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Andrew Hendry

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Camera trap wildlife videos - and more. All content by Andrew Hendry.

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Scary and cute all at once.

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The short (correct) answer is: that awkward dangley thing hanging down just behind the "chin". Also known as a "bell" in moose, it is found on both males and femes but is larger on males - and, some say, on younger than older males.

But what's it FOR? Well, no one seems to know for sure. In other species, dewlaps can be used for heat exchange. I read in one place that moose dewlaps can freeze and break off in winter! And in other species, males use them for territorial or sexual displays. But they are largest on the young males - compensating for something?

Perhaps some moose biologists out there can give us the real scoop?

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Nothing to see here. Just a casual stroll through the forest.

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This year we have a bumper crop pf wolverine videos - as you will see in the months to come. I think we happen to have had a wolverine that particularly liked this area. They have huge territories (300-600 km²) but that doesn't mean they don't have favored routes within the larger area. Maybe this one is re-visiting a moose carcass - maybe even the one killed in the previous video series.

I find it interesting that so many mammals use the same trees for scent marking. This is a bear-rubbing tree but wolverines will often hop up and and their own aroma to the mix

#wolverine #cameratrap #gamecamera #trailcam #tech4wildlife #winterwildlife
Casual winter stroll. For at least the nexr several months now all of the videos will be brand new.

At this time of year (mid November), the bears are getting close to their long winter sleep. They are trying to fatten up on any remaining salmon or dead animals. But that doesn't mean they can't squeeze in little time to smell the signs along the way. This tree is a bear rubbing tree on which many animals place their scent as a signal to others.

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ROUND WOLVES – after pigging out for 12 hours, the wolves are starting to head back the way they came. They seem much less cohesive now and, in fact, these two seem to be starting back wondering if their buddies are going to follow. One can only imagine that the urgency to stay together as a pack declines when everyone is stuffed.

Why are they so freaking round? In some cases, wolves eat really quickly because they are afraid their kill will be taken over by something else – maybe a grizzly. The grizzlies are all asleep now though. Perhaps a wolverine could also be annoying, but they aren’t super common (although see more videos later). My brother, Mike, suggested that it could be the temperature. It is damn hard to eat frozen meat and so maybe they need to eat what they can before it is too late.

The full sequence is now up on YouTube (channel link in profile) https://youtu.be/mOq1_W9N5fk

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WOLVES FEELING SPUNKY (🔊) - is it just me, or do these wolves seem pleased with themselves.

This is the first time that the wolves show up on the camera traps since the attack four hours ago. Yet this trap is very near to the one that captured the attack. I am guessing that the kill is very nearby - and, yes, I think the hunt was successful. If you look closely, these wolves are getting pretty chunky.

Here we also have a bit of post-hunt aggression - just kind of re-asserting dominance after leading the pack to a successful kill.

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ATTACK – yep, so, it happened. The cow and calf ran head-long into the wolves, who then chased them back down the hill they had started up 13 minutes previously.

They were running so fast that the cameras did not have time to take a video – since these camera versions insist on taking a photo first before the video. As a result, we only have photos of the actual attack – and the videos just seconds later of the “dust (snow) settling” so to speak.

The reason why we have split images (and videos) here is that two cameras are on the same tree – one pointing uphill and one pointing downhill – so they are essentially capturing nearly the same moment in time.

You can see three wolves right on the heels of the fleeing moose and three more coming down the hill to help. I can’t be sure if the moose being attacked is the cow or calf – but it is likely the calf. Also, if it is the calf, it isn’t clear if the cow is with her – or if she ran off in another direction, essentially giving up the calf – which, lets be honest, is the right choice here.

Thanks for sticking with this slow-burn unfolding story. At this point, we have no proof that the wolves actually succeeded in the hunt, but subsequent videos (we have a few more coming) will have a bit more to say about that.

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Old One-Eye's Moose Hunt 10. THE LANDSCAPE OF FEAR is what behavioral ecologist call the effect of predation risk on the behavior of animals, including their movement. Here we have the cow and calf moose still hanging out below the hill before starting on the trail. (This video is immediately after the last.) They seem here to be smelling very carefully but, unfortunately for them, they will miss the signs of oncoming wolves.

