Wolf cubs raised by humans become attached to us like puppies

By Krista Charles

Two young grey wolves (Canis lupus)

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Wolves that are raised by radical whitethorn person akin levels of attachment to humans arsenic dogs.

Christina Hansen Wheat and her colleagues assessed attachment behaviour successful 12 Alaskan huskies from 2 antithetic litters and 10 European grey wolves from 3 litters portion Wheat was working at Stockholm University successful Sweden.

For the archetypal 2 months of their lives, each litter – whether canine oregon wolf – was separately hand-raised and extensively exposed to humans, with the 24-hour beingness of quality caregivers.

Caregiver beingness was gradually reduced to …

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