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Expression Studies on Wolves - Rudolph Schenkel, 1947

This is perhaps the most undermined study on canine ethology in existence and the epitome of the expression, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water." This was a groundbreaking insight into the behavior of captive wolf behavior. Despite every repeated study on captive wolves yielding similar results, Schenkel's work is largely referred to as "outdated" when compared to the work of David Mech's wild wolf observations . David Mech's observations revealed major insight to the behavior of wild wolves which form packs that are more similar to the nuclear families of humans, compared to the concentration camp-like structure of the captive wolf studies (similar aged unrelated wolves with no option of dispersal). These studies happened after Schenkel's and for sure David Mech did benefit from the earlier insight gained by Schenkel's research. Even though David Mech's studies are a better example of the natural behavior of wolves in their natural environment, it nonetheless does not disprove objective observations made by Schenkel in a captive environment. This represents an extreme difference in scientific control which only proves the differences caused by this variable, but not the

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