A still extracted from a remote camera video of a wolf in Haíɫzaqv Territory pulling an initially submerged green crab trap to shore to access the baited cup within. Recorded on May 29, 2024. Video by Milène Wiebe and Richard Cody Reid, Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Researchers have recorded video evidence of wild wolves in British Columbia using crab trap lines to pull the cages out of the ocean to feast on the contents, further substantiating long-held theories about the intelligence of the species.
A report published this week in the scientific journal Ecology and Evolution by researchers Kyle Artelle and Paul Paquet says they installed cameras on the beach to determine what was consistently causing damage to crab traps belonging to the Heiltsuk First Nation.
