@@Fergutor Not yet - I have been going through the files this weekend and putting stuff together. I am moving to some new equipment that I hope makes the post workflow easier. I have completely changed my rig for this year to make the video better and easier to work with.
@@Yellowstonewolves New computer? Remember that new processors, both from AMD and Intel are coming mid year. Both look promising. But still the ones money can buy today are very good still.
Thank you everyone for the likes. I really don’t understand the dislikes for just showing nature as it is in a National Park. While I get you may not like the fact that the wolf is trying to feed its pups its not a reason to “Thumbs Down” a person’s effort of just recording and showing nature as it is. All animals in the wild have to eat and I am thankful I have this National Park to experience. Their struggle to survive really makes me appreciate wildlife all the much more. Again thank you everyone, give it a like.
Wow start by being offensive? I think the “arctic” wolf argument was argued by those who saw wolves as competing with folks who wanted to hunt elk and it was found to be bogus and not to be true. The historical wolves killed during years of extermination of the 1800s turned out to be the almost the same size.
Arctic wolves are white anyway and not all that big. It's too bad people don't educate themselves better. I have a pretty good library of wolf books. Two books I treasure are a set, published in 1944 by Stanley Young and Edward Goldman. A wealth of info!
Wolves deserve more appreciation. Look at all the effort they have to go through, all the potential of being killed, just to feed themselves and their family. If the bison survived this, it just means he is even stronger and more fit to survive there. Without wolves bison wouldn’t be the creatures they are today. Both are incredible creatures worthy of respect and admiration.
To the people criticizing the bison please consider this after the yearling was pushed away and chased back to the heard they had a good chance of actually killing the wolf.I’m sure this strategy evolved over millions of years and it makes sense no one bison could chase the wolf down and kill it but they can bait it into being surrounded.
I have seen wounded deer pushed out of the heard as well. It seems that the herd can sense when one of their own is weak or wounded and push them away. This may be because if they remain with the heard it invites attacks.
Even African Water Buffalo sacrifice a victim that shows no signs of being able to defend its self or keep pace...the Yearling was probably in pain and shock but when it proved it could run and defend...the others rallied to it....
That's a great video and story telling.. loved it.. i know how difficult it would have been to zoom in full and still keeping the camera as much steady as possible. Good job.
Fred - come on out to Yellowstone and pick your favorite tripod and head. Bring it along. Ball, gimbal, manfrotto nitro, video head, benro gearhead, counterbalance etc. I keep trying but I promise you it isn't from a lack of spending and trying equipment. A fraction of movement on my end is 100-150 feet 3/4 of a mile out.
a little hard to watch for me as although I know it's nature and of course I want the wolves to thrive but I find it hard to watch any animal suffering or in pain - I'm just a big softie :)
Yes - everything has to eat. While sometimes we feel bad for the bison we need to remember the park is still rounding up and culling almost a 1,000 or them year. Would be great of the wolves and bears could help keep that population in check naturally versus people doing it. Why are they reducing the numbers? Because there gets to so many that they begin to migrate out of the park and there is no where for them to go. It is neat that park has our last historic natural bison herd. Many make the fake claim that the wolves are much larger than the ones that were there when humans hunted them to near extinction. But they are not so big as to devastate the bison population. I have watch wolves hunt for number if years now. They are not that efficient of killers, most hunts don’t result in a kill. They do survive but they also get injured, some go days hungry. I have yet to see a wolf walk from a kill and not come back later or be watching from a safe distance.
@@Yellowstonewolves WOW I didn't realise that amount were having to be culled, as you say, it would be much better for all concerned if the bears and the wolves could do this. It's the size of the bison that gets me and I can imagine seeing them in real life they are much bigger... I was watching a documentary about Polar Bears recently and I worry that these will be the first of our animals to disappear, the poor things were starving due to the ice not freezing as it once did and therefore there are no seals for them to eat. How very sad would it be if we no longer had polar bears...it breaks my heart!
I wonder if the scent of the wolves rubbed off on the yearlings fur when they attacked it and this made the herd instinctually want to push it away from them.
