An American photographer filmed a wolf begging for food from a grizzly. The gray wolf saw the meat and in an instant turned into a playful puppy begging for a piece.

[u/Additional_Berry_977]

[u/RazzSheri]

Wolves do this with each other too. They basically go: “you can’t be mad at/hurt me— look! I am just a silly baby!”

[u/DeathAngel_97 → u/RazzSheri]

Its probably just a tactic to make it clear they don't mean any harm. The wolf obviously isn't going to fight a bear, and the bear also isn't going to risk injury fighting the wolf if it doesn't have to. By not being threatening, the bear while probably still wary isn't as concerned and knows it doesn't want a fight. The wolf probably came back for the scraps later.

[u/RazzSheri → u/DeathAngel_97]

It is— plus packs are familial units and work with the elders protecting and caring for the young. So they learn to ham that up when another wolf snaps at/corrects them. There’s a cute video that floats around on Reddit from time to time, of a wolf chewing on a log and a younger one wants the log and does the baby wiggle to get him to give up and give her the log.

[u/WistfulMelancholic → u/RazzSheri]

Dogs are the same. It's complicated when they meet cats who have no clue. The cat swatts the dogs and they're like "heyyyy peaaace, loooove. Look! I want to play, let's go" wiggling their tails and butts, bowing down and the cats like "tf you dare to prepare your attack so blatantly, here's another swatting"

[u/Dx-Human_NOS → u/WistfulMelancholic]

This is such a perfect comment lol this is EXACTLY the stage my dog and cat are at rn as they get to know each other

[u/Expensive_Heron_171 → u/Dx-Human_NOS]

It took mine a few years but they are best friends now and snuggle. I believe it's because I got my dog as a puppy and my cats were already adults. And did not like the usurper.

[u/Daemon_Darkhole → u/WistfulMelancholic]

Sounds about right. You a cat?

[u/ClairLestrange → u/WistfulMelancholic]

Part of the reason is conflicting body language - for the dog wagging the tail is a sign of happiness and play. For a cat it means aggression and imminent attack.

[u/K-teki → u/WistfulMelancholic]

This is pretty much why there's the classic cat vs dog stereotype, that and dog's prey drive

[u/Matman161]

"aww look at me I'm just a funny little guy, you wouldn't mind giving me a bite?"

[u/Kingsnake417 → u/Matman161]

"Come on, fat ass! Not even a nibble??"

[u/Talvinter → u/Kingsnake417]

He’s trying to get food from the bear, not seduce her.

[u/_thro_awa_ → u/Talvinter]

He’s trying to get food from the bear, not seduce her.

That's what he WANTS you to think

[u/Omwtfyu → u/_thro_awa_]

Cocaine Wolf-Bear incoming.

[u/SortovaGoldfish → u/_thro_awa_]

I'm interested in this bedtime story, continue.

[u/_thro_awa_ → u/SortovaGoldfish]

Sure, right after these ads.

[u/Omwtfyu → u/_thro_awa_]

Messages*

[u/Relative_Buffalo_165 → u/Omwtfyu]

Comes back from commercial and it’s just the wolf and bear smoking a cigarette.

[u/JR_LikeOnTheTVshow → u/Relative_Buffalo_165]

George Washington had two dreams; that one day wolves and bears would get along and that one day there would be MMA fights on the WH lawn

[u/TrueMead → u/SortovaGoldfish]

Too big, too small, just right. Goldicocks.

[u/EddyConejo → u/Matman161]

This technique apparently worked in ancient humans.

[u/loserbmx → u/EddyConejo]

It also worked about 10 minutes ago on me.

[u/Inca_Kola_ → u/loserbmx]

maybe you are an ancient human

[u/radedward76 → u/EddyConejo]

10,000 years later, we'll see a dapperly dressed bear walking his pet wolf

[u/Electrical_Catch9231 → u/radedward76]

Shit, you can see this in Portland right now.

[u/Salute-Major-Echidna → u/Electrical_Catch9231]

Also select areas of San Francisco

[u/ExtremelyOnlineTM → u/radedward76]

I WANT THEM BOTH!

[u/BeneficialStruggle42 → u/EddyConejo]

💯 But did he end up getting any from the bear? If not I offer to buy him a meal or even pay for a BARF subscription, just send me his address.

