Some of the many articles about it:
The notion that wolves fight amongst each other and the strongest becomes the “alpha” and the weakest is the “omega” and all that, is a misconception that has been debunked ages ago, and even the author of the study who called them “alphas” in the first place is pleading with his old publisher to stop printing the dang book already so this misconception can finally die out.
Wolf packs are more or less just families. One “breeding pair” and their pups, which often stay with their parents way into adulthood.
Why do I need to know this? Will this help me if I get attacked by a pack of wolves?
I think it has something to do with the two wolves inside you
I don’t know what you’ve heard about me, but I can assure you that I have never had a wolf inside me. I’ve never been inside a wolf either. There was that one time I was drunk at a hotel where a furry convention was going on, but I don’t think that really counts.
I was told earlier today this was due to a transporter accident.
Well, if one of the very rare wolf packs left in the wild decided to actually attack a human, yes it would.
Not necessarily because of the whole alpha misinformation being corrected, but it would mean you’d know something about their behavior and how to deal with them.
Mind you, a wolf attacking a human isn’t exactly common. They have to be starving usually.
And, yes, that’s partially poking fun at you, but it’s also true. Understanding the behaviors of animals tends to improve outcomes of encounters. For example, using body language correctly can deter the local feral dog packs that have mixed with coyote. If you read up enough, watch video footage of canine responses to each other away from captivity, you can learn how to behave like something they don’t want to attack in the first place by neither challenging them or triggering prey drive.
If some idiot tried to act “alpha” when facing canines in numbers is likely to get you attacked. It might work on single dogs, but wouldn’t against a pack