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1. Code
1958
Caris lupus
8 July - cont-
lump, and part of the lump had been
eaten. Griffin says that this is the
typical method of entry, and that the
wolves usually eat only parts of the
viscera-especially the lump's liver. The
whole cut out of the rib cage is just large
enough for entry of the head. The wolves
do not return to their kills, but move
on with the caribou. In the instance
referred to above, there were conspicuous
declarations on the nose of the caribou but
up other marks indicating that the animal
had been attacked elsewhere. In falling
it apparently broke its neck. Of
some hundred kills which Griffin
has seen, there has never been any
indication that the caribou was caught
by ham-striking as is commonly thought.
Typically, after the wolves leave the
hill, wolves move in first and
eat the viscera so that all
that is left in the body cavity is the contents
of stomach, Caecum etc.-in a pile by itself.
Also, they seem partial to the head region,
Laterig eyes, tongue and portions of the neck.
The head is frequently detached and
carried or dragged away from the carcass -
detached at circulation
atlas & condyles