[u/Sensitive-Peak-3723 → u/EddyConejo]

I think it would still work on current humans

[u/chumpette → u/Matman161]

I love like he's looking around, like: damn this is so embarrassing, I hope my bros don't see me

[u/redmixer1 → u/Matman161]

Wolves are gigantic too I bet this one is like 150 lbs hungry

[u/ComfortableRelevant1 → u/Matman161]

He’s actually pretty damn big compared to that bear, I expected a bigger size difference between them

[u/bringbackfuturama → u/Matman161]

Come on Mr. Frampton you're not going to eat all that watermelon

[u/vtosnaks]

This is how one approached humans like 30000 years ago and now among his descendants are pugs and wieners.

[u/Daveisahugecunt → u/vtosnaks]

I like to think humans started bowing to each other because they saw wolves doing it…

[u/Highland-Ranger → u/Daveisahugecunt]

That's actually a super interesting proposition.

[u/theXYZT → u/Highland-Ranger]

More likely, it's because we're both mammals and get it from the same ancestral source.

[u/Horskr → u/theXYZT]

I don't think bowing is like an inherited instinctual thing as much as a learned cultural thing.

[u/Sea-Consequence7156 → u/Horskr]

Many, many animals lower themselves and make themselves smaller as a sign of deference

[u/Daveisahugecunt → u/Sea-Consequence7156]

Handshakes showing you didn’t have a weapon. Salutes. Cheers/clinking glasses to spill and mix drinks showing they were safe.. culture is super neat

[u/ladypbj → u/Daveisahugecunt]

ACTUALLY!! Handshakes are super interesting, we do it so we can more easily smell the other person. Studies have shown that most people after shaking hands will subconsciously raise their hand near their face, allowing them to smell the scent of the other person that lingers on their hand. We do this to try and feel the other person out, because humans actually have a lot of scent based communication. You can actually smell when someone is depressed, it just doesnt register like a scent does, instead likely directly signalling to the parts of the brain that interpret social signals. We are just animals at the end of the day, and just like most other mammals we sniff each other out.

[u/fckspzfr → u/Daveisahugecunt]

The clinking glasses/cups thing is 100% a myth btw. lol

[u/spreadbutt → u/fckspzfr]

Well why the fuck we still doing it?

[u/fckspzfr → u/spreadbutt]

no one can force you to do it and i will defend your right to refuse with my life

[u/lastingmuse6996 → u/Sea-Consequence7156]

When I took animal behavior in college we looked at different body language things like that. The "play bow" does exist across many mammal species. Showing one's belly and vulnerable areas in general.

Human flirting follows these same trends. Expose the inside of your wrist and neck in one motion by playing with your hair. Expose your chest by straightening your posture. I used it at a bar once to show someone and like magic a girl came up in 30 seconds.

I bet the wolf intends to steal some of the food, but wants the bear to know it's not going to attack it when it runs up so that the bear is more passive about it... But it's a bear and isn't going to be that nice.

[u/AgentCirceLuna → u/Sea-Consequence7156]

I’ve noticed I do it with people - I slouch to make myself appear smaller.

[u/PhiCloud → u/Horskr]

I think it's both, kinda.

I don't think there's a bowing gene or anything, but I do think bowing comes from a practice of showing submission or vulnerability in a way that transcends species.

[u/lovelyxbabydoll → u/Daveisahugecunt]

Some theories suggest that we potentially gained such high cognitive ability due to not needing as much energy in the brain focused on vision, hearing and smell since wolves started doing that part for us. So the person joking a dapper bear walking a wolf might happen in a few years (maybe a few tens of thousands would be more accurate) could be on to something! 🎩 🐻

[u/Great_Scott7 → u/vtosnaks]

Who doesn’t like a good wiener?

[u/thisisfreakinstupid → u/Great_Scott7]

I ❤️ tiny wieners

[u/kernel-troutman → u/thisisfreakinstupid]

Melania?

[u/CountryRoads8 → u/vtosnaks]

I literally have a pair of pug wiener mixes, and one thinks she’s still a wolf

[u/keepcarmandhurryon → u/vtosnaks]

Showed this to my dogs in an attempt to teach them about their ancestors

[u/Ok-Detective-5687 → u/vtosnaks]

Thanks for my beagle!

