History & Culture. Strictly speaking, a cloister is a square or quadrilateral enclosure, surrounded by covered walkways. Cloisters are sometimes attached to a college and more often to a cathedral, but are usually associated with monasteries and convents.
Scent plays an important role in lupine communications. A wolf is capable of smelling the details of an odor with a dozen times more accurately than a domestic canine, and probably a hundred times more accurately than a human being.cent plays an important role in lupine communications. A wolf is capable of smelling the details of an odor with a dozen times more accurately than a domestic canine, and probably a hundred times more accurately than a human being.
If an antelope smelled the scent of a wild dog, or jackal or wolf nearby, it would be likely to bolt and run for safety. For this reason wild canines learned to roll in antelope dung or carrion. Antelopes are quite used to the smell of their own droppings and carrion is common on open plains where many animals live.