The Wolf Gaze 🐺 are wolf eyes really that important?

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Featuring Jane Goodall.
Once you’ve looked into the eyes of a wolf, life seems to shift somehow. The father of wildlife ecology Aldeo leopold said once, To look into the eyes of the wolf is to see your own soul. But why are the eyes so important to their survival? Wolves have many ways of using their body to communicate to other wolves and animals, but the eyes are perhaps the most dominant feature. A wolf's face is a powerful display of visual cues. For example, A fixed stare is part of telling unwanted wolves to leave. They use eye position as a form of communication, within their pack and toward other animals, and will look one another in the eye when communicating a greeting, as well as for dominance behaviors, and other social gestures. This gives the wolves the opportunity to examine the situation and the other wolf. A submissive wolf regularly averts gaze when a dominant wolf attempts a dominant display toward them. During submissive displays, the submissive wolf will open their eyes wide when averting gaze, showing the whites of their eyes. This behavior is thought to be the most dramatic of submissive eye postures. ("Wolf Behavior 101: Do wolves communicate with their eyes?", 2010). The fixed (aggressive) stare directly into their eyes is a blatant challenge of that canine's rank and social status. If performed toward a dominant wolf, a reciprocal challenge and fight is likely to ensue. High ranking wolves use this technique to assert their rank over submissive pack members or as a challenge to another trespassing wolf pack.
Japanese researchers embarked on a project that focused specifically on how eye contact and communication is affected by eye visibility and facial patterning around the eyes of canids. They found that canines with more distinguishable eyes tended to live and hunt in groups, where gaze-communication facilitates the teamwork that is necessary to bring down large prey and stay safe. Those with camouflaged eyes were more likely to live alone or in pairs, where communication with other members of their species may not be needed in the same way (Garnett, 2014).
References
Aldo Leopold
Pacific Southwest Region 5, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
International Wolf Centre - wolf.org/
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[@King-qr1ck]

Fantastic Mr Fox looked into the eyes of the wolf ones

[@zephirous8165]

Love it :D

[@ProjectDarkWolf]

Wow, that was really informative! Behaviour is a subject I find more difficult to become familiar with (in both humans and animals) so well done for explaining it clearly. My information might be outdated, but I remember eye contact (or lack of) being used as evidence of confidence around humans in the case of Kenton Carnegie (2005). I imagine that wolves communicating to non-wolves requires a very different interpretation of facial expression... maybe a subject for a follow-up video!

[@AnimalEducate]

Thanks 😊 I was fascinated with this study and will be expanding my research for a future module.

[@ancientchainedwolfearthbou2104]

Wolf pups are so cute

[@thechelsearantman6717]

I saw a fox and it had pups and they were so adorable honestly we should keep wolves coyotes foxes as long as possible on this planet before its too late

[@AnimalEducate]

I agree! We can all work together and be a voice for them x 💚🐺

[@dreaem]

Pure predatory gaze. No mistaking it for domestic.

[@chandusmanalomanamata8975]

Oh my god superb superb superb ...... really great job guys

[@josemartinezgonzalez2450]

Buen reportaje 👍

[@ancientchainedwolfearthbou2104]

I want one not fair

[@Heresheis0818]

It’s all about enhancing surviving odds . It’s no big deal and just don’t be another group of people whom had supported Hitler for the unjustified reasons jeopardising the existence of humanity

[@Heresheis0818]

It’s no big deal. Drink more wine and eat food with constructive enzymes