Monkey tame wild wolves (or vice versa?)

Abyssinian wolf in this photo does not even think to attack the monkeys. It will hunt for rodents directly into the herd of seven hundred individuals, and primates do not pay attention to it. On the other hand, the monkeys immediately run saw wild dogs - they do not trust them.


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Photo above the сделана Guassa plateau in Ethiopia. Gelada, primate family martyshkovyh gather the herd to seven hundred individuals. They eat mostly seeds and flowers, but have long fangs. Grasslands on the plateau monkeys share predators - servals, wild dogs and wolves. When the danger of gelada with a loud cry hidden in the rocks, but they can repel predators. Serval and dogs hunt monkeys, wolves and Abyssinian won the trust of primates.

Wolves are mixed with gelada and hunt rodents in the middle of the day. Predators changing behavior: even if before the ox ran for prey, it will slow down when they see these primates. Author Vivek Venkataraman study found that when a single hunt wolves catch rats and mice in 25% of cases, and among gelada - 67%. In one case, when the wolf grabbed the baby monkey, he was surrounded, was forced to quit production and drove.

Ethiopian scientist believes that the ability to gain the trust of wolves monkeys may shed light on the domestication of dogs by man. The initiative could take place not from people but from wolves.

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