In a scientific first, biologists recorded a wild wolf potentially using tools

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A female wild wolf living on the central coast of British Columbia was filmed pulling a crab trap out of the ocean to eat the bait — a never-before-seen behavior that could constitute the first documented use of tools by a wolf.

The traps were set by the Heiltsuk ( Haíɫzaqv) Nation as part of an environmental stewardship program run by the indigenous community. The program centers in part on combating the spread of the European green crab, an invasive species that is ravaging local ecosystems.

“The traps were starting to get damaged, and the damage did look like it could have been a bear or a wolf,” said Kyle Artelle, an assistant professor at the State