Wolves and ravens are often seen together. Ravens like to eat meat from wolf hunts (up to half of the meat is eaten by ravens rather than wolves), but instead of having an antagonistic relationship with an animal that could be seen as stealing their food, wolves and ravens seem to share a mutual respect. Wolves will avoid killing ravens, and ravens help wolves as well; they can see prey from further away with their high vantage point, and will lead wolves toward it. They may also act as sentries, alerting wolves to incoming threats. Wolves, in turn, help ravens to eat meat from animals they could never take down on their own, and tear open carcasses too tough for ravens' beaks. Both wolves and ravens are highly intelligent and social animals. Even outside of hunting and eating, they often spend time together, engaging in play. Ravens will "prank" wolves by pulling their tails, and wolves will chase them without intent of hunting or killing them. Ravens will also play tug-of-war with wolf pups, or fly over them holding sticks, enticing them to jump up and grab them. There is some evidence that individual ravens and individual wolves even form personal connections between them, with ravens that played with a wolf when it was a pup following it if it leaves the pack once it matures.
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Wolves shed their thick undercoat once annually, in the Spring. It sheds in large patches rather than small tufts. The visual difference between a wolf's Winter and Summer coat is stark, and when a wolf has patches of both, it can look bizarre.
[ID: A photo of a pale colored gray wolf mid-shed. It is standing in a turning position, with its hind legs facing away from the camera, its forelegs in profile, and its head almost in the opposite profile as it is turned around to look behind itself. It has a rough, almost mangy-looking coat, with clumps of long woolly fur next to patches of very short smooth fur. /end ID]