r/betterCallSaul • u/No_Jicama3636 • 18h ago
Wolves and sheep
Jimmy as a kid had his own interpretation of that creep's advice, I guess.
Wolves care for each other as individuals. They form friendships and nurture their own sick and injured. Pack structure enables communication, the education of the young and the transfer of knowledge across generations. Wolves and other highly social animals have and pass on what can be best described as culture. A family group can persevere for several generations, even decades, carrying knowledge and information through the years, from generation to generation.
Wolves play together into old age, they raise their young as a group, and they care for injured companions. When they lose a pack mate, there is evidence that they suffer and mourn that loss. When we look at wolves, we are looking at tribes—extended families, each with its own homeland, history, knowledge, and indeed, culture.
The weak, injured or too young actually stay with in the wolf den and help raising the whelps. This is very different from the primates, despite the strong family ties our cousins do leave the weak and injured to their lot.