Wolves and Wolf Nature 



passes along, and the hunter calls back a 

 cheery greeting in his own tongue. The 

 white hunter acknowledges the wolf's intelli- 

 gence, and is divided between his admiration 

 for it and his hatred of the animal for the 

 harm it does. 



As a rule the gray wolf is regarded as less 

 intelligent than the little coyote, whose smart- 

 ness, however, almost makes up for his lack 

 of size. 



In discussing wild animals, we are all very 

 much disposed to consider the species as a 

 whole, and to deal in general terms, jumping 

 to the conclusion that all the individuals of a 

 kind are exactly alike, and not taking into 

 account the marked variation between dif- 

 ferent individuals, for we consider only their 

 physical aspect. We forget that to each in- 

 dividual of the species there is a psycholog- 

 ical side ; that these animals have intelligence, 

 reason, mind, and that at different times they 

 are governed by varying motives and emo- 

 tions, which differ in degree only from those 

 which influence us. 



Yet if we stop and think, we realize that 

 important physical differences exist between 

 individuals within the same species ; that some 



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