Wolves can fish!

[Godmother]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/bri ... e15287177/

 

[eagle]

They are amazing creatures

 

[Cinderwolf]

There is a whole bunch fo wolves up the coast of BC that make fish their main diet

 

[dogsnbears]

I kind of thought it was odd that this made the news just recently because I was watching a show about a month ago, and it was talking about the wolves catching salmon (I guess they didn't have video though). what I though was more interesting, was the fact that they only eat the heads. The theory on the show was that salmon carry a parasite, which the wolves can get, and they avoid this by only eating the head of the fish. If this is true, how do the wolves know this?

I guess I found this interesting because my dogs eat raw. so if I want to feed them salmon, I have to freeze it first to make sure I kill any parasites.

 

[Godmother]

I bet that some other critters are lined up to eat the discarded salmon. Interesting how nothing goes to waste in nature.

 

[KMG365]

I hadn't really given it much thought before, but it doesn't seem all that far-fetched to me that wolves would give fishing a try. If bears can do it, why can't wolves?