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At the Grand Canyon National Park they told us that ravens are the only animal allowed at wolf kills; this is because they train wolf pups while the parents are
by tedmcory77 7y ago
At the Grand Canyon National Park they told us that ravens are the only animal allowed at wolf kills; this is because they train wolf pups while the parents are off hunting so theyre recognized.
- nyolfen 7y agowhat do you mean by train wolf pups?
- esilver 7y agoMy guess would be that the ravens demonstrate effective scavenging behavior to the wolf pups. Interestingly, both wolves and ravens engage in observational learning of food acquisition behaviors [0]. I think most of us would assume that wolf pups have an innate scavenging ability; this is probably wrong. [0] https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/aff0/dca479ca58868890d903cd8b1a25421cb4e4.pdf https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/aff0/dca479ca58868890d903cd...