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the unit of survival, where weakness is shared and strength is multiplied.
means A group of animals, people, or things bound together into one moving, hunting, or carried unit — whether a wolf pack, a pack of cards, or a pack on your back.
from From Middle English and Middle Dutch 'pak,' meaning a bundle or load, the word arrived through medieval trade — packs of wool, packs of goods strapped tight for travel. From the idea of things gathered and bound came the sense of a band of animals that move as one, and later any close-knit group. The verb 'to pack' (to bundle up) and the noun share the same Low German trading roots.
- wolf myth
- alpha wolf theory came from captive wolves, not wild ones
- hunting math
- lone predators fail far more often than coordinated packs
- word root
- shares ancestry with bundle, burden, and gathering together
- rat behavior
- rats form packs and grieve their dead companions
iditarod — alaska sled dog race covering 938 miles with mushers and dog teams since 1973
yukon quest — 1,000-mile dog sled race between whitehorse and fairbanks established 1984