You are probably right. Many have lasting scars and live right along into adulthood. If he does, as big bull he won't be a fan of wolves. Thank you for watching and commenting, Best Ron
Sometimes hard to watch, but it's the circle of life. When you see film of those cute wolf puppies, stop and wonder what they are eating. Just life.... not always pretty.
Some mothers are better than others...like the elephant. Maybe the Bison WILL push the calf out on instinct, an injured and bleeding calf will draw more preditors to the herd and they're just being smart about it? 🤔
Yellowstone NP or not; it's refreshing to see bison grazing, running and swimming, etc. But what is more refreshing, is the wolf-bison interaction...there will be blood. This is wonderful video.
Thank you - when I am out there I simply try to record the behavior I see. It’s not awalys easy to watch but it is a bit humbling to see this world interact with everything else as it always had.
That year ling calf just became the matriarch leader of a new herd those bulls were impressed with that swivel hook that injured that wolf. Nice footage ! I wonder if that was that was the same calf cow buffalo that walked 10 ft in front of me with a herd of around 30 buffalo that all got up and went marching after her as I took down my tent after waking up to see I was in the middle of the same herd that went on the march after the matriarch cow buffalo. Who's one of the coolest thing it was one of the most scariest nights I've ever had I thought I was going to die these Buffalo were in the Rut in the Lamar Valley and I was late going to my Backcountry spot and thought I heard a bear bawling and it was dark and the way the terrain was I could not see up in front of me and with the dark as well but the terrain made it hard and I wanted to keep my distance from that noise. as I was heading to my designated spot Cache Creek and hung up my food in the only tree near the sorth east end of the Lamar Valley. Near soda butte . Alls I heard was grunting and rumbling all around me all night and I could just smell Buffalo I was too scared to even get out of my tent . When I woke up in the morning it was the coolest thing that's ever happened to me I was in the middle of the herd and I think they saved me from the bear
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Keep in mind that wolves don’t have to kill a bison strait off. If they can wound one so it can’t keep up with the herd all the wolves have to do is wait.
While I didn’t get to record it, the wolves killed a young (two year old) bull bison in the same area and the others did nothing to protect it. Must have emboldened them to try it again.
Nature has a lot of instinctive triggers that go against our train of thought. Usually grouping animals instinctively reject a weak link to stop predator harassment of the greater group. Nature doesn't have a refrigerator to restock the energy reserve's after a friendly pick-up game of tag. Too much dilly-dallying can be life or death on calories so get the bloody one away so we can graze in peace. Too much running and the whole herd may parrish during the extreme cycles of food/temperature conditions. The mothers instinct appeated to trumped the herd instinct somewhat, but eventually she'll let go also. Nature makes ultimate sence because it can't afford not to.
So difficult to understand what was happening, why drive the yearling away then protect it. Could the yearling have been a female on season and thats why the other bison were paying it so much attention?
It´s one of the mysteries of the wild, and everyone can make guesses, my guess would be wildlife often instinctively protects the wounded, yet wildlife also instinctively can tell when one of their own is seriously injured. My uneducated guess is they pushed off the yearling because of instincts, knowing it was badly injured and would only slow the herd down or put the herd in danger. When the injured yearling returns being chased by the wolf, my uneducated guess would be the herd does not know this was the injured yearling they pushed away, therefore instinctively protecting one of its own. Afterwards, when they see this yearling seriously injured and will slow down or put the herd in danger, they pushed it away again. My last guess is when the herd left the yearling would no longer be accepted by them (as if it returned it would just be pushed away again, and wolves are extremely patient, and the wolves also knew eventually the yearling would be abandoned, and eventually the wolves killed it. Nature.
and ravens moving in the size of small eagles or turkeys. we see them this size in the Rogers' Pass in BC; very, very cold winters, larger frame and mass to take the cold.
Everywhere that wasn't closed off for about the whole day. Funny part, bought fancy lens for my Nikon so I wouldn't have to get up close, and I never even pulled them out of my camera bag. Still a beautiful day in a beautiful park.
"Yearling seems to get pushed from the heard". I'll hazard a guess.. The Buffalo think dripping blood around wolves is not a good thing and it should leave immediately.
