he never showed himself to humans. I think the first thing that would cross my mind if a wolf deliberately came out in the open in front of me would be rabies. There would definitely be alarm bells going off in my head.
WY has been torturing wolves and other predators for a long time. A lot of them are mad because the rest of the world found out about it.
Maybe prairie dogs will be the Rosetta Stone of animal language?
i have a feeling she was murdered.
The evidence suggests either neglect or destruction, but unfortunately we'll never know. Even more sad is that Rio Grande do Sul was destroyed by climate change induced flooding earlier this year.
Do the other wolves remember the driver?
Hoping changes will be made otherwise hope Wyoming will be blacklisted
Around 3 km away, from Hakimpur village, wolves dragged away a seven-year-old girl on January 22. The victim was identified as Anita, a resident of Latipurdheer village under Junavai police station area. Her skull was found from the fields in neighbouring Alipur village. Kashipur village is 10-15 km from the spot. (Times of India, 2019)
I have to admit I'm not very familiar with wolves in India but attacks on children do seem well reported as I've come across a lot of stories. I'll have to make a case study on them sometime.
@@ProjectDarkWolf Yes exactly, there is also an entry “List of wolf attacks” on Wikipedia. Of course, such attacks are extremely rare, but they do happen. Nevertheless, some wolf experts stubbornly claim that this is not the case. But the best way to protect wolves is to be honest.
You would that in the age of solar lighting and electric power sources that all those islands that are a danger to shipping would have lighthouses or at least light towers.
At that point in history it would have been an oil lamp with a permanent crew on site. This was not always practical.
I've done some reading on sperm whale's language and they have a vocal language! It's so cool to read about. Their words are called codas. I think this may make them a good species to try to communicate with first, since we can effectively use sound to comminicate, which we are already familiar with.
hey sorry i havent been active like i used to, i guess the thing is im not super passionate about wolf biology anymore. i still love wolves, and theyre my favorite animal, but i no longer feel like i would like to be a zoologist anymore. im planning to become a mangaka, or a person who makes mangas. one of my characters will be passionate about wolves, like i used to, and with the wolf knowledge ive gained (thanks to you) i can now teach the truth about wolves thru that character, making them less misunderstood. so thanks for ur help :)
That sounds great! You don't need to be a biologist to help wolves (we have plenty of researchers !) and using something you're really passionate about to help educate a new audience is just as important. Give me a shout when your manga is available and I'll be happy to promote it in a video!
Great interesting video keep up the great work 👍🏽
I usually call them sapient animals rather than anthropomorphic
I thought this was sigma male wolf news 😭. Thank god its not.
Argh kool
I did my dissertation on the Italian wolf population and the italians views, I'd love to hear you talk more about this!
Okay then, I'll try give it a shot!
Yellow journalism was alive and well back then
I bet if you asked David Mech if this story were true, he’d laugh at you.
Yes: what legacy are we leaving behind for others to follow with true wisdom.❤🎉
Thank you, great video. I read a lot of military history and love wolves, and a few things that make this more plausible is that 1. It's arguable the soldiers in WW1 were NOT "adequately" trained for close quarters combat. At a certain point, they were trained for trench warfare which is not all the same in terms of close engagements. 2. A lot of the soldiers were conscripts, drafted, I doubt they had much will to begin with. They were sleep deprived and starved men. Between constant shelling and injury, I'm certain many of the soldiers were relatively weak. 3. Many if not all standard rifles were single shot reliant on the soldier to pull a bolt to fire, assuming it does not jam on patrol. I can easily see 3-4 wolves overpowering a soldier. Also, the pack was described as a superpack in some instances, so I figure they were possibly hunting in larger groups to overwhelm lager prey? they would be attracted to the areas by the countless bodies and in desperation potentially learn to prey on smaller groups of humans in certain areas.
but you said all that stuff already pretty much. Still.
I actually found it incredibly difficult to relate to what those soldiers were subjected to, before I learned about the conditions of warfare back then I was prepared to completely dismiss the story.
@@ProjectDarkWolf Thank you for replying! The environment the soldiers faced in WW1 was genuinely unimaginable. I'm sure you've done a good bit of looking into the conditions, but there were entire trenches of very weak, distraught, and shellshocked troops. Not including getting sick (imagine getting the flu in the trench in ww1), poor nutrition, trench foot, etc. I see the story as very plausible from that alone. Combined with the extraordinary environmental destruction the likes of which much of the world and nature had genuinely never seen up till that point. Imagine genuinely hundreds of thousands of troops along vast expanses hunting in the surrounding forests with new weapons, It's clear combined with a long winter that year that it would drive wolves to extremes of desperation. No prior wars in Europe were truly comparable. Humans were weak at the time, there were so many people that one person going missing would sometimes take DAYS to even find out if ever. That combined with years of constant gunfire, bodies being buried in super shallow graves or being left out in the open. It seems more plausible to me because it was just such an extraordinary circumstance on so many level, honestly seeing/imagining wolves eating people seems realistic for situation and time and place. Also, another very very important thing to consider. If this was on the Eastern front, you are dealing with things like snow so high soldiers can barely run, and mud so deep their boots get ripped off. Wolves could easily take out a squad of weakened, morally destraught, sleep deprived, starving, sick and injured men in a situation like that. I love how much you focus of wolf psychology, thank you so much. People have no idea how intelligent they can be and how intelligent canines truly are.
