Arctic Wolf Cubs Learn Pack Behavior

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Arctic Wolf Cubs Learn Pack Behavior
Learn about pack behavior in this video from the NATURE mini-series Spy in the Wild. Part of the episode “Bad Behavior,” this video shows how young cubs must learn the rules of their pack and submit to older group members in order to survive. Support materials ask students to keep a spy journal to record their observations and to think about how the spy wolf is able to witness pack behavior closer up than a human scientist. Students are also encouraged to think about how the structure of a wolf’s body —specifically it’s jaw—determines how it interacts with other wolves.