The relationship between ravens and wolves has been a topic of comments on a post about a Petition to Stop the Slaughter of Ravens in Idaho. Whenever I’ve seen wolves on a carcass in Yellowstone, ravens are right there with them to cash in and help clean up. The ravens lead in turn wolves to potential meals, letting them do the dirty work they aren’t equipped for.
Here’s a photo of the two together in Yellowstone’s Hayden Valley…
Wildlife Photography Copyright Jim Robertson
Exposing the Big Game 
What a great photo!
Thanks! More to come…
A prime example of co-existance…something humans struggle with
Photo made my night. Thanks.
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I encourage everyone to visit Nabeki’s site above. She has been working for years to help us understand and tolerate the wolf, as unique individual and as our brother and sister on the wind of time.
On the photo: It IS amazing how quickly the blood on the fur disappears. Maybe a photo article on grooming and other wolf habits would be good, if possible.
Other behavior might be documented in the effort to help this culture feel more familiar with the wolf. The wolf washes, sometimes by licking its paw and rubbing it on the area needing cleansing. The photographer has probably seen the wolf use its dew claw in a thumb-like manner when eating – it is NOT vestigial.
Yes, the wolf is utterly other to urban and Euroamerican humans cultures. Some characteristic behavior differs due to the needs of a cursorial social carnivore. Other behavior might be convergent due to our both being obligate (necessarily) social – it’s a physical and mental health thing.
And some characteristic cognition and behavior might be related to the fact that one day, more than 55 or 65 million years ago, a brother and a sister might have parted, one to become our parent, one to become theirs.
unforunately Idaho residents don’t just kill each other – how much better the world would be
I’m very concerned about ravens that are sick from being poisoned and wolves getting ahold of them and ending up secondary fallout. Idaho is such a cruel State, I think they know this will happen and its just a way for them to kill more wolves and not be held responsible for it. I myself hope the do list and protect this prairie chicken because if they do, it will help the wolves.