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Related: About this forumScientists work to decode wolf howls in Yellowstone with AI technology - PBS NewsHour
In movies and literature, a wolfs haunting howl can signify danger or untamed nature. In real life, researchers in Yellowstone National Park are analyzing those howls with cutting-edge AI technology to better monitor and track wolves. Matt Standal of PBS Montana reports. - Aired on 12/27/2025.
Uncle Joe
(64,102 posts)It will be used to listen in on mass human conversations just as ubiquitous cameras are used in ever increasing numbers today for convenience or safety's sake.
Someone will need to build privacy rooms to counter this mass bugging, and of course they will pass privacy protection laws; but they will only be as good as the political leaders charged with following them.
Thanks for the thread Rhiannon
Rhiannon12866
(249,515 posts)2naSalit
(99,789 posts)If they can pick up private conversations, not worth going.
Those wolves have been studied enough,what they need to do is just tell people to stop fucking hunting them,especially along the park boundaries using call boxes.
As to your idea of privacy booths, this obviously came to mind...

Rhiannon12866
(249,515 posts)2naSalit
(99,789 posts)That myth of the west believers do. It's brutal and they get off on the killing part because they have been taught to to hate these beautiful and essential (keystone species) animals. The government used the hatred to eradicate them from the landscape around a century ago so that the cattle industry could make a profit. The removal of all the predators and indigenous peoples from the landscape made it all possible.
We still subsidize the shit out of the cattle industry by allowing them to foul our public lands with their filthy cows an sheep. They over graze and bring pests and disease to the wildlife along with destruction of their habitat. I could go on a long rant on this but I'll stop here and take a deep breath. I used to do public outreach and education on this topic, it's an issue of concern that should be more widely known.
Bayard
(28,404 posts)Then I'm all for it. It is alarming that wolves inside the park only have a lifespan of 4-5 years, and outside the park, of 2-3 years. People that want to delist them as an endangered species make me ill.
Rhiannon12866
(249,515 posts)I'm all for protecting the wolves and radically extending their lifespan!