Murrmurr
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I didn't know these awesome-looking animals existed until I watched this video.
Maned Wolf
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Gardenlover
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Very cool - thanks for sharing.
Steve is brave to be that close.
Steve is brave to be that close.
Gaer
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Awesome! i owned a wolf, a REGULAR wolf as a pet when i lived in Colorado. People were afraid of him.
I thought so too
I watched my son's wolf pup for a few weeks
He teethed on my fingers, ankles, knees, elbows, anything he could reach
Sharp little teeth
Murrmurr
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Really? That's interesting.
Murrmurr
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Yes, I think so too. And the dark color of it's legs make them appear very long and delicate; kind of graceful looking.
Murrmurr
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They do look intimidating...wolves, that is. The maned wolf looks mild.
Delicate, yes, even pretty.
My husband and a Timber Wolf walked straight into each other one day while he was out hunting.
Hubby said his blood ran cold.
Murrmurr
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imagine that tearing at your soft bits.Large Timber Wolf track.
Make a mess of a human real quick.
Thankfully, the wolves that passed thru our property were pretty skittish
It's still unsettling to see one cruise thru our meadow
There was one, late, around dusk, that hung by our wellhouse
Pretty much surprised me
Just stood there....seemed he was daring/challenging me
Water could wait 'til the morning
with a 12 gauge
They seem bigger with their winter coats
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Years ago my kids and I were living up in the hills in Northern California (near Susanville) and on our way home from a friend's place at about 10, maybe 11pm, we saw a gorgeous white wolf standing beside the road, so white it glowed in the headlights. I mean it was pitch dark but you couldn't miss this thing, it just glowed. It was pretty large, too, kind of long-legged with a fairly pointy snout. I came to a slow stop, because I sort of felt something like respect for it, I'd never seen anything like it, and it crossed the road cautiously right in front of the car so I got a good look at it. I think because it's shoulders were so muscular, or maybe the fur so thick there, it looked hunch-backed, and I noticed a streak of grey running from the top of its head to about midway down its back almost. It was very impressive to say the least.
I told the neighbor about it the next day and he said there weren't any wolves around there, but I know what I saw, and the kids saw it too. It's all they talked about for days. Some time later, I mentioned it to a guy I knew who was a member of the native American tribe that lived up there and he told me that spotting a white wolf is a very good omen, that it brings success and good hunting, and also that seeing one is like being reborn or something to that effect. And he didn't doubt at all that I'd seen it.
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That, sir....is a sight
Funny, I've been a hunter.
Mostly due to necessity
But, happening onto a majestic beast, gives one pause....awe
Coming from the coast, and into the Cascade range, there was this bull elk
The sun was just making it's appearance
Shadows were still long
Heavy mist...fog in places
Came around the corner
There he was
Standing on a rise
More silhouette than hard definition, as the sun was behind him
Head held high
Steam from his nostrils
Majestic
Of all times I didn't have a camera....
I just pulled over and watched
I think it was that day, I began to take shots with only my Nikon
The wolves at the cabin seemed to know when I didn't have it
But
One time, my hands didn't hold any tools
A wolf was loping across the meadow
I ran to get the camera
Got off one fleeting shot
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That's what unfolded on the day my husband was out hunting, he had been walking through fairly dense forest when he came to a clearing, and as soon as he walked out into the clearing, a wolf had decided to do the same, and there dear husband and wolf stood staring at one another.
My husband said the wolf had no fear, and hubby said quite possibly, the wolf may have been stalking him in the more dense woods leading up to when he made it to the clearing, which is even more spooky.
At any rate, the stare-down lasted for several minutes, at which time the wolf calmly trotted away.
Being stalked or challenged by a wild animal freaks me out. I'll never forget the time when hubby and I were challenged my an angry momma bear, and we didn't even do anything to set her off specifically. She had little ones, and she was a distance away when we happened upon one of the cubs, and surprised, the cub let out a cry and momma was on us just like that, and right now like.
Momma meant business that day, and had it not been for the shear rock face were were traversing, there is not a doubt in hubbies mind that she would have attacked us. Even then she made swipes at us with her paw, and froth was dripping from her mouth as she growled.
I still enjoy going out with my husband on walks, but it gives one a true appreciation for how quickly a casual walk in the wilderness can turn deadly.
Yes and no, as for eye contact the day my husband was face-to-face with the wolf, he wasn't about to take his eyes off the wolf for second or turn his back on it.
If ever you're confronted by a mountain lion, the worst thing you can do is take your eyes off it and turn your back on it. If you do you're done for.