Sentences with phrase «hierarchy of wolf packs»

There have been several conflicting theories about how the hierarchy of a wolf pack is structured.

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We know that packs of wolves form complex social hierarchies, and that this behaviour is likely to have evolved because it is good for the pack, which in turn helps protect its members.

Last year, when one of her students had questions about the hierarchy within a wolf pack, Segal had her call the Yellowstone Wolf Refwolf pack, Segal had her call the Yellowstone Wolf RefWolf Refuge.

The nub of the matter is that wolves have a very strict code of behavior exemplified by a pack hierarchy.

Although they are still highly social animals, the hierarchy of dominance is no longer the same in a dog family as it is in a wolf pack.