This handout figure released on November 20, 2025 by the Hailzaqv Wolf and Biodiversity Project shows a combination of video screenshots of a wolf (canin lupus) dragging a green crab trap from the water to the shore to eat its bait, near Bella Bella, in Heiltsuk indigenous territory, in a remote area of British Columbia, in Canada. When a wild wolf encounters a potential meal, its instinct is usually to pounce -- but researchers in western Canada have recorded at least one wolf taking a strikingly different approach. The behavior captured on video in a remote part of British Columbia province shows a wolf completing multiple steps to retrieve a crab trap from deep water, sophisticated behavior researchers say marks "the first known potential tool use in wild wolves." (Photo by Haízaqv Wolf and Biodiversity Project / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Haízaqv Wolf and Biodiversity Project " - HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by -/Haízaqv Wolf and Biodiversity Project/AFP via Getty Images)