[u/SchillMcGuffin]

This is pretty fascinating. This wolf behavior probably evolved from pups doing it to get food from elders, and to some extent continuing to do it within the pack to maintain social bonds. But sometimes they do it to other predators too. And historically, when they did it with humans, some of those humans responded favorably... and the canine-human partnership was born.

[u/OffaShortPier → u/SchillMcGuffin]

Let's just hope the bears don't domesticate wolves

[u/PussiesUseSlashS → u/OffaShortPier]

Wolf & Bear pair were documented traveling, hunting, and sharing food together for 10 days

https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/kB14nSj2pa

[u/joecitizen79 → u/PussiesUseSlashS]

So its already begun...

[u/JerkGurk → u/joecitizen79]

They haven't learned to fly yet right? RIGHT?!

[u/AnimationOverlord → u/JerkGurk]

Brought to you by Wolf x Crow ink

[u/Teknekratos → u/AnimationOverlord]

I seem to remember reading about instances of wolves buddying up with bears, crows, and badgers (or mayyybe wolverines)?

They truly the dog's friend-shaped ancestor...

[u/Sunny_Hill_1 → u/Teknekratos]

Wolf-raven pairs are apparently so ubiquitous they made their way into Nordic mythology.

[u/AnimationOverlord → u/Sunny_Hill_1]

First Nation arts as well

[u/bitteroldladybird → u/AnimationOverlord]

I was told that the Cree word for raven literally translates to wolf bird

[u/watch4coconuts → u/Sunny_Hill_1]

Ravens want to eat the dead animals they find, but they can’t tear through the skin. They know the wolves can. So they hang with wolves and lead them to dead animals that they find. Once the wolves open up the carcass and eat their share, the ravens clean up the leftovers.

[u/CritMemes → u/watch4coconuts]

Not just carcasses, ravens have been known to work together with wolf packs by flying above fleeing animals to guide the hunt to where the prey is located. Nature’s version of a surveillance copter gets to eat the remains afterwards.

[u/Perfect-System2504 → u/JerkGurk]

wolf bear eagle, this the start of some cartoon right?

[u/calilac → u/Perfect-System2504]

ManBearPig is very real, and he most certainly exists. I'm serial.

[u/AssemblagePoint420 → u/calilac]

Cereal*

[u/Interesting_Bunch323 → u/calilac]

Super serial

[u/Starwyrm1597 → u/JerkGurk]

They fly now?

[u/vsthekingdom → u/Starwyrm1597]

THEY FLY NOW

[u/RealLavender → u/JerkGurk]

*bear throws wolf at human*

[u/Ole_St_John → u/joecitizen79]

Hopefully they don’t align themselves with tigers or we’re really fucked.

[u/joecitizen79 → u/Ole_St_John]

Thankfully a different continent. Moose, though...

[u/Cringe_Meister_ → u/joecitizen79]

They do in Siberia or Northern Asia. Tiger, brown bear, wolf and the much rarer Amur leopard live in the same region 

[u/turn_for_do → u/PussiesUseSlashS]

My first thought with this was “That’s a Disney movie waiting to happen” and the top comment in there was the same thought. 😭

[u/CosyBeluga → u/turn_for_do]

There kinda was a disney movie...Nikki Wild Dog of the North.

[u/hypnogoad → u/turn_for_do]

Mine was that it was a group of friends playing Druid builds in Diablo.

[u/user-unknown-404 → u/PussiesUseSlashS]

Wasn't there also a pair that had a raven or crow tag alone too so it could pick on the leftovers?

[u/Dallas2houston120 → u/PussiesUseSlashS]

imagine a big ass Grizzly bear in a pack of 5 wolves. The wolves chase the prey and tire it out and pin it in a corner and the grizzly goes in for the kill.

[u/OP_Scout_81 → u/Dallas2houston120]

They'd be running the world in 8 days. Either that or running a drug ring somewhere in Alaska.

[u/Funtwo34 → u/OffaShortPier]

That sounds unbearable.

Farewell suckers!

[u/cuddly0510 → u/Funtwo34]

Eh, big woof.

[u/DarksideGustavo → u/Funtwo34]

Too doggy for the bears

[u/Lenient-Hug → u/[deleted]]

Aw c'mon, "hi-bear-nation" was right there!

