Monkeys tame wild wolves (or vice versa?)
Abyssinian wolf in this photo does not even think to attack monkeys. He will hunt rodents directly in a herd of seven hundred individuals, and primates will not pay attention to it. On the other hand, the monkeys immediately run after seeing wild dogs - they do not trust them.
Jeffrey kerby
The photo above was taken on the Guassa Plateau in Ethiopia. Geladas, primates of the family of monkeys, gather in a herd of up to seven hundred individuals. They eat mostly flowers and seeds, but have long fangs. Monkeys share the meadows on the plateau with predators - servals, wild dogs and wolves. When danger is present, the geladas hide in the rocks with a loud cry, but they are able to repel predators. Servals and dogs hunt monkeys, and the Abyssinian wolves have won the trust of primates.
Wolves mix with gelades and hunt rodents in the middle of the day. Predators change behavior: even if an ox ran for prey before, it will slow down as soon as it sees these primates. The author of the study, Vivek Venkataraman, found that with a single hunt, wolves catch rats and mice in 25% of cases, and among geladus - in 67%. In the only case when the wolf grabbed the baby monkey, he was surrounded, forced to quit prey and driven away.
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An Ethiopian scientist believes that the ability of wolves to gain the trust of monkeys can shed light on the domestication of dogs by humans. The initiative could not come from people, but from wolves.
Jeffrey kerby
Bobisbob ~ commonswiki
Jeffrey kerby
The photo above was taken on the Guassa Plateau in Ethiopia. Geladas, primates of the family of monkeys, gather in a herd of up to seven hundred individuals. They eat mostly flowers and seeds, but have long fangs. Monkeys share the meadows on the plateau with predators - servals, wild dogs and wolves. When danger is present, the geladas hide in the rocks with a loud cry, but they are able to repel predators. Servals and dogs hunt monkeys, and the Abyssinian wolves have won the trust of primates.
Wolves mix with gelades and hunt rodents in the middle of the day. Predators change behavior: even if an ox ran for prey before, it will slow down as soon as it sees these primates. The author of the study, Vivek Venkataraman, found that with a single hunt, wolves catch rats and mice in 25% of cases, and among geladus - in 67%. In the only case when the wolf grabbed the baby monkey, he was surrounded, forced to quit prey and driven away.
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An Ethiopian scientist believes that the ability of wolves to gain the trust of monkeys can shed light on the domestication of dogs by humans. The initiative could not come from people, but from wolves.
Jeffrey kerby
Bobisbob ~ commonswiki
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/365765/
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