User blog comment:GreatPerhaps/Understanding Imprinting/@comment-3255639-20101207014738

They're *wolves*. It's pack mentality. Anyone who reads into the fact that there's anything other then a protector/protectee relationship is just plain wrong. It's clearly where the phrase "protector of the pack" comes from.

The only thing that annoys me is the lack of explanation in the movie.