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The wolverine's questionable reputation as an insatiable glutton (reflected in its Latin genus name Gulo, meaning "glutton") may be in part due to a false etymology.The less common name for the animal in Norwegian, fjellfross, meaning "mountain cat", is thought to have worked its way into German as Vielfraß, [5] which means "glutton" (literally "devours much").
Video shows the intense moment a pack of wolves chases down a herd of more than 300 elk in Yellowstone National Park. The video follows the elk herd as it races away from wolves trailing behind it.
Caribou live in herds of thousands which presents dangers for wolves. Elk live in small herds and these are a safer target. [4] A wolf carries its head at the same level as its back, lifting it only when alert. [9] In one study, wolves detected moose using scent ten times, vision six times, and once by following tracks in the snow.
A cow/calf winter herd is a herd that consists only of female elk and their young. In a normal winter, defined as one where there is a decent amount of snow fall, one study found that when the groups of cows and calves were safe from predation by wolves, about 75.6-83.0% of their diet was made up of graze whereas when wolves were present this number dropped to 61.6-69.4%. [3]
The Montana school’s superintendent posted about the attack on Facebook. ... posted a photo on Facebook showing a picked-over elk carcass as a park ranger loaded it onto a truck on Friday, April ...
The Missouri Department of Conservation said Sept. 12 photos show a mountain lion killing an adult elk in Shannon ... Screaming mom scares off mountain lion attacking her child at WA campsite ...
Lagacé was taken to the emergency room, where he received first aid and precautionary rabies treatment. A month before the attack, another bicyclist had been pursued by a wolf in the same area. Upon learning of the attack on Lagacé, wildlife protection officers set up traps in the area according to their procedure. Rouge FM [85] and CHMP-FM [86]
A police officer has a close call with an elk after trying to free its trapped antler.Source: Pierce County Sheriff’s Department Elk trapped in rope swing dangerously butts head at police ...