Maybe. I'm definitely not an animal behaviorist. Bison do tend to be very protective of the herd. I don't think it really matters which heard either. Get a few pissed off and a bunch get really aggressive.
Hung Vu - you are right for the most part. Humans kill each other for crazy reasons. Animals don't kill with malice like humans do. But back to your point, in Yellowstone the number one killer of wolves is other wolves. Wolves have a fascinating social structure and dynamic pack politics. I really appreciate your comments and watching this video. Where about in the world are you from? It is amazing to see people from 1,000s of miles way here on the channel. Best, Ron
Probably so - or if they get infected by the Zombie virus and become Z-Wolves then that could do it too. There is a saying a French guy told me one day while out hiking... “Beware of Z wolves”
You missed the yearling filing for disability and welfare and, therefore, the herd didn't want him there anymore ! Now the wolf was at the door and he was simply looking for that door. Very simple rules of nature !
they are not driving the yearling away, they simply smell the blood. I have seen this in domestic cattle as well. the smell of blood has a very strange reaction on them, but wait now you are contradicting yourself and saying the herd is protecting the yearling?? Nice video but you do not have your facts straight.
I have watched lots of wolves go at bison and spent many hours over the years here in this location. We watched this same pack the days before and the days after. No I am no bison physiologist but usually the cows are defensive and some will stand a line while others run the calves to safety. I have been hiking with friends in this location when a heard comes running by with the red dogs. We know the behavior well and start trying to see where the wolves are. Sometimes it could be a grizzly spooking them. This is part of what was happening but this heard wasn’t all that protective of the 2 Yo bulls. One was killed the day before in this same location. I wasn’t there but friends were. Thank you for the compliments - do you ever go to the Lamar in YNP?
I'm a farm hand. If any herd animal is damaged, the others attack it. I've seen this in chickens. A weak or some kind of defect shows up, the other chickens will pick on it. They will eventually kill it (in the coup). I've also witnessed this behavior working on a dairy farm in Denmark. The farmer had a cow that looked like a deer. The farmer also didn't cut the horns on his cows. These cows would bully it quite horribly, using their horns to puncture the cow. And again these cows were kept in the barn, and other close quarters. One of the workers there finally persuaded the farmer to keep it in a separate pen away from the others. Once that yearling bison's face was damaged, disfigured---oh, yea, the others would drive it out of the herd!! This is normal Herd behavior. It became different.
Your facts are not accurate, i also grew up on farms, and raised our own cattle, horses, goats chickens...you name it. Show me your proof anywhere please
NOT MUCH LIKE THE ELEPHANT FAMILY. THIS GANG IS HURRAY FOR ME AND YOUR ON YOUR OWN. ACTUALLY I DON't KNOW OF OTHER ANIMAL FAMILIES THAT ABANDON THEIR YOUNG LIKE THAT.
That is not really the case - I have watched many bison attacks and they are very defensive - well cows are and of young. These folks were not as caring about two year old bulls. They day before this event took place this same pack killed the same age bull and oddly the others didn’t even react.
@@Yellowstonewolves there are videos where calves are drowning in a small river and the mother and the rest of the herd just keeps on grazing at just yards aways, those buffalo have strange instincts, to me they appear dumb compared to other grazers, african buffalos, rhinos, wildebeest they all protect their kin till the last drop against much more dangerous predators. I enjoyed the vid by the wayn watch the whole, maybe some calm music would be appreciated
You were in a great place to see so much of the drama. Usually one doesn't get to see that prolonged attack.
I actually have two more attacks to post - one on a calf and one with two wolves on a herd of elk.
@@Yellowstonewolves Did you ever post those?
@@Fergutor Not yet - I have been going through the files this weekend and putting stuff together. I am moving to some new equipment that I hope makes the post workflow easier. I have completely changed my rig for this year to make the video better and easier to work with.
@@Yellowstonewolves New computer? Remember that new processors, both from AMD and Intel are coming mid year. Both look promising. But still the ones money can buy today are very good still.
