Post by Okablaya on Jul 27, 2008 14:07:14 GMT -5
Tail Positions;
This high tail position indicated the wolf is dominant.
This horizontal stiffly held tail position indicated the wolf is going to attack or is hunting.
The wagging of a wolf's tail in this manner indicates that the wolf is relaxed.
This somewhat drooped tail position indicated the wolf is relatively relaxed.
This drooped tail position indicated the wolf is even more relaxed.
This half tail tuck along with a partially arched back indicated that a wolf is humbling itself to a more dominant wolf and is a form of submission.
This fully tucked tail along with a highly arched back shows that a wolf is extremely in fear of something (a more dominant wolf) and is another form of submission.
Body Postures;
This body position is of a wolf when it is attacking.
This body position is of a wolf when it is defensive or is feeling threatened.
This body position is of wolves fighting with the top wolf pinning the other wolf to the ground.
The wolf is submitting. This means the wolf on the right will lay on its back and expose its neck and stomach to the more dominant (higher ranking) wolf
The wolf is fearful and is running as fast as it can to get away. The ears are pinned back and the tail is wrapped completely up under its hind legs.
The submissive wolf, the one on the left is now licking and nuzzling the dominant wolf. This is a very important behavior. This lets the other wolves know which wolves are higher in rank than the others. The lower ranking animals will submit to the higher ranking animals. This creates harmony in the pack because all wolves know where they stand, so no one is confused. Once in awhile a lower ranking wolf will decide that it is time to move up in the rankings. When this happens there is usually a fight. This is called a "dominance fight." Most of the time, this fight will end quickly with no blood shed.
This wolf is showing the classic play stance. There is no secret hear as to what the wolf wants. It wants to play with another wolf. If the other wolf takes this wolf up on it, then they either wrestle around in the mud or take off and play a game of tag.
The mouth is open and the tongue is flopping around throwing spit everywhere. The ears are straight up and turned in. The tail is waving in the breeze and the wolf is bouncing around. This is play.
A wolf showing submission to a dominant wolf.This is done by lowering, bowing, and turning the head with adverted gaze. As you can see in the figure, the ears are pinned back against the head. This gesture is often accompanied by the bearing of teeth of the submissive animal. When a wolf bears its teeth, it is not always being aggressive. In the figure above the submissive wolf, the one on the left, is showing respect to the leader of the pack and is most likely bearing its teeth.
This body posture indicates that the wolf is feeling both fear and aggressiveness.
Eye Communication;
When a wolf narrows its eyes to another wolf, or adverts gaze, that is known as submission.
When a wolf stares wide eyed into another wolfs eyes, almost a "fixed glare", this is a challenge, or a sign of dominance and a warning to a misbehaving lower wolf.
This high tail position indicated the wolf is dominant.
This horizontal stiffly held tail position indicated the wolf is going to attack or is hunting.
The wagging of a wolf's tail in this manner indicates that the wolf is relaxed.
This somewhat drooped tail position indicated the wolf is relatively relaxed.
This drooped tail position indicated the wolf is even more relaxed.
This half tail tuck along with a partially arched back indicated that a wolf is humbling itself to a more dominant wolf and is a form of submission.
This fully tucked tail along with a highly arched back shows that a wolf is extremely in fear of something (a more dominant wolf) and is another form of submission.
Body Postures;
This body position is of a wolf when it is attacking.
This body position is of a wolf when it is defensive or is feeling threatened.
This body position is of wolves fighting with the top wolf pinning the other wolf to the ground.
The wolf is submitting. This means the wolf on the right will lay on its back and expose its neck and stomach to the more dominant (higher ranking) wolf
The wolf is fearful and is running as fast as it can to get away. The ears are pinned back and the tail is wrapped completely up under its hind legs.
The submissive wolf, the one on the left is now licking and nuzzling the dominant wolf. This is a very important behavior. This lets the other wolves know which wolves are higher in rank than the others. The lower ranking animals will submit to the higher ranking animals. This creates harmony in the pack because all wolves know where they stand, so no one is confused. Once in awhile a lower ranking wolf will decide that it is time to move up in the rankings. When this happens there is usually a fight. This is called a "dominance fight." Most of the time, this fight will end quickly with no blood shed.
This wolf is showing the classic play stance. There is no secret hear as to what the wolf wants. It wants to play with another wolf. If the other wolf takes this wolf up on it, then they either wrestle around in the mud or take off and play a game of tag.
The mouth is open and the tongue is flopping around throwing spit everywhere. The ears are straight up and turned in. The tail is waving in the breeze and the wolf is bouncing around. This is play.
A wolf showing submission to a dominant wolf.This is done by lowering, bowing, and turning the head with adverted gaze. As you can see in the figure, the ears are pinned back against the head. This gesture is often accompanied by the bearing of teeth of the submissive animal. When a wolf bears its teeth, it is not always being aggressive. In the figure above the submissive wolf, the one on the left, is showing respect to the leader of the pack and is most likely bearing its teeth.
This body posture indicates that the wolf is feeling both fear and aggressiveness.
Eye Communication;
When a wolf narrows its eyes to another wolf, or adverts gaze, that is known as submission.
When a wolf stares wide eyed into another wolfs eyes, almost a "fixed glare", this is a challenge, or a sign of dominance and a warning to a misbehaving lower wolf.