Hi folks, your Dog Listener here, keeping with the topical theme of the recent political activity in Britain (PLEASE don't go just yet!).

Honest, it links in very nicely with an experience in Yellowstone Park while studying the wolves.

On one day out in the park, we were lucky to see what looked at first like two separate packs of three wolves meet over some food.

At first it looked like there would be a confrontation, but what actually happened was much more interesting. The two groups formed one bigger pack almost immediately.

One of the experienced wolf watchers (there are some folk who will go out every day, no matter what the weather - that's love...) informed us that the two groups once belonged to the same pack, but split 6 months previously, and this was the first time they had met up again.

It seems they had decided to put any differences aside for the moment in order to give themselves a better chance.

This can happen in Nature with wolves; temporary coalitions (do you see where I am going with this??) are formed when needs must, and it is for the benefit of the groups involved.

These alliances are not forever, as there may come a point where the differences outweigh the benefits.

Soooooo, in a nutshell, it is no surprise that humans too can form temporary coalitions if it means the greater cause is served.

For example... if a Chelsea player scored the winning goal for England in the World Cup final, I think I would rather that happened than seeing us lose.

Oh, and maybe Mr. Cameron and Mr. Clegg may get along well enough too (getting my priorities in the right order as you can see...).

So getting back to my point - It's yet another way that humans act like wolves.

Tony Knight