Did anyone else catch the fact, when he did the howling to start them going, they all switched over to looking outwards for possible threats, because that is a huge usage of the howl. All of them started forming a perimeter between the people and the nearest tree line it looks like.
lol these wolves were clearly raised in a habitat and re familiar with hmans. Wild wolves don´t wag tails and approach an unknown human this way, they deftintely don´t lick a hmans hand like a dog lol come on dude, don´t be so naive
One of my aunts had a dog named Bear who was a cross between Husky and Wolf. Absolutely massive -albeit gentle- giant that loved to be pet by 8 year-old me, who he dwarfed at the time.
See the wolves SMILE at 3:08 -- the're laughing, "OMG, these stupid tourists want us to be 'sterotypical wolves' and these slow-pokes LARPing and howling...pretend like they can run up on a hunted animal with us. How cute. Now gimme free food, OK? Yes, that's a goooood human. I dunno HOW you got enough food for you AND me being as slow & weak as you are, but I don't ask if you don't wanna tell me your secrets, just keep my gravy flowing, daddy."
It's not, it's a whole family. Science has proven that the bones or remains in a pack were all related. If you're thinking a wolfpack is like a gang, it's just one badass family. Like lions as well, the pride is basically like a Muslim family, one male lion and his lioness wives.
You can tell by what he says to the woman in the beginning that she has been working with this particular pack for a while prior to this visit so it would be safe for the crew to come with her. This isn’t directed at you but a lot of other comments and replies seem confused about how they were able to do this
@@agustin702805 yeah and my point is, a family just welcomed him into their home not some band of gang members. The mom even groomed her children to make them look presentable in front of the guests.
@@prashantsingh942 the guy who coined the term alpha wolf has spent most of his life trying to tell people that his observations were based on captive wolves and not wolves in the wild
@@prashantsingh942 alpha wolf theory is debunked. a wolf pack is lead by the breeding pair, a male and female and the rest of the pack is made up of their children.
if someone has 10x better eyesight, does that mean they would go blind from all the light? No. It just means they can make out more detail, further away and with more clarity. The same goes for smell. They can smell more, distinguish between them from further away. Doesn't always mean the smells they experience are stronger or more potent
to be honest, I really hate some of those dog breeds are... Chihuahua, a very aggressive but very weak... Pugs, born with breathing difficulties... Dogs are supposed to be as badass as their ancestors
@@LizziesLukas so we, humans are also "supposed" to live in the wilderness, caves, fight for our lives by haunting wild animals, right? we also would be more "badass" but that is far from what makes us forward. we're also "supposed to" make the world a better place like our eldest ancestors but here you are. I guess you're also an evolutional failure by being this narrow-minded.
So cool to watch. They have a nasty reputation, not totally undeserved but I can see now that they are much more gregarious than I had thought. They're curious as hell and actually pretty friendly, it makes sense they domesticated themselves (probably how it happened) so easily
@@awesomesauce2000 I was responding to a comment that expressed surprise at how curious and friendly the wolves are. But these ones are only friendly because they are domesticated. Wild wolves are ferocious and exceptionally dangerous.
@@blue24563 Domesticated would be a bit of an exaggeration, most species of animal will never be entirely tame no matter how well they know you, but yes they're about as close to it as wolves could ever get. It's not so much the BBC wouldn't allow doing this with wild wolves, it's more a case of wild wolves wouldn't allow doing this. Truly wild wolves are afraid of humans (with very good reason) and would never approach a group of humans like this. Almost every other predator on Earth has learned the hard way that groups of humans are really bad news, and even lone humans probably aren't worth the trouble.
It’s really cool to see how they interact with humans. You can get an idea as to how humans domesticated them thousands of years ago by how they act compared to other animal species.
@@SiisKolkytEuroo yeah, they used to hang around camp grounds because humans would feed them, the humans knew that if wolves were near by and kept them fed, they would be protected from other animals because they would be cautious of going near them. So they used to use each other and eventually they started to breed them for certain jobs, and then eventually we got pugs
These wolves have a beautiful way of playing to bond. They're not violent, humans are. Stop the negative talk about wolves. You're lucky to be allowed this close to make this video. Love the wolf 🐺❤
lol these wolves were clearly raised in a habitat and re familiar with hmans. Wild wolves don´t wag tails and approach an unknown human this way, they deftintely don´t lick a hmans hand like a dog lol come on dude, don´t be so naive
@@north2green bro they live in the wild fully but if you listen you could tell they knew that woman. They were familiar with her, they didn't know the others though
Although they are in an enclosure and interact with humans in their own term they are very much wild animals... Try treating them like a dog and you will suffer the consequences!... This guy was very lucky to interact with wild predators with the assistance of this expert that probably gave him tons of rules before getting into their enclosure...
i grew up in the woods with wolves and they aren't that bad, they are an animal of respect and if you respect them and tell them this is your land they will respect it. very interesting animals that I've always looked up to
There is a great video on You Tube of 2 singer/guitar players on a snowy day in the middle of wolf territory and as they start playing and singing, wolves appear and approach slowly and start howling with the music. Absolutely amazing.
2:20 it wasnt moving too fast that caused to wolf to react, it was standing up while the wolf was so close. when youre low to the ground you are not threatening but when you stand up and tower over them its an aggressive posture. he keeps talking about sense of smell, and yes thats vital for the wolfs but moment to moment communication is all body language
I dont want to sound rude but i kind of think these guys in the video know a *bit* more what to do with wolves than you, unless you have specific and qualified expertise (pls share)
@Greg Just because they know many things about wolves doesnt mean others cant I think its a bit of both The fast movement into the stance that towers over the wolve The initial reaction was because of the fast movement and the nibble afterwards is because the wolve didnt like the movement and his high posture
@@gregft1979 I have experience with training dogs and got attacked many times in childhood by them, wolfs are not that far away, i think those wolves in videos are already accustomed to humans, because i saw some really bad