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Thank you everyone for the likes. I really don’t understand the dislikes for just showing nature as it is in a National Park. While I get you may not like the fact that the wolf is trying to feed its pups its not a reason to “Thumbs Down” a person’s effort of just recording and showing nature as it is. All animals in the wild have to eat and I am thankful I have this National Park to experience. Their struggle to survive really makes me appreciate wildlife all the much more. Again thank you everyone, give it a like.
Wow start by being offensive? I think the “arctic” wolf argument was argued by those who saw wolves as competing with folks who wanted to hunt elk and it was found to be bogus and not to be true. The historical wolves killed during years of extermination of the 1800s turned out to be the almost the same size.
Arctic wolves are white anyway and not all that big. It's too bad people don't educate themselves better. I have a pretty good library of wolf books. Two books I treasure are a set, published in 1944 by Stanley Young and Edward Goldman. A wealth of info!
Don’t worry about the haters !!! Keep on keeping on 👍👍👍👍👍❤️
Wolves deserve more appreciation. Look at all the effort they have to go through, all the potential of being killed, just to feed themselves and their family. If the bison survived this, it just means he is even stronger and more fit to survive there. Without wolves bison wouldn’t be the creatures they are today. Both
are incredible creatures worthy of respect and admiration.
Until they eat you.
Keep the nature videos rolling Ron Sterbenz. What's captivating is the predator/prey interaction and scenery. Good stuff.
Thank you so much!
To the people criticizing the bison please consider this after the yearling was pushed away and chased back to the heard they had a good chance of actually killing the wolf.I’m sure this strategy evolved over millions of years and it makes sense no one bison could chase the wolf down and kill it but they can bait it into being surrounded.
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So good, watching nature as it happens, thanks for doing this
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Great stuff, thanks for sharing.
weekender38 thank you!
Even a lone wolf is more than a capable predator. Great footage
I have seen wounded deer pushed out of the heard as well. It seems that the herd can sense when one of their own is weak or wounded and push them away. This may be because if they remain with the heard it invites attacks.
Thank you for watching and posting a comment Donald - very much appreciated, Ron
That's what I thought I remembered from the good old days of moot Mutual of Omaha. Most people won't know what I'm talking about. LOL
Even African Water Buffalo sacrifice a victim that shows no signs of being able to defend its self or keep pace...the Yearling was probably in pain and shock but when it proved it could run and defend...the others rallied to it....
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That's a great video and story telling.. loved it.. i know how difficult it would have been to zoom in full and still keeping the camera as much steady as possible. Good job.
Not if he got a decent tripod.
Thank you so much - recording is tough out there.
Fred - come on out to Yellowstone and pick your favorite tripod and head. Bring it along. Ball, gimbal, manfrotto nitro, video head, benro gearhead, counterbalance etc. I keep trying but I promise you it isn't from a lack of spending and trying equipment. A fraction of movement on my end is 100-150 feet 3/4 of a mile out.
It's a bummer some people don't really understand nature. Nature can be a cruel mistress, and it's always been about survival of the fittest.
by fittest darwin meant best fit to environment, not a competition between species members; bison would normally try to save every bison
So true Raymond - much video to come. Did you see this one - ruclips.net/video/PwVnW7cZPjw/видео.html
a little hard to watch for me as although I know it's nature and of course I want the wolves to thrive but I find it hard to watch any animal suffering or in pain - I'm just a big softie :)
Yes - everything has to eat. While sometimes we feel bad for the bison we need to remember the park is still rounding up and culling almost a 1,000 or them year. Would be great of the wolves and bears could help keep that population in check naturally versus people doing it. Why are they reducing the numbers? Because there gets to so many that they begin to migrate out of the park and there is no where for them to go. It is neat that park has our last historic natural bison herd. Many make the fake claim that the wolves are much larger than the ones that were there when humans hunted them to near extinction. But they are not so big as to devastate the bison population. I have watch wolves hunt for number if years now. They are not that efficient of killers, most hunts don’t result in a kill. They do survive but they also get injured, some go days hungry. I have yet to see a wolf walk from a kill and not come back later or be watching from a safe distance.