Sigh*

[u/SpaceCampDropOut → u/OffaShortPier]

Ladies… would you rather be alone in the woods with a bear and its pet wolf or….

[u/Watchout4HopOns → u/SpaceCampDropOut]

Yes.

[u/DuragJeezy → u/OffaShortPier]

I’m writing a science fantasy story that takes place in 2150AD where Squirrels & Bears roam together and the squirrels can be projectile shot from the bear. Don’t ask about what the orcas can do.

[u/cylonrobot → u/DuragJeezy]

This sounds interesting. When is it coming out?

[u/DuragJeezy → u/cylonrobot]

We’re 3 games deep & the webtoon is ongoing. It’s called Godtail. The Bearrels will be in our next game with other mons you can catch & interact with

[u/CanIgetaWTF → u/OffaShortPier]

New fear unlocked

[u/teamfupa → u/CanIgetaWTF]

Wait until they find cocaine again, have you seen that documentary with Ice Cube’s son?

[u/Uncaring_Dispatcher → u/teamfupa]

I really wish they'd have named him Trey.

[u/slickyeat → u/OffaShortPier]

Unique friendship between wolf and bear documented by Finnish photographer

[u/Wakkit1988 → u/slickyeat]

Sounds like we're Finnished.

[u/AndreasDasos → u/OffaShortPier]

Crows are on their way there

[u/DrPeterBlunt → u/OffaShortPier]

Lol.

"Help! A bear is attacking me; with a pack of wolves!"

[u/--Sovereign-- → u/SchillMcGuffin]

yeah it's definitely a juvenile behavior. one of the hallmarks of domestication is retaining juvenile characteristics and behavior into adulthood, makes sense that wolves are just halfway there naturally.

[u/definitive_solutions → u/--Sovereign--]

Oh so I'm not immature, I'm just happily domesticated, thank you for that

[u/K-teki → u/definitive_solutions]

Humans actually do show the same type of physical and mental signs of domestication that animals do, like decreased aggression and less robust bodies.

[u/JimMarch → u/SchillMcGuffin]

We already know of examples of play behaviors between dogs and bears: 

https://youtu.be/JE-Nyt4Bmi8

We also know of occasional literal friendships between wolves and bears: 

https://youtu.be/eUXWyKrnIWQ

I've personally seen a ferret weighing about a pound and a half run to dogs of up to 80lbs with the same ferret "play bow" body language seen in dogs and lots of other carnivores...and successfully get the dog to play with them. 

Oh, and we also have more than one documented case of a coyote befriending a badger lol:

https://youtube.com/shorts/uSGIKsi9DOA

You can see the "play bow" body language again.  Ferrets and badgers are both mustelids so if ferrets have it, odds are badgers can at least recognize it.

[u/alwayssunnyinskyrim → u/JimMarch]

My dog has successfully used this play bow to get donkeys to play with him from the other side of a fence on multiple occasions

[u/stilljustacatinacage → u/SchillMcGuffin]

I'm torn because on the one hand I'm picturing how brave the first wolf must have been, going up to the tall monkeys with sharp sticks to plead for food. Then on the other hand it makes me sad imagining how hungry the poor baby must have been to be so brave 😭

[u/Wes_Warhammer666 → u/stilljustacatinacage]

It makes me happy to think of it, because that little bugger helped to eventually give me one of the greatest loves I've ever known.

RiP Fishdog you magnificent beast. And thank you to the brave and/or starving good boi who started the chain that led to me getting her as my dog all these millennia later.

[u/PigabungaDude → u/Wes_Warhammer666]

Thank you camp wolf! You were a good doggoe even if you weren't a doggoe yet

[u/three_crystals → u/Wes_Warhammer666]

Thinking about Fishdog and all the wonderful little puppers that came before her 💗

[u/FineScratch → u/Wes_Warhammer666]

I like to call it the bargain so every time I'm talking to my dog and he's looking at me to do something it's like so is 'the bargain first struck by our ancestors so shall it be fulfilled'

[u/Eshneh → u/stilljustacatinacage]

If they were anything like my greedy little Huskies, they are always hungry and will beg regardless or not if they just ate

[u/hillswalker87 → u/Eshneh]

you don't know when the next meal is coming...gotta get it whenever.

