Incredible footage from British Columbia shows what may be the first ever instance of tool use by wild wolves. In the recordings, two wolves can be seen pulling on crab trap lines in order to access tasty bait, and while this behavior clearly shows a sophisticated level of cognition, there is some debate over whether it strictly counts as tool use . The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

The behavior was first detected in 2023, when Indigenous Haíɫzaqv Nation guardians deployed the traps along the coast near Bella Bella in an effort to control a European green crab invasion. Baited with herring and sea lion, the traps soon began showing signs of having been raided and damaged by an unknown animal.

Because some of the traps

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