Scientists have made an unexpected statement about wolves

The wolves have discovered a keen sense of justice.

Austrian biologists have proven that the sense of justice as is typical for wolves, like their domesticated cousins dogs. Thus, it was during the life of a man, and was inherited from a common ancestor of dogs and wolves.

About their work, the researchers reported in the journal Current Biology.

And dogs and wolves can abandon the interaction, if the conditions of the experiment they receive a smaller reward than their family member for the same action, or none at all. In the same way people behave and some primates. It is believed that the emergence of a sense of fairness in dogs could be due to the fact that they were tamed.

Scientists from the Vienna University of veterinary medicine conducted an experiment: the wolves taught to press the call, showing them that their family member gets rewarded for it. If the reward was less than expected by wolves, or it was not, they refused to continue to participate in the experiment. If “partner” was not, the wolves continued to take the necessary actions.

“This shows that the lack of awards is not in itself a cause of a failure from interaction with the coach. They refuse to cooperate that the other gets that, and they do not ” – said one of the authors, a biologist from Vienna University of veterinary medicine Frederick range.

Scientists have noticed that wolves are even more sensitive to injustice than dogs. In addition, the willingness to carry the team effect and the position of the animal in the pack. “Animals occupying a higher position, but rather react to inequality, because it is not accustomed to a situation in which get less or not get at all,” explained range.

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