Distance Between Wolves

2. What is the distance between the closest parts of the 2 wolves?

• (C) Contact
• (L) Less than half a wolflength (See definition with figure below)
• (H) Approximately half a wolflength
• (O) Approximately one wolflength
• (G) Greater than one wolflength
• (Z) Unable to say

WOLF LENGTH
The length of the wolf's body not including the tail.

Moran et al., 1981 'Wolf-length' (excluding tail) was used as the unit of measure because it vivdly conveyed this aspect of the interaction and eliminated the problems associated with estimating a metric unit of distance from interactions filmed at various distances from the camera. (p. 1149)

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