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Possible Use Of Foresight, Understanding, And Planning By Wolves Hunting Muskoxen, L. David Mech
Possible Use Of Foresight, Understanding, And Planning By Wolves Hunting Muskoxen, L. David Mech
USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
On Ellesmere Island in 2006, arctic wolves (Canis lupus arctos) were observed making a two-pronged approach to a herd of muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) and, on another occasion, ambushing muskoxen. Both observations seemed to provide evidence that the wolves were using foresight, understanding, and planning. Although the possible use of insight and purposiveness has been documented in captive wolves, the present report is one of the few to document the possibility that freeranging wolves use these other three mental processes.
En 2006, sur l’île Ellesmere, des loups arctiques (Canis lupus arctos) ont été observés en …