[u/Tomsboll → u/stilljustacatinacage]

I would guess said hunters was sitting on a carcass to big to eat themselves and too much to carry it all back to the camp. So when the wolves circled around them, maybe doing this puppy dance, they threw some scraps to them and the wolves dared to get closer and closer for every toss. They would then follow the hunters and repeat every time they made camp until the bond was formed.

Many animals associate humans with food, not necessarily that humans are the food but rather a source of it. Birds today display this behaviour the most.

[u/Legitimate-Tell2126 → u/SchillMcGuffin]

So basically, the first dog was just a wolf with excellent begging skills.

[u/AntikytheraMachines → u/Legitimate-Tell2126]

i watched something recently that said dogs were domesticated wolves, but cats just figured out that human granaries were pretty good places to hunt rodents. so cats were not so much domesticated, but rather, they just co-habitated with humans.

[u/Preeng → u/SchillMcGuffin]

I'd like to know how close the domestication of wolves was to the human development of "baby talk".

https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/dogs-respond-to-baby-talk/

[u/__dying__ → u/SchillMcGuffin]

Okay is there evidence though that bears positively respond to canine puppy behavior?

[u/YoungLittlePanda → u/SchillMcGuffin]

The bastards always knew cuteness was out weakness.

[u/Will_X_Intent → u/SchillMcGuffin]

I've heard there is interbreeding of wolf and dog going on.

[u/SchillMcGuffin → u/Will_X_Intent]

That's their business.

[u/BigWhiteDog → u/Will_X_Intent]

That's been a thing with livestock guardian dogs going back centuries.

[u/QuietlyLosingMyMind → u/Will_X_Intent]

My mom had a German Shepherd/wolf mix in the 80's. It had a weird thick wavy auburn coat and huge feet. It was a horse among dogs. It would let anyone in the house but didn't wanna let anyone leave. You would have to walk her in the other room when guests left but the people that knew her wouldn't say goodbye they just ducked out the door. It's like goodbye or just bye were trigger words for her to guard the door.

[u/Will_X_Intent → u/QuietlyLosingMyMind]

Lol, it wanted to protect the people from the scary outside.

[u/Starslimonada]

He didn’t give him even a little piece. Who even teaches these bears manners and etiquette out in the wild? 🙄

[u/Veecarious → u/Starslimonada]

"Cute, but not sharing a meal cute" thought the bear

[u/Starslimonada → u/Veecarious]

😂😂😂

[u/Traveler-0705 → u/Veecarious]

You may be cute but you ain’t my type cute lol

[u/zilla82 → u/Starslimonada]

It's enough to let him wait around as a non threat for whatever is left. Otherwise the wolf would be on the menu as well

[u/Sudden_Wind_8636 → u/zilla82]

It isn't really worth the trouble for the bear to attack a wolf. Wolves can put up somewhat of a fight, they will lose but they can fight. Just like how there are dog breeds made to fight bears, dogs and wolves have a better chance than we as humans do.

If you are a predator and you can eat something like a fish, or a rabbit, or a skunk/beaver/etc which doesn't really have any defenses, the only time you'd really hunt something more dangerous is when you can't find anything else.

[u/Sad_Accident8510 → u/Sudden_Wind_8636]

Yeah most animals really don't want a real fight. It's why they eat babies and elderly of other animals.

[u/OP_Scout_81 → u/Sad_Accident8510]

And have the GALL to burp afterwards, the BASTARDS.

[u/Flaky-Journalist1748 → u/Sad_Accident8510]

And most wild animals also realise winning the fight isnt good enough, you have to come out unharmed. Otherwise you can die to the wounds from something like a wolf later on.

[u/scubaSteve181 → u/zilla82]

Wolves are very agile and powerful in their own right- would take too much energy and risk to try and chase after the wolf. Easier for the bear to just ignore him.

[u/DisorderlyAqueduct → u/zilla82]

grizzly fast but wolf faster. bear knows.
wolf strong but bear stronger. wolf knows.

[u/cute_polarbear → u/Starslimonada]

Yeah...I was just waiting for the bear to at least throw a pitty piece of meat to the wolf...

[u/0FFFXY → u/Starslimonada]

Yeah, was he raised in the woods?

[u/blakhawk12 → u/[deleted]]

It really is fascinating isn’t it? Like, bear don’t give a shit, but hundreds of thousands of years ago some wolf probably did this exact same dance with a human and the person in question thought, “Haha that’s cute,” and threw him a bone. And thus was born the greatest of inter-species friendships.