@@Yellowstonewolves WOW I didn't realise that amount were having to be culled, as you say, it would be much better for all concerned if the bears and the wolves could do this. It's the size of the bison that gets me and I can imagine seeing them in real life they are much bigger... I was watching a documentary about Polar Bears recently and I worry that these will be the first of our animals to disappear, the poor things were starving due to the ice not freezing as it once did and therefore there are no seals for them to eat. How very sad would it be if we no longer had polar bears...it breaks my heart!
Very much agree.
Well said I agree
I wonder if the scent of the wolves rubbed off on the yearlings fur when they attacked it and this made the herd instinctually want to push it away from them.
Hard to know but you may be right. Thanks so much for watching and commenting, I am very sorry for the delay in responding to your comment.
Ungulates are incredibly tough. I wouldn't be surprised he survived as his movement is really good leaving!!
You are probably right. Many have lasting scars and live right along into adulthood. If he does, as big bull he won't be a fan of wolves. Thank you for watching and commenting, Best Ron
Sometimes hard to watch, but it's the circle of life. When you see film of those cute wolf puppies, stop and wonder what they are eating. Just life.... not always pretty.
Very true and sorry for the delay in responding.
Some mothers are better than others...like the elephant.
Maybe the Bison WILL push the calf out on instinct, an injured and bleeding calf will draw more preditors to the herd and they're just being smart about it?
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Yellowstone NP or not; it's refreshing to see bison grazing, running and swimming, etc. But what is more refreshing, is the wolf-bison interaction...there will be blood. This is wonderful video.
Thank you - when I am out there I simply try to record the behavior I see. It’s not awalys easy to watch but it is a bit humbling to see this world interact with everything else as it always had.
10:37 "By this point the bison were pissed."
I agree with you.
That year ling calf just became the matriarch leader of a new herd those bulls were impressed with that swivel hook that injured that wolf. Nice footage ! I wonder if that was that was the same calf cow buffalo that walked 10 ft in front of me with a herd of around 30 buffalo that all got up and went marching after her as I took down my tent after waking up to see I was in the middle of the same herd that went on the march after the matriarch cow buffalo. Who's one of the coolest thing it was one of the most scariest nights I've ever had I thought I was going to die these Buffalo were in the Rut in the Lamar Valley and I was late going to my Backcountry spot and thought I heard a bear bawling and it was dark and the way the terrain was I could not see up in front of me and with the dark as well but the terrain made it hard and I wanted to keep my distance from that noise. as I was heading to my designated spot Cache Creek and hung up my food in the only tree near the sorth east end of the Lamar Valley. Near soda butte . Alls I heard was grunting and rumbling all around me all night and I could just smell Buffalo I was too scared to even get out of my tent . When I woke up in the morning it was the coolest thing that's ever happened to me I was in the middle of the herd and I think they saved me from the bear
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Great footage! Thanks for sharing.
More than welcome and sorry for my delay. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Keep in mind that wolves don’t have to kill a bison strait off. If they can wound one so it can’t keep up with the herd all the wolves have to do is wait.
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The wolves then attacked the camera crew who were never seen again. Camera footage found, movie made and a witch was placed in for no reason.
Nope - we survived that day and lived on to make many more great videos!
Pereti Wallace A little Mutual of Omaha meets Blair Witch? 😁
Excellent video of nature! Thanks for the video and neutral commentary!!
Very strange that the herd “pushed the yearling out” at first😳they “usually” protect their own?!
While I didn’t get to record it, the wolves killed a young (two year old) bull bison in the same area and the others did nothing to protect it. Must have emboldened them to try it again.
Nature has a lot of instinctive triggers that go against our train of thought. Usually grouping animals instinctively reject a weak link to stop predator harassment of the greater group. Nature doesn't have a refrigerator to restock the energy reserve's after a friendly pick-up game of tag. Too much dilly-dallying can be life or death on calories so get the bloody one away so we can graze in peace.
Too much running and the whole herd may parrish during the extreme cycles of food/temperature conditions.
The mothers instinct appeated to trumped the herd instinct somewhat, but eventually she'll let go also. Nature makes ultimate sence because it can't afford not to.
Great video, thanks for sharing.
Ironically, bison are not easily buffaloed by aggression!
watch wood buffalo national park wolves take on buffalo in Canada for a real good documentary.Outstanding video.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Best, Ron
Fast food fights back.
