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The Lamb And The Wolf
By peace | June 3, 2006
A Wolf pursued a Lamb, which fled for refuge to a certain temple.
The Wolf called out to him and said,”If the priest should catch you, you’ll become a sacrifice.”
The Lamb replied, I would rather be sacrificed in the Temple than to be eaten by you.
Moral
Even if one has to die owing to circumstances, one should choose to die in glory.
Some Facts About Wolves
Nearly everything wolves do, they do together. Genetically programmed for cooperative living, a wolf begins learning the law of mutual dependence from the moment its mother licks it dry at birth, and group-consciousness dominates every feature of its life from then on: sibling play, the choice of hunting and denning grounds, breeding, feeding, and relations with ‘outside’ wolves and packs.
From packlife to work, wolves had to develop a wide range of ways to express their emotions, perceptions, and intentions, and they passed on much of that gift for communicating to their descendents, our dogs. The affection and loyalty of wolves toward their fellows - and the ability to convey them clearly - are the qualities we most value in our companion animals.
Packs can vary in size from a pair up to a recorded maximum of thirty-six. Most often, wolves in a pack are related by blood, because the bonds that hold packs together are strongest between parents and their pups, and among siblings from the same litter. Packs typically consist of a breeding pair - usually the ‘alpha’ male and female - a middle layer of subdominant wolves, whose relative positions may shift around and sometimes one or more very low-ranking wolves at the bottom. Wolf social organization is more dynamic than what we would have thought previously, they are responsive to individual personalities and circumstances. Roles may change over time and depending on the business at hand.
Since survival is a group effort, wolves need to communicate clearly in every aspect of life. Messages are conveyed vocally, through scent and most important, through a visual vocabulary of body movements and facial expressions. Displays of dominance and submission take place frequently in packs, reaffirming the social balance and reminding each wolf of its place. Territoriality amongst wolves operates at the pack-level: all members of a given pack share the same territory but usually shows intolerance for other packs or individuals that trespass. Wolves have two chief ways of declaring the territories: howling and scent-marking.
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