As moose transit this trail, they are often running – especially when wolves are in the general area. As the trail passes 3 km between the river and a lake, it is really kind of like those classic ambush sites in war, where one military walks through a narrow pass that turns out to be a trap. That is, the wolves can pretty much find any moose passing along this trail. You would think that the wolves would therefore always stay on the trail and wait for dinner to come to them; but the reality is that the moose pass through it so quickly and on only a handful of days each year that most of the time the wolves would be waiting and waiting and no one would come to them.

But not today. Yes, that’s all of the pre-contact videos – tune in tomorrow to find out what happens!

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Old One-Eye's Moose Hunt 9. The cow and calf moose are hesitating here at what amounts to the start of the real trail. Unlike us, they don’t know that less than kilometer away a pack of six wolves is steadily closing the distance.

Approximately 100 moose make this trip each way every year. They spend the summer growing fat in some upstream flats along the river and then, in the early winter, head downstream to warmer areas with less snow. Three months later they are on the way back upstream again on the same trail. In this video, they are at the base of a steep hill and, once on top of the hill, they are kind of committed to seeing it through. Once they start, they travel with a purpose – not stopping to eat or drink or hang around but one wonders how much agonizing they do over the decision about when to do the transit as it really is a gauntlet – especially today.

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Old One-Eye's Moose Hunt 8. A last drink?

While the wolves work their way NW on the trail, the cow and calf are now starting SE on the same trail. This calf would have been born in the summer and is already – now at roughly 5 months of age – nearly the size of its mom. Calves stay with mom all winter and then leave for an independent life at one year old just before mom gives birth to a new calf the next summer.

When humans want water during winter, we usually use a stove or fire to heat it up until the snow melts. Moose can’t do that, of course, and so they must take the old-school approach of just eating snow. Although their outside is well insulated with hair, their insides are not and “drinking” snow has got to be cold. In the summer when it is hot, moose can end up drinking more than 20 L of water a day. Presumably they drink much less in winter; but I do wonder how much energy in the form of body heat moose must use to melt the snow that keeps them hydrated in the winter.

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Old One-Eye's Moose Hunt 7. This is an important clip as it is the last one of the wolves (we will next switch to the moose coming toward the wolves) for the next 19 minutes – until contact, that is. The reason is that I don’t have any camera traps for the next 1.8 km of the trail. At this point, the pack is still rather chill; and, in fact, this is a favorite highway rest-stop, so to speak. In many years, the wolves hang out here, scent marking and interacting. Like people, wolves seem to use and remember these rallying points on their journeys.

Now it will be time to see what the moose are up to as we countdown from 19 min to 0 min.
 
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Old One-Eye's Moose Hunt 6. This video seems a good place to point out that these wolves, although on the hunt here, have clearly been successful recently. They are not by any means thin. Of course, it is winter and so their hair will make them look well-fed, but you can see a bit of rounding on their bellies.

I feel like this hunt is kind of relaxed partly for that reason. I am guessing they have taken a few days off from their last kill and are now just ramping up for the next meal. No hurry or desperation here.

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Old One-Eye's Moose Hunt 5. Old One-Eye is actually second in line in these last few videos. The camera traps are dormant until they sense infra-red moving across the sensor array – in this case the warm body of a wolf. But it takes a second or more to turn on and so the video often captures the second animal to pass.

Again (as in video 4), the last wolf – a female I think – takes a different track than the rest of the wolves. Wolves – just like people – have personalities: is this part of hers? Does she just march to the beat of a different drummer so to speak?

You will probably have noticed that the times and distances “to contact” with the moose are very similar in these last few videos. The reason is that these camera traps are all very close to each other and were originally set up to monitor a series of splits in the trails.
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Old One-Eye's Moose Hunt 4. Here is a shot of Old One-Eye himself. Some years ago, he just seemed to be another member of the pack of 16. Then, last year, we had videos from the summer of him mating with the dominant female and beating up on another male trying to get in on the action.

I compiled a series of Old One-Eye’s exploits into a YouTube video (channel link in profile that you can watch here: https://youtu.be/9mghEHMu6Ao That video shows the interactions that clearly indicate his dominance.

I do find it quite remarkable that he has maintained dominance despite his limited depth perception. Sometimes animals with only one eye can compensate by moving their head from side to side. I haven’t carefully watched Old One-Eye to see if he does this more than the other wolves – but it would be interesting.

Of course, wolves also have excellent sense of smell and hearing so the loss of an eye might not bother them as much as we might think.

#wolves #wolfpack #wolfhunt #moose #predator #predatorandprey #savebcwolves #cameratrap #gamecamera #trailcam #tech4wildlife
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