Borders are trees covered in pee.

"Sorry sir, we have to deport you back to your impoverished, war-torn country, because wolves pee on trees".

Very compelling.

The modern notion of nation States, with clearly defined borders, and mechanisms of violence to enforce them, only arose around the 17th century.

Wolves don't build border walls, have customs checkpoints, or leave refugees to drown in the Mediterranean.

This isn't a "science meme", it's a falacious attempt to cloak reactionary rhetoric in the aesthetic garb of scientific rigor.

Pretty sure their borders aren't made up of countries, taxes, and slavery.

I know it's just a shitpost but it's so fucking stupid.

It's comparing a home to a country. Like arguing "If you're so against borders, I'll just come into your house at any time." No, fuckface, there's a difference between personal space and (what should be) public land.

They overlap significantly. In addition to what's seen in the image, the wolves' territories will move around due to various conditions. There are no fixed lines that could be likened to states' borders, only vague areas that can be likened to respecting personal space. Compare the wolves' ranges with the white line indicating the national park border also seen in the image, which does not move around based on vibes.

Animals are more civilised than Israelis it seems

The top quote is refering to borders as a state construction. Nobody denies the existence of boundaries between things in general

Yeah but we're not wolves 😄🏴

those aren't borders, those are territories arrived at by wolves interacting with each other and deciding to keep the peace. has nothing to do with formal borders imposed on us by states

I must have totally forgotten that I'm a Wolf. I've always thought that I'm a Human. Crazy. Good to know that now. But I want that Friedrich Merz pisses on all of them trees at the German Border, because thats how the natural way to mark ur territory just works. And everything from nature is always the perfect and correct bahaivor for everyone!

Yes but humans are not wolfs. Each behave differently.

It really bothers me when people use "fear" and "respect" interchangeably. This borders on that.

Am I allowed to immigrate across countries if I engage in a match of melee combat with the leader of said country and perform well? Murder optional.

I love how people call it natural when anyone but a human does something.

Are we just gonna ignore the parts where they cross over?

Ok, sounds like we don't have to put so much energy into policing them then.

I pee on things when I walk around the farm

Checkmate, anarchists!

Is this meant to be serious?

Cool, now overlap with the paths of migratory animals

In that case, is it even a border if people aren't frequently peeing all along it?

so unnatural sheesh

I only respect borders marked with urine

This is actually fascinating because it demonstrates a social construct created by animals. Not all animals have the same intelligence, and in nature intelligence is typically found among animals living in groups. It requires intelligence to live and cooperate with others. To me it seems that these animals actually used their intelligence to preserve socially constructed zones for the general good of multiple groups of wolves, likely by staying where the right smell is and not going where the wrong smell is. Hopefully none of the wolves discover the prisoner's dilemma and become a wolf emperor by suddenly invading and enslaving their unprepared neighbors.

"Territoriality" implies defense of an area, and many researchers create maps that help graphically illustrate the range, or territory, of a given wolf pack.

However, the area defended is not as clearly defined as a map may indicate. Territory shifts can occur seasonally or year to year.

Also notable is that neighboring territories may overlap. However, while the same area may be used by several packs, use will not occur at the same time.

https://www.nps.gov/articles/life-of-a-wolf.htm

What my first 3d print looked like