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.
The wolf has two scent glands, one near its rear and another near the base of the tail.These scents can be used to mark the wolf's territory, which can range from 50 to 1,000 square miles. The dominant wolves in pack (both male and female) use raised leg urination to mark the trail with urine and feces every 100 yards.