Ok, so not everybody, but check out this video of 8 of our 10 wolves in the den. Typically, mom, F2062, allows no adult in the den when the pups are young. She’s been seen chasing dad, M1803, out of the den as he sneaks in. (Dad started engaging with last year’s pups at 3 weeks old). However, at just before 6 PM Saturday night, dad stayed in the den. Not sure if he got stuck in the den, butRead more
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Pups starting to move
Museum Member Peter Nicholls got the picture above of some of the pups wandering out of the den. At three weeks old it’s time for the pups to wobble and walk a bit on their own. Check out some of their first wobbles belowRead more
View from the Den
Pups back in the den this morning 🙂 Check out this video. Some awfully cute sleeping (and more) going on:Read more
2-Week Pup Check
The Pups are two weeks old today. The six are still here, and have been in the primary den for several days now. As we gathered up our team to go check on the pups today we knew we could easily work in the flattened out area behind this den. Five of the six pups are huge. These five weigh from 1,246 grams to 1,482 grams. That means at just two weeks old, our large male is over 3 andRead more
F2062 Nurses pups
Check out this video from May 1st of Mom red wolf, F2062, nursing her pups:Read more
Look who’s back in the den
Remember my mantra from last night? “She gets to take care of her pups as she needs to”. “She gets to take care of her pups as she needs to”. “She gets to take care of her pups as she needs to”. Well the pups are back in the primary den. A very blurry picture I took of the video screen showing the pile of pups. I assume, based on last year’s behavior, mom, F2062, moved them back in SaturdayRead more