Great comment.
So difficult to understand what was happening, why drive the yearling away then protect it. Could the yearling have been a female on season and thats why the other bison were paying it so much attention?
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It is really hot isn't it?
It´s one of the mysteries of the wild, and everyone can make guesses, my guess would be wildlife often instinctively protects the wounded, yet wildlife also instinctively can tell when one of their own is seriously injured. My uneducated guess is they pushed off the yearling because of instincts, knowing it was badly injured and would only slow the herd down or put the herd in danger. When the injured yearling returns being chased by the wolf, my uneducated guess would be the herd does not know this was the injured yearling they pushed away, therefore instinctively protecting one of its own. Afterwards, when they see this yearling seriously injured and will slow down or put the herd in danger, they pushed it away again. My last guess is when the herd left the yearling would no longer be accepted by them (as if it returned it would just be pushed away again, and wolves are extremely patient, and the wolves also knew eventually the yearling would be abandoned, and eventually the wolves killed it. Nature.
Cattle don't like the smell of blood. Bison might be the same way?
Anybody like star wars? Well this was recorded on may the 4
And may the force be with you
and ravens moving in the size of small eagles or turkeys. we see them this size in the Rogers' Pass in BC; very, very cold winters, larger frame and mass to take the cold.
Anyone spot the elk shed?
There are tons of them it there - bones, skulls, scapulas with really new teeth marks, lots to explore and learn from.
These are great, not over done videos.
Thank you so much. Best, Ron
Awesome video
Where have you been, Ron? I've missed your winter season videos.
I have to get more of them done and online. And get ready for May too.
Woow it's so good
Thank you Aaita!
I was there a week ago. No Bears. No Wolves. No Moose. No Eagles. Just Buffalos everywhere.
Where did you go in the park and at about what time?
Everywhere that wasn't closed off for about the whole day. Funny part, bought fancy lens for my Nikon so I wouldn't have to get up close, and I never even pulled them out of my camera bag. Still a beautiful day in a beautiful park.
Well if you see me there one year say hi and I will spot and show you stuff. Happy to help. I will get more video posted this weekend.
Ron Sterbenz. Thanks, unfortunately will have to wait another year for vacation time before going back to Yellowstone.
David Rook well maybe we will see you next time.
"Yearling seems to get pushed from the heard". I'll hazard a guess.. The Buffalo think dripping blood around wolves is not a good thing and it should leave immediately.
Maybe. I'm definitely not an animal behaviorist. Bison do tend to be very protective of the herd. I don't think it really matters which heard either. Get a few pissed off and a bunch get really aggressive.
nice video
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Is that the only yearling in the herd?
I don't think it was, here is a new one. ruclips.net/video/PwVnW7cZPjw/видео.html
...maybe the Herd drove the calf off because the blood smell attracts predators...
You might be right - hard to know. Thanks so much for watching and commenting, I am very sorry for the delay in responding to your comment.
GO WOLVES!! Bisons are walking food anyway😄😹
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6:05 The bull is more successful than the wolves.
What did the Momma bison say to her yearling as the wolves closed in?
Bye
Therd attaks the injured calf because the bites of the wolf leave an odour on the calf's body the other members of the ferd think he is an enemy .
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Thanks
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They must have been further than most wolves I’ve seen up there because they are small even in a spotting scope!
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interesting to see a hunt go in slow motion. maybe the attacked bison was a runt and so kind of written off by the herd
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That Buffalo had a rotten day.
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Human kill each other, animals attack other kinds
Hung Vu - you are right for the most part. Humans kill each other for crazy reasons. Animals don't kill with malice like humans do. But back to your point, in Yellowstone the number one killer of wolves is other wolves. Wolves have a fascinating social structure and dynamic pack politics. I really appreciate your comments and watching this video. Where about in the world are you from? It is amazing to see people from 1,000s of miles way here on the channel. Best, Ron
@@Yellowstonewolves hi Ron, I'm from the sin City of Las Vegas. Sometimes I think I'm belong in the wrong planet
Hung Vu nice - you have the beautiful state park Valley of Fire! I don’t think I could live in Las Vegas - thank you for replying
That's the dumbest thing ever said. Animals kill their own kind all the time. .
