True alpha doesn’t exist because it comes from a very flawed study on wolves in captivity that the original author himself spent the rest of his career trying to discredit.
Wolves in the wild generally operate in family units with a mother and father leading. There is no alpha
Wolves leave their packs as a perfectly normal part of their lives, either to roam a bit before returning or to find a new pack. It’s important for genetic diversity that they not all be glued to the hip from birth. There’s also no such thing as an alpha or leader.
I think meerkats better fit the mental idea most people have of wolves.
Those “alpha males” are just “lone wolves”. And a lone wolf is a wolf kicked out of the pack.
The true alpha is the leader that takes care of the pack so it never gets hungry and defends the pack from aggressors.
True alpha doesn’t exist because it comes from a very flawed study on wolves in captivity that the original author himself spent the rest of his career trying to discredit.
Wolves in the wild generally operate in family units with a mother and father leading. There is no alpha
Wolves leave their packs as a perfectly normal part of their lives, either to roam a bit before returning or to find a new pack. It’s important for genetic diversity that they not all be glued to the hip from birth. There’s also no such thing as an alpha or leader.
I think meerkats better fit the mental idea most people have of wolves.
“I’m too macho to need anybody else. I’m a lone meerkat”.