1:06 sentient, capable of having feelings. Awareness. 3:08 sapiens, able to solve “ more than any other animal” over the long term. Wisdom as witnessed by actions?
Very interesting,Thanks 👍
Cool! This was very informative ^_^
My own ethical stance on genetic engineering and modifications of any animal species, ourselves included, is that it should be done only to the benefit of the modified organism. That is, if the modification fixes something that is unequivocally a problem, such as in humans cystic fibrosis or neurodegenerative diseases, it should be done. I am opposed to use of genetic engineering to the obvious detriment of the modified organism, such as breeding pigs and cattle that can barely stand under the weight of the meat their body grows in order to be harvested for food. I am actually in favor of bringing back dead species if we're responsible for their extinction in the first place--which is probably the case for just about everything that still has available DNA available for reconstitution. I am also, bit of a controversial rebel here, in favor of genetic modifications of our own species, such as engineering better intelligence--so long as we can sort out how to handle the obvious ethical issues this will bring up. No, being blond-haired and blue-eyed is NOT an improvement, just a DNA fashion trend, and certainly not a reason to organize a genocidal mass murder campaign resulting in the death of millions of people. On a related note, I am flat out opposed to eugenic breeding in humans, because our racist tendencies are still too overbearing in our decision-making about what constitutes good or bad features. Until we recognize that color palate is not a reason for murder, we're nowhere near ready to tackle the questions of ablism, neurodiversity, and so forth in terms of deciding what to engineer or leave alone. So, really, long-term, I'm in favor of genetic engineering even on humans, but not until we can do it without spiraling down into Khan Noonian Singh.
I agree with literally everything you've said. Even the Star Trek reference.
Life seems like a reflection of perspective...
So true about Umwelt. Primates are very unusual in having stereoscopic colorized vision. I would not expect most animals would not pass even if self aware. Imagine you were reborn a snail and you have self awareness and intelligence but no memory of previous life as human, language etc. What would you do? You would likely find the best leaves and hide well from predators. How could anyone tell you apart from any other successful snail? Ok so with an elephant or ape...if she hasn't seen a mirror before how does she know the blue mark isn't a part of her natural coloring?
I've only just come across the term 'umwelt' in writing part 2 today and finally understand this comment!
I immediately wonder if octopus have been tested with three dimensional models of themselves or something like that
Well now I can only think of the contact scene from "Arrival". I hope this happens.
Great video
As a philosophy enthusiast with a degree specializing in Philosophy of Mind I'm "shouting" my own objections, although entirely different ones than the one you imagined. I want to object that it's very important to specify what we are talking about here. The tests you're talking about measures various kinds of behaviors, and no such test can ever prove the existence of a subjective experience, so it's important to be clear that the "consciousness" talked about in this video does not necessarily include any subjective experience whatsoever, that is, even though the wolves may behave as if they are aware of themselves, we have no evidence that we can use to conclude that they experience anything at all. The only such conscious experience that I know of is my own, and in order to go beyond that I have to make an increasing number of assumptions as I move to creatures and objects that are different in various ways. Do you have such a conscious experience? Well, if I assume that the kind of brain I have is what's making me conscious, then it seems reasonable to assume that you are conscious as well. What about babies? A bit more difference = more assumptions. Wolves? Other differences = more assumptions. Intelligent machines, when they appear? There I have to the assumption that certain kinds of behaviors or ways to handle information means the existence of consciousness, no matter what the underlying substrate is or how it is organized.
Having nothing more than a high school diploma myself there's a limit to what I can contribute in response, but just to be clear the intended statement I'm trying to make with this video is that evidencing self awareness is a challenge, and we need to think outside the box when applying our concepts to other species. The STSR test implied that the study animals could differentiate between the samples but yes, I think I should have made it clearer that this does not prove to what extent, if any, they are making conscious decisions. I expect part two of this video will cover similar ground, so if there's research in your own specialized area of work that people should consider then feel free to link an article/paper etc and I'd be happy to include it!
@@ProjectDarkWolf The issue I'm talking about is often referred to as "the hard problem of consciousness", and the Wikipedia article about it is as good a starting point as any: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_problem_of_consciousness Those who want to dig a bit deeper into ideas about qualia and how to understand their place in the world can look at "What is it like to be a bat?" by Thomas Nagel and "Epiphenomenal Qualia" by Frank Jackson, e.g.
Thank you, that was a most thought provoking video. It made me wonder actually - there appears a slight blind spot in assuming a self aware animal will take notice of a mirror. I do not go through 4 stages of surprise when I walk past a mirror, I generally take no notice of it whatsoever, because it doesn't surprise me. Obviously this does not cross over directly to animals but I cannot help suspect that to take an exhibition of interest as awareness or understanding is far from a reliable gauge since since it is the unknown that attracts the most attention generally.
