THE SOCIAL STORY OF LIONS AND WOLVES

I love both, lions and wolves. They are so special animals that have dignity, intelligence and gracious look. If you ask me to choose favorite , I am afraid I can’t, in spite of fact I am more into cats and consider myself as lion girl. The respect I have for wolves keep me searching for lines to put both admirable creatures on the side and to find their differences and also their common behavior.

The lions and wolves are usually considered as the perfect example of community and social harmony. They have some kind of political organization and it seems that works for them. Nevertheless, they do have slight differences in ruling such society and they also follow specific rules to guard that foundation. Maybe someone would say it’s all about the same things in general, the fact is that there are different approaches and ground realities that bond their future and the future of group policy.

As we have already learned, the lions have pride and the wolves build pack. The lions rely on law and strict regulations while the wolves tend to follow the feeling for strength and unity. The life of Savanah and the life of woods but how we can see the main indicator of the apex predator in that group life ? Very easy, just observing how they deal with offspring of the previous king/ aplha.

The rulers of Savannah have no mercy for offspring of the previous leader. Whoever comes new into the pride, overtakes the crown and group decisions, will indeed kill the cubs. This means when the barbarians breaks into the pride and kill the main king, they are new rulers and this means that they are going to kill all young cats that don’t belong to their / his bloodline. This is so called gene passion on, stopping any gene of the previous ruler to be incorporated into the “new” pride. The new lion has a clear vision : kill the enemy’s babies, put the lioness into the heat and make new cubs , so your genes will rule. There is no time for sympathy or understanding , only for cold blooded strategy of growing out own strength through the own genetic dominance.

Let’s back to the wolves. The new alpha is overtaking the pack but what about young puppies from the previous alpha ? They are being integrated into the “new” pack. How is that possible ? I find this moment more than fascinating. The law of unity. It is teamwork and team hunting. It is team life and the future of the group . Maybe we have a new ruler but the team members are the same and the babies will be raised up by all, as the fully grown and formed pack members . It looks like that genetic has no chance in the wolf master of ruling. The pack is all even if that means that some kids aren’t alpha kids. The pack is following the unity and team spirit while the pride is following strict genetic guidelines to keep the bloodline of ruler safe. Does it mean that one predator is more brutal than other one ? Absolutely not.

They are different in their basic code of group survival and common values. The one species is looking for genetically engineered dominance and survival through the harsh Savanah formula of existence. The other one is searching for team mates and team playground. There are big similarities but also big differences between the existencial fight and formula for surviving the risks and challenges of raw life in nature.

The lion’s pride and wolf ‘s pack are the case study of political institution that has worked in bio system , with all its advantages and disadvantages. For us, as humans, it might be not perfect but for ultimate predators and their ability to adapt, it has been shown and confirmed as successful developing matrix.