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gubbrora | 6 years ago

Making 1kg of wolf requires way more than 1kg of prey. A rule of thumb I've heard is a step in food chain has only about 10% efficiency.

If wolves were more prey than predator populations would decline very quickly.

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The article is a commentary on the vilification of wolves, not whether or not they're literally prey animals.

falcolas|6 years ago

Wolves are our prey. And we do cause their populations to decline quickly, when we're not prevented from doing so by laws.

asdf21|6 years ago

Everything is our prey tho..

They're only "more prey than predator" because humans have fought back against them.

A wolf wouldn't think twice about killing a human.

Avshalom|6 years ago

"There have been only two verified documented deaths from wild healthy wolves in North America"

now as the list demonstrates "verified...wild healthy" leaves a hell of a lot of wiggle room but even then lists are not long.

bildung|6 years ago

Actually they avoid humans as much as possible. Wolves have been reintroduced where I live about a decade ago. Zero problems with humans.

zhte415|6 years ago

I think a wolf would do more than think twice faced 1:1.