EU researchers have carried out the first ever study into strategies used by adult and puppy wolves during social play.
Adult wolves maintain their dominance over wolf puppies even during play, the EU-funded project CANCOOP has discovered. Play is viewed as competitive interaction between playmates used to test and improve their abilities in a safe setting.
The findings, published in the journal ‘PLOS ONE’ in May 2016, refute the theory that adult wolves may soften their behaviour when interacting with puppies in order to encourage them to play. Instead, they maintain their dominant status.
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