US EditionIn a Scientific First, Biologists Recorded a Wild Wolf Potentially Using Tools | News Channel 3-12
A coastal wolf in British Columbia used a crab trap line to access bait, marking possibly the first documented tool use in wild canids, researchers reported.
- On Nov. 17, researchers reported footage showing a female wild wolf on the central coast of British Columbia swim to retrieve a floating buoy tied to a submerged crab trap, captured within a day of camera deployment by camera traps.
- Guardians, who monitor local marine stewardship, began deploying motion-triggered cameras after repeatedly finding crab traps damaged during the Heiltsuk Nation stewardship program to eradicate invasive European green crabs.
- Video shows the wolf grab the buoy's line, pull until a trap emerged, break open a bait canister with herring, and later investigate bait cups from two traps ashore.
- Authors suggest this may be the first wild-canid tool-use case, but scientists debate rope-pulling exclusion and Bradley Smith argues object modification or orientation is required.
- Given local conditions where wolves face less hunting pressure, researchers will explore whether the behaviour spreads culturally, with Artelle saying, `We realized this was important on the first watching.
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The Canadian wolf pulled a crab trap out of the water to get the bait.
Wild Wolf Seen Hauling Up Crab Trap in First-Ever Case of Tool Use
A coastal wolf in British Columbia approaches a crab trap line moments before pulling the trap to shore. Credit: Haíɫzaqv Wolf and Biodiversity Project A wild wolf on the central coast of British Columbia may have carried out the first known case of tool use in a canid. New video shows the animal swimming into deep water, retrieving a buoy, and hauling up a hidden trap. Researchers say the footage shows a wolf manipulating crab traps in a way th…
In a scientific first, biologists recorded a wild wolf potentially using tools
(CNN) — A female wild wolf living on the central coast of British Columbia was filmed pulling a crab trap out of the ocean to eat the bait — a never-before-seen behavior that could constitute the first documented use of…
In a scientific first, biologists recorded a wild wolf potentially using tools
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — A female wild wolf living on the central coast of British Columbia was filmed pulling a crab trap out of the ocean to eat the bait — a never-before-seen behavior that could constitute the first documented use of tools by a wolf. The traps were set by the Heiltsuk (Haíɫzaqv) Nation as part of an environmental stewardship program run by the indigenous community. The program centers in part on combating the spread of t…
In a scientific first, biologists recorded a wild wolf potentially using tools | News Channel 3-12
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — A female wild wolf living on the central coast of British Columbia was filmed pulling a crab trap out of the ocean to eat the bait — a never-before-seen behavior that could constitute the first documented use of tools by a wolf. The traps were set by the Heiltsuk (Haíɫzaqv) Nation as part of an environmental stewardship program run by the indigenous community. The program centers in part on combating the spread of t…
In a scientific first, biologists recorded a wild wolf potentially using tools
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — A female wild wolf living on the central coast of British Columbia was filmed pulling a crab trap out of the ocean to eat the bait — a never-before-seen behavior that could constitute the first documented use of tools by a wolf. The traps were set by the Heiltsuk (Haíɫzaqv) Nation as part of an environmental stewardship program run by the indigenous community. The program centers in part on combating the spread of t…
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