36. Wolves temporarily stopped World War I in 1916-17
As well killing millions of people, World War I also wreaked a heavy toll on animals. With dramatically less prey around, some animals became desperate. Wolves had to feast on human corpses, and soon lost their instinctive fear of men. On the Eastern Front in Lithuania and Belarus, packs of wolves began to attack and kill soldiers in winter 1916-17. They didn’t take sides, and attacked both Russian and German troops. During one skirmish, German and Russian scouts noticed wolves were killing and eating wounded troops. Both sides stopped fighting each other, and killed the ravenous pack before resuming hostilities.