[u/lone-lemming → u/blakhawk12]

Bears have a common ancestor with wolves. So somewhere in his brain he probably understands what the wolf is trying to communicate. Still can’t have his bud lite.

[u/steverrb → u/lone-lemming]

I've heard if you scratch a bear in the right spot you can get his leg going like a dog. I still haven't had a chance to try it out though...

[u/Jelly_Kitti → u/steverrb]

Reading this comment might have influenced how I will die. If it did, I will die happy

[u/Wild_Marker → u/Jelly_Kitti]

At least the bear will be happy

[u/ProcedureImportant28 → u/steverrb]

Can I pet dat dawg?

[u/Rollingstone6648 → u/steverrb]

Hope you get a chance to…… I guess 💀

[u/Salt_Sir2599 → u/steverrb]

Like starting a furry tractor

[u/taylormade311 → u/blakhawk12]

"Greatest of inter-species friendships" I'm not saying your wrong but horses get the short end of the stick in this convo. We rode their backs into wars and snoopy skips over them because he's cute and can rollover on command.

[u/Alarming_Panic665 → u/taylormade311]

Dogs have been our friends for 20,000 - 40,000 years and have fought, hunted, died, and warred for us all the while. Horses have 'only' been domesticated for 4,000 years.

Hell we didn't even really domesticate dogs. As it is more accurate to say we co-evolved. To the point where humans have a strong, biologically ingrained affinity for dogs. Even some theories that it was dogs which caused humans to evolve the ability to successfully live and empathize with other species, which laid the groundwork for further animal domestication.

[u/SoulEkko → u/[deleted]]

10000 years in the future, you'll see bears walking dogs in leashes, mark my words!

[u/Electronic-Buyer-468 → u/SoulEkko]

!remind me in 10000 years!

[u/FutureComplaint → u/Electronic-Buyer-468]

!remindme 10000 days

Edit: 27 years, not bad

[u/Orchid_Significant → u/FutureComplaint]

Well now I gotta try it

!remindme 10000 weeks

Edit: 191 years. I sure hope I’m not around to read it

[u/lookslikeamanderin]

Look at mee! I’m goofy. I’m not threatening at alll! *looks around for the rest of his pack*

[u/Suedocode → u/lookslikeamanderin]

looking away is a kind of disarming gesture

[u/LeezusII → u/lookslikeamanderin]

There was another wolf behind the bear at the beginning.

I think he maybe wasn't begging so much as baiting, trying to get the bear to chase him so that the other guy could snag it.

[u/Kurse83 → u/LeezusII]

I would bet that's exactly what's happening.

[u/Formal_Appearance_16 → u/LeezusII]

Yep, that was my first thoughts as well. Followed by the "guys, i don't think he's going for it. What now?" look.

[u/Prunkle]

Can I pet those daaaawgs?

[u/currentlyRedacted → u/Prunkle]

Ya like dags?

[u/Devil_0fHellsKitchen → u/currentlyRedacted]

Yeah I like dags. I like caravans more.

[u/poopatrip → u/Devil_0fHellsKitchen]

She’s terribly partial to the Periwinkle Blue

[u/Sypheix → u/poopatrip]

I heard yees a bit of a boxer. A cup o tea fer da big feller

[u/woodenleghen → u/Prunkle]

Petting that dawg has come full circle

[u/Involuntary-Expert]

WHY ARE THEY SO FRIEND SHAPED!?!?

ITS NOT FAIR!

[u/vyxanis → u/Involuntary-Expert]

Thats how I feel about lions and tigers, I wanna hug them so freakin bad but unfortunately I am food shaped

[u/loca2016 → u/vyxanis]

tigers so scary tho, saw a picture of one jumping on a dude on top of an elephant. Them beasts.

[u/_Bread______ → u/loca2016]

lmao i saw that same video, the dudes hand got fucking slashed man good thing it didnt straight up get snapped

[u/Involuntary-Expert → u/vyxanis]

☹️ I don't wanna be food shaped..

[u/ChablisWoo4578]

Dawww give him a spleen! Look how cute he’s being!

[u/OP_Scout_81 → u/ChablisWoo4578]

Massive thump

There, it's...nervy.

