Why do Arctic wolves approach humans in a friendly manner?

In the wild, they rarely do. However, Arctic wolves seem to approach us more than other subspecies. When I read the question, I thought of the Arctic wolf pup that got close enough to untie the shoelaces of wolf biologist L. David Mech. He tells the anecdote in his The Arctic Wolf: Ten Years With the Pack. read more

Simple, wolves don’t really know what humans are besides them being strange creatures, emphasis on “strange”, and, in much a manner how some people react to strange things, they become unnerved and shy away when such strange things approach. read more

Arctic wolves probably attack humans more often than do other species of wolves per the number of actual encounters they have with humans. They also just happen to sometimes approach humans in a more seemingly friendly manner. read more