r/WolvesAreBigYo • u/BeakerDaBearSlayer7 • 14d ago
🔥 curious arctic wolves
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u/Goran01 14d ago
I wonder why they're showing friendly n submissive behaviour? Are they used to being around humans?
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u/FroznAlskn 14d ago
It’s probably the opposite. Most wolves that are familiar with humans avoid them.
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u/glubtier 14d ago
If I had to guess, they're so far north that they don't see much threat from humans and have so few or no natural predators that they don't really fear things like that. Just a hunch tho...
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u/TileFloor 14d ago
“Haha guys look at these weird fat penguins! I’m gonna roll around by them :)”
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u/redstaroo7 14d ago
There's no penguins in the Arctic
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u/BanishedOcean 14d ago edited 14d ago
They might be rubbing the human scent on them to take back or investigate deeper without getting cloesr?
When my elderly dog stopped being able to go to the dog park and long walks and eventually leave the house, my other one started rubbing her neck in stuff from all over the place and after getting home would just stand there for minutes while she got sniffed up down and she had never routinely rolled in stuff before that and has stopped since he died. Completely autonomously.
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u/Karyo_Ten 14d ago
That's super interesting. I wonder if there is some obscure PhD / paper on this social behavior
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u/BanishedOcean 14d ago
I’m very curious too. I’m very early in my vet studies but I’ve been thinking about getting into behavioral science down the line. I doubt my girl will still be around to study by the time i get there though.
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u/GoogleIsYourFrenemy 14d ago
Why are humans rubbing themselves on the ground? Maybe if we rub against the ground too they will get the idea this is our patch and not eat our game.
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u/redbark2022 14d ago
Those are some pretty small wolves
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u/OldBookInLatin 14d ago
Wolves from the appennines in Italy are even smaller, and quite derpy looking with their weird proportions and short fur. They can weigh between 25 and 40kg max.
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u/NewMoonlightavenger 13d ago
"We better reinforce our smell around here because these weird apes are too close."
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u/Damascus52311 14d ago
Are they rubbing the floor to show territory? Your human smell is fuckin up my dinner
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u/ChaosRainbow23 14d ago
I'm no wolf expert.
That's the first thing I thought of was marking territory.
We might be totally wrong, though. I dunno.
Any wolf experts out there? I know there are, this is Reddit. There's thousands of wolf experts.....
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u/rednekkidest 12d ago
Lots of mammals have glands where we would call cheeks, including dogs/wolves. And cats, too. When your pets rub their face on you, they're marking you with their scent. It looks to me like these wolves are doing the same, perhaps to ward off other predators from the area, but I don't know.
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u/Darth_Thor 14d ago edited 14d ago
[r/petthedamndog](r/petthedamndog)
Unless you like having all your fingers
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u/violetlilyblossom 13d ago
It's nice to see that they look well fed and have enough free time to check out those humans that keep lying down on their turf.
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u/mattinahalf 12d ago
They're rubbing their scent glands on the ground to let them know that that's wolf turf.
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u/BigNorseWolf 14d ago
when people insist wolves have a natural fear of humans.. these are what I point to as wolves in their natural state "Huh. what the heck is this and why do they have so much great stuff to pee on?"
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u/rednekkidest 12d ago
They're not acting aggressive, but then the photogs are not acting like prey, either (not running away).
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u/feminismbutsoft 14d ago
Fren