@@Yellowstonewolves Animals kill for malice all the time. Obviously you have not learned enough about animals.
i wish you let the video roll while you wite your narrative,
Ok will do next time.
If the wovles merge into wolfmanator then the bison will all be dead
Probably so - or if they get infected by the Zombie virus and become Z-Wolves then that could do it too. There is a saying a French guy told me one day while out hiking... “Beware of Z wolves”
@@Yellowstonewolves 😁
Wow nice Wild animal attacks
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The one being push away is cause it disobeyed. If you disobeyed you're out. They can't deal with you. Same for other herds.
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Or maybe they are just feeding it to the wolf's.
In a way you might be right. They don’t usually have to protect bulls after a certain age.
You missed the yearling filing for disability and welfare and, therefore, the herd didn't want him there anymore !
Now the wolf was at the door and he was simply looking for that door.
Very simple rules of nature !
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they are not driving the yearling away, they simply smell the blood. I have seen this in domestic cattle as well. the smell of blood has a very strange reaction on them,
but wait now you are contradicting yourself and saying the herd is protecting the yearling?? Nice video but you do not have your facts straight.
I have watched lots of wolves go at bison and spent many hours over the years here in this location. We watched this same pack the days before and the days after. No I am no bison physiologist but usually the cows are defensive and some will stand a line while others run the calves to safety. I have been hiking with friends in this location when a heard comes running by with the red dogs. We know the behavior well and start trying to see where the wolves are. Sometimes it could be a grizzly spooking them. This is part of what was happening but this heard wasn’t all that protective of the 2 Yo bulls. One was killed the day before in this same location. I wasn’t there but friends were. Thank you for the compliments - do you ever go to the Lamar in YNP?
I'm a farm hand. If any herd animal is damaged, the others attack it. I've seen this in chickens. A weak or some kind of defect shows up, the other chickens will pick on it. They will eventually kill it (in the coup). I've also witnessed this behavior working on a dairy farm in Denmark. The farmer had a cow that looked like a deer. The farmer also didn't cut the horns on his cows. These cows would bully it quite horribly, using their horns to puncture the cow. And again these cows were kept in the barn, and other close quarters. One of the workers there finally persuaded the farmer to keep it in a separate pen away from the others. Once that yearling bison's face was damaged, disfigured---oh, yea, the others would drive it out of the herd!! This is normal Herd behavior. It became different.
Your facts are not accurate, i also grew up on farms, and raised our own cattle, horses, goats chickens...you name it. Show me your proof anywhere please
james riedl I will leave it to you two to debate. I just operate the video camera.
@@jimmy5256789 I observed that personally. Sorry, I didn't have a video camera with me at the time!
NOT MUCH LIKE THE ELEPHANT FAMILY. THIS GANG IS HURRAY FOR ME AND YOUR ON YOUR OWN. ACTUALLY I DON't KNOW OF OTHER ANIMAL FAMILIES THAT ABANDON THEIR YOUNG LIKE THAT.
That is not really the case - I have watched many bison attacks and they are very defensive - well cows are and of young. These folks were not as caring about two year old bulls. They day before this event took place this same pack killed the same age bull and oddly the others didn’t even react.
@@Yellowstonewolves there are videos where calves are drowning in a small river and the mother and the rest of the herd just keeps on grazing at just yards aways, those buffalo have strange instincts, to me they appear dumb compared to other grazers, african buffalos, rhinos, wildebeest they all protect their kin till the last drop against much more dangerous predators. I enjoyed the vid by the wayn watch the whole, maybe some calm music would be appreciated
@@Yellowstonewolves maybe that bull was a "teenager"... They can get pretty annoying even in the animal world. 😁
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@@rayerscarpensael2300 a pack of wolves is about as dangerous a predator can get.
Péssimo vídeo.
Poor wolf
Boring
Glad you liked it!
Going to black to say something got really distracting and made me stop watching. It is far better just putting your words on the video.
Click bait!!
I hope not - I try hard to post the best things I see out there, Ron