[u/jmarzy]

Oh man the bears are gonna domesticate wolves

[u/KibblesNBitxhes]

Kind of a bummer that you can hear a freaking highway in the background and a car door shut which made the wolf break its focus from the bear.

My theory is that the wolf was coaxing the bear to give chase to him while his buddies behind the bear nab his snack. Bear was not about to make friends with wolves over some human perceived puppy eyes.

[u/DoomOfChaos → u/KibblesNBitxhes]

this takes place 150ish yards off of the road in Yellowstone, directly under a parking area (that overlooks this area)

[u/Short_Collectiony → u/DoomOfChaos]

Where did you find this info?

[u/DoomOfChaos → u/Short_Collectiony]

by photographing bears/wolves, etc at the exact same spot

[u/Trev-Nastiest → u/DoomOfChaos]

Well hey that's super neat!

[u/my_chaffed_legs]

Hasn’t there been instances of wolves hunting and commingling with bears before? I remember a story of a pet dog that ran away and was seen chilling with some bears and eating together

[u/Hot-Statistician8772 → u/my_chaffed_legs]

it's rare, in Finland in 2013 a brown bear and wolf were recorded hunting together sharing food and resting side by side for 10 days, a more normal interaction is for a bear to steal a wolves kill and then the wolves wait for it to finish and eat the scraps.

[u/RealDangValue]

I can see how evolution of dogs started.

[u/NecessaryJeweler9151]

Such a good boy!

[u/paukapaukaa]

We better hope the grizzlies don’t get wolf “pets”

[u/eatmyaddy → u/paukapaukaa]

Bro if wolves and Grizzlies team up, I'm out

[u/jambohakdog69]

Awww even the wolf is wagging its tail. Give him some you selfish prick 😢

[u/millionairematdavis]

This is exactly how they got themselves domesticated, doing that cute puppy stuff to humans.

[u/ilovelemonsquares]

Bear: How about that photographer over there...

[u/quackermaster]

How they became dogs lol

[u/Joltyboiyo]

It's the exact same fucking tactic they use on humans. "Look at me. Look at how cute I am. Please, please can I have some? I'm so cute, please?"

[u/NinjaBRUSH]

This is not begging for food.

This is what dogs do to get animals to chase them. The wolf wants the bear to stop guarding the food and give chase. The other wolves will take the food.

Look any video of animals meeting each other and chasing each other around. Deer do this exact same thing as well to play chase.

[u/Beautibulb_Tamer]

Wolf must have seen dogs and thought its time for domestication 2.0, bear edition

[u/GirthGriffin]

The Bear knows this is a lose-lose situation, he's not being an asshole, he just knows if he gives a dime, a dollar will be expected. In other words, there are other wolves from his pack that are lurking.

[u/boanerges57]

If bears domesticate wolves I think it might be a problem for humans.

[u/ThatJiuJitsuGuy]

I see a different scenario. It looks to me like the wolf is trying to bait the bear into chasing it and the rest of the pack is actually close-by but hidden.

[u/kittylover2006]

I love it when animals are social with other animals, it establishes that they are all connected in ways other then just by maintaining each other’s ecosystems

[u/Goodie128]

I get how that worked on us. Thats really cute

[u/Urmomlervsme]

I watched a something years ago about play behavior in nature. One of the examples referenced a case where sled dogs in artic environments displayed play behavior when polar bears approached them. Instead of eating the dogs the bears responded with play. The behavior researchers theorized that play instincts can override predatory instincts. I wonder if this is a related phenomenon. 

I looked it up! It was from an episode of he BBC earth's show "Nature's weirdest events"; the episode might be called "Huskies and Polar Bears"! 

... I also learned that it's over 16 years old 😭

[u/DoomOfChaos]

ah yes, the Blacktail Ponds. Its fairly normal behavior when wolves are trying to steal from a grizzly. Wolf wants the bear to chase, and the second the bear does so, other wolves will grab some meat.

[u/Damiandcl]

So did he get any?

[u/Kris_Kamweru]

If I domesticate a bear that has a wolf pet, is that my grand-pet?

[u/johnnieA12]

In a million years bears will be walking around with chihuahuas and pugs in their purses

[u/OnlyRussellHD]

And that ladies and gentlemen is how dogs domesticated us.