Ravens are the creatures that benefit most from a wolf kill. On average, there are 30 ravens at a wolf kill, the highest recorded is 135, to eat the leftovers. They carry away chunks of meat and sometimes up to 1/3 of the kill. It is theorized that wolves hunt in packs to minimize the portion stolen by ravens.

It is also theorized that ravens repay the wolves by leading wolves to cadavers or prey. Ravens have been observed to leading wolves to carcasses too tough for their beaks to penetrate.

Wolves and ravens have also been observed playing. Ravens dive bomb wolves and the wolves give chase.