Did you just boop me?
As of right now I've booped about 1700 people and counting
Or they just don't care. It doesn't hurt and they don't cause themselves pointless anxiety
My 16 year old Chihuahua recently got access to a mirror for the 1st time and he sits and stares at himself almost every day. Sometimes for 10-15 minutes straight
Hi how's it going bud
Hey thanks for watching!
@@ProjectDarkWolf I'll be around, I generally lurk,
🤷 *Promo sm*
Great video, i've been raising and studying hounds (mostly beagles, bloodhounds, and blue tick) for about 5 years. Just as a hobby. I'm surprised a hunter hadn't pointed out the scents. I've watched hounds find interesting (stinky) things, roll in it, and then go find a packmate to share the scent with, then lead them back so they can also roll in it. If they find something particularly nasty they like they sometimes try and hide it from the other also. I love watching them all interact.
I like how scientists took time to figure , perhaps wolves just don't care about what they look like, like we do. Just an aside, I live in a little place with a lot of wild life around, lots of coyotes. Sometimes we see them around the dog park I take my dog to. Once, when the coyotes were howling on the hill over good hunting, all the dogs in the park howled back, which started a little howling contest between the two groups. So one of the coyotes walked down the hill and pranced back and forth by the outside of the fence, pissing on the fence and howling. Our dogs immediately ran over and pissed at the fence and howled. They really do have pissing contests. The coyotes could have done anything. They could have jumped the fence and done mean, nasty, ugly things, but it was far more important to them, well, to every canine there. to howl and inspect each other's piss.
Howling and peeing are both used as ways of marking territory, and preventing conflict between groups. It sounds like the coyotes, after accidentally provoking a chorus howl in the dogs, felt that their territory was under threat from another pack and reinforced their boundaries. I think we call this "noise in the system..."
If you use perfumes on a dog they will run away and find something pungent to roll in.
I did the mirror test on my torty cat, and now I have to hide the mirrors. She grooms twice as much, and almost always in the mirror.
My 5 month old German shorthaired pointer absolutely tries to play with his reflection in the mirror hanging on my bedroom door. But only sometimes. Other times he seems to understand there isn't really another dog there and pushes against the mirror to open the door just as he does with any other door. And other times he'll happen to see his reflection while walking by the mirror and then start barking at it like it's a strange dog intruding in the house. In short, i have no idea what the hell he thinks is going on.
Simply one of the most rewarding breeds of dog. Talk about a nose,never a better friend to be found. What you give,will be rewarded 10 fold.
Myself I jump when I see suddenly my reflection in a mirror, so... 😅
Lower music volume, increase voice volume
@ProjectDarkWolf You, sir, have earned my sub. This is the 1st video of yours I have seen, and it won't be my last. I am impressed with your work and your overall presentation. Thanks again. See you soon.
Much appreciated! (The better channel content is from the past year)
Thank you
I really don't understand how subscriber and viewing rates can be so low despite such quality content. I think you made a mistake using the KZread algorithm.
It's the upload frequency that's my nemesis, I just can't rush videos out bi-monthly when I'm working two other jobs. But I enjoy running the channel all the same, sharing these stories is such a rewarding experience.
Ummm humans too happy with mediocre
Its because its educational content , says alot about our society.
@@ProjectDarkWolf I've never watched a wolf video, and thr algorithm hit me. Loved the video! Keep it up!
Great video
the last sentence is very deep... Most of humanity has forgotten why we once were called homosapiens
I wonder if North American wolves learned that native Americans killed wolves and were best avoided. Eating French sheep and the occasional Frenchman was probably a far different experience than charging into a Cherokee encampment.
Since wolves are opportunistic hunters and neophobic, they don't usually bother with humans. The main reason that native Americans were not often targeted is because they did not eliminate the wolves natural prey base. Why chase something that has arrows and knives when there's deer and bison everywhere.
@@ProjectDarkWolf two theories amigo, or is the better term hypotheses since neither is possible to be proven or disproven through empirical methods and the two are not exclusionary. I will grant you that wolves eat more sheep when sheep are common and deer are scare, if you will grant me that wolves can learn how to avoid being speared and skinned.
@@tibbar1000 on a case by case basis yes, individual personalities and habituation will always be variables. I'm not going to suggest that we have a universally applicable model of wolf behaviour, or that every individual would conform to it.
Sadly, this has come at a time when the Frebch government is thinking about allowing French farmers permission to shoot wolves. This will only add fuel to killing wolves. Very sad and wrong.
There seems to always be this impass between the necessity to have large carnivores on our landscapes, and the necessity to use almost that entire landscape to try and maintain livestock to feed eight billion people.
So this is how humanity ends...with baboon-wolf alliances. I for one want to be noted as saying I welcome our simian-lupine overlords and my service to them will outweigh my meager calorie content. Just saying...
Just THINK of the fanboys freakin' if the, "Planet of the Apes" series had the characters riding wolves instead of horses!
You deserve more subs