Wen Wang Miao
When Canadian author Farley Mohert first started writing The Wolf, the wolf wasn't actually the protagonist. He was initially interviewed for a survey of the relationship between wolves and reindeer in northern Canada, on the one hand, to examine the current situation of the Reindeer and verify their surviving numbers, and on the other hand, to find some irrefutable evidence that the number of Reindeer had plummeted and went extinct, mainly due to wolf plunder. Because wolves are complained about by too many people, once such evidence is found, humans can curse wolves without hesitation, and also provide sufficient reasons for them to launch a comprehensive campaign to eradicate wolves.
However, when Moart went deep into the wilderness, actually came to the wolf's habitat, and tracked down the wolf's family, he found that it was very different from his preconceptions. Wolves are not the legendary ferocious, cunning, insatiable bloodthirsty animals, on the contrary, wolves can not only communicate with each other, impart knowledge, but also convey love and express feelings.
Moart concluded that wolves were by no means to blame for the rapid extinction of reindeer. So Moart adjusted his writing plan, he promoted the wolf to the protagonist of the book, and conducted an in-depth study of the social behavior of wolves, he did exactly the opposite of the original intention of his investigation, and his "Living with Wolves" became the first work in history to justify the name of the wolf.
Incredibly, Moart's association with wildlife began with three catfish. As an unworldly child, Moart caught three catfish in a puddle and kept them on his grandmother's old toilet, which led directly to a dramatic "encounter" between his grandmother and the catfish in the early hours of the morning.
It was a painful experience for him, for his grandmother, and for the three catfish. The effect of this on his grandmother was that he never ate any fish from then on; it was that they made him feel an enduring affinity with the smaller beings in the animal kingdom from within, so that it marked the beginning of his career—prompting him to become a naturalist, later a biologist, and finally to the wolf's den. It's amazing to go from three catfish to a famous biologist!
Moart, a lover of naturalism, quickly escalated his obsession with the study of biology in nature, reaching a point where he was inextricably solved. Moart's personal ambition was to study living animals in their habitats, although most of his peers tended to stay as far away from living creatures as possible, choosing to keep themselves in sterile laboratories. But he could not adapt to this new trend, so that when most of his classmates had already achieved something, he had to go to the barren and barren lands of the subarctic and pursue the tracks of wild animals. Many people said that they could not understand Moert's choice, and they certainly did not know that this was exactly the goal that Moat deliberately pursued.
Meet the wolf
Moart arrived at his destination on an old Air Force transport plane. He was heavily armed, as if he were facing a great enemy, and in addition to some of the necessary food and clothing, he was armed with two rifles, a revolver with holsters and a bullet belt, two shotguns, and a box of tear gas—and if nothing else, he was prepared to use them to force the reluctant wolves out of their dens so that he could kill them at any time. From the weapons that Moart carried with him, it can also be seen that he completely regards the wolf as a fierce and evil animal, just like the devil, always vigilant, careful, and does not dare to have any negligence.
The subarctic region was originally an isolated place, and Moart lost contact with his headquarters shortly after landing. Because of the combined effect of various atmospheric conditions, sometimes the radio waves of low-power transmitters would span considerable distances, and the telegrams sent by Moart were actually transmitted to Peru, and then forwarded to Ottawa by peruvian amateur operators through commercial means. His messages were so thoroughly misled by double translation that he was recognized by officials at the Ministry of Defence and Foreign Affairs of Canada as agents sent by a department, and it was not until a secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared the matter with a senior official of his department that they confirmed his identity.
The first human Moart encountered in the subarctic was Mike the Inuit, the young man who was the only human inhabitant of the land within about ten thousand square miles at the time. This same young man helped Moet to become familiar with the land, and more importantly, he played a very important role in Moat's re-understanding of the nature of wolves.
Moart first encountered a wolf when he overheard the cry of a husky, and when Moart approached it, he found it an adult Arctic wolf. It was only a brief encounter, and Moart's first impression of the wolf was that it was the figure that finally galloped away: thin, muscular, athletic, agile, and implied some kind of lethal power.
The real observation of wolf activity is that he discovers the wolf's den and sees them frolicking with his own eyes. Moart set up the telescope, and he had expected the subjects of observation to be annoyed or panicked, but he did not expect them to look quite relaxed and comfortable.
And when Moart was at the mercy of these "savage killers" on three different occasions, they did not try to tear him to pieces. Even when Moat rushed into their homeland and appeared to pose a direct threat to the wolf cubs, they remained patient and restrained. This could not help but confuse Moart, who for the first time had doubts about the concept of "wolf nature" that he had always held.
In Moart's work notes, he gave the family's male wolf the name "George" and the she-wolf the name "Angelina." As Moart grew more accustomed to the wolves' daily household activities, he found it increasingly difficult to maintain an impersonal attitude toward them. He was determined to enter the world of wolves without prejudice and learn to observe and understand them, no longer limited by what they were considered by humans, but to discover what they actually looked like.
Reacquaint yourself with wolves
George was a tall, imperial beast, his fur was silvery white, and he could be called elegant and personable. He was the kind of idealized father who was dutiful to his family, full of affection and at the same time maintained certain rules and standards. George's wife, Angelina, was slender, almost pure white, with a thick ring of feathers around her face, and her eyes were very wide apart, slightly squinting, looking like a troubled woman.
This is an ideal couple in an ideal family and a working parent. Moart has great respect and affection for George, but is deeply in love with Angelina, and Moerte even hopes to find a human woman somewhere with all of Angelina's virtues.
Through a long period of observation, and constantly seeking confirmation from Mike and the other Inuit who had arrived, Moart finally understood that adult wolves not only ate rats, but also relied heavily on rats to reproduce and support their families.
Even more astonishing to Moart was the fact that wolves actually ate only sick and weak reindeer, and many times Moat saw up close how wolves launched a sudden siege of reindeer herds and tried to select their targets. More often, wolves and reindeer are not only at peace with each other, they can even live next to each other peacefully, and indeed respond to the Inuit saying that the relationship between wolves and Reindeer is so close that it can even be said to be a whole, "because the North American reindeer feed the wolves, but it is the wolves that keep the Reindeer strong."
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Moart couldn't believe that wolves sometimes ate fish to fill their hunger. They jump into a larger waterway, swim against the current, slowly drive the pike in front of them into the narrow area, and then catch the pike in one fell swoop. It can be said that the diversity of wolves in obtaining food is not inferior even to that of self-proclaimed intelligent humans.
In order to verify that the nutritional value of the rodent is enough to maintain the good health of the wolf as a carnivore, Moart also tried to eat rat meat himself, because only through comparative experiments can a valid conclusion be drawn. If there is tangible evidence that his metabolic function remained normal during the implementation of the "mouse regimen", it is enough to prove that wolves can also survive and move normally under the same food conditions.
In stark contrast to the wolf's stoicism, people often kill reindeer. Even Mike, an Inuit, kills two or three hundred reindeer a year, not to mention a large number of Indians, whites... In northern Canada alone, there are at least eighteen hundred trappers, and even if conservative estimates are made, they are even cut in half, then the number of Reindeer that Mike kills each year is halved, and multiplied by the two, and the result is still a staggering number. While the trappers and their traders were adamant that wolves had caused the rapid extinction of the Reindeer, Moart's investigation uncovered the truth and left their lies unassailable.
To restore the truth about the wolf is to reflect on the human beings themselves
As time went on, the more Moart learned about wolves, the more he liked the creatures that were criticized by humans and even wanted to exterminate them. He marveled at the innate intelligence of wolves, who had their own language, who relayed information about the movement of North American reindeer, who could indicate the exact location of North American reindeer; who adopted "orphans" who had lost their parents, even those who had lost their spouses, and who would receive their proper care and kindness. The thought of what might happen to these wolves made Moart feel an indescribable pain, especially when he didn't see Angelina appear one day, and he would worry about it.
Moart's happiest moment of the day was a few minutes of seeing several adult wolves gathered in a circle and raised their heads together to "sing." He was moved by the loud and impassioned chorus, and he not only enjoyed it, but also looked forward to the sound of their chorus with great joy—the climax of their day, and the climax of Moart's day.
The wolf, the embodiment of fangs and bloodthirsty menace and evil, is the concept of education and belief that almost all civilized people, including Moart, have received. However, through what Moart saw and heard, it completely subverted the concept of human beings in the past - wolves never take pleasure in killing, and they do not violently destroy natural objects, and once they have enough food, wolves are actually more willing to spend the rest of their time with their families, rest, socializing or playing, which even humans lament.
In fact, far from being the culprit in the endangerment of the Reindeer, wolves play a vital role in protecting the Reindeer. Admittedly, wolves sometimes do exhibit anomalies that humans avoid, often only because wolves suffer from a disease, but humans rarely attribute wolves' horrific manifestations to their diseases, but regard them as their nature.
Everything in the world is inherently interconnected and inseparable, and Moart's investigation has amply demonstrated that the presence of wolves in nature is not only harmless, but beneficial. Yet humans have been blindly slaughtering them and often trying to justify their evil deeds, blaming wolves for the most vicious or repulsive qualities.
"The fewer the reasons for the massacre, the greater the defamation", thus allowing an ordinary lie to be widely and formally disseminated, but the truth is blocked and concealed. Moart's investigation not only restores the truth, but also prompts humanity to reflect on itself.
"Wolves have made me know them and I have learned of myself." Moart said.