WOLF PACK

Wolf Pack refers to, a group of wolves that live, feed, and travel as a family group.  They perform almost all activities in the company of fellow wolves. Wolves travel and hunt in a group and perform almost all other activities in the company of fellow wolves.

The core of a pack is a mated pair of wolves - an adult male and female (called the Alpha Male and Alpha Female) that have bred and produced young. The other members of the pack are their offspring: young wolves ranging in age from pups to two and three-year-olds.  

 

Pack sizes vary, most packs have 6 or 7 members, although some may include as many as 15 wolves. The size depends on many variables including the current numbers of the wolf population, the abundance of food, and social factors within the wolf pack.  Within each pack is an elaborate hierarchy.

Individual wolves in a pack play different roles in relation to the others in the group. The parent wolves are the leaders of the pack - the alpha male and alpha female.

The alpha male and female are the oldest members of the pack and the ones with the most experience in hunting, defending territory, and other important activities.

The other pack members respect their positions and follow their leadership in almost all things, The alpha wolves are usually the ones to make decisions for the pack when the group should go out to hunt or move from one place to another.

The other Pack members all have positions in the hierarchy inferior to those of the alpha male and female. The young adult wolves, who are the grown-up offspring of the alpha pair, have their own special roles under the leadership or their parents. Some of them me able to "boss around," or dominate, their sisters and brothers because they have established themselves as superior in some way. This superiority might be physical-larger size or greater strength - but it can be based on personality Dominant wolves in the pack usually have more aggressive and forceful personalities than their relatives of the same age.  The juveniles and pups-wolves under two years old do not occupy permanent positions within the pack hierarchy. They all take orders from their parents and older brothers and sisters, but their relationships with each other change frequently. During their play and other activities, they are constantly testing one mother to find out who will eventually be "top wolf" in their age group.

This video shows how affectionate they are, not only among themselves but also with human beings (at times).

 

There is a lot to be learnt from the Wolf Pack as we are all now living and working in groups.  We live in a family and we work in a team.  Understanding the group dynamics and playing the role well in the team whether at work or in personal lives is extremely important for our day to day living.

T.P.Anand

Dubai, U.A.E.

25th June 2012