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Wolves of Yellowstone

Scientists have just documented what may be the first recorded instance of a wild wolf using a tool. The finding appears in new footage published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, and it offers remarkable insight into the depth of wolf intelligence. Living with Wolves is a proud funder of this groundbreaking research. The discovery adds to a growing body of evidence that wolves can manipulate objects to access food, a behavior once believed to be limited to primates. | Living with Wolves

Wild wolves using tools? It’s now been documented! 🐺🦀 Project Coyote Science & Ethics Advisory Board member Marc Bekoff highlights these groundbreaking observations by Drs. Kyle Artelle and Project Coyote Science & Ethics Advisory Board member Paul Paquet in a recent blog post. Wild wolves in British Columbia were filmed using a rope to pull a submerged crab trap out of the water — a behavior never before recorded. In Bekoff's interview with Artelle and Paquet, they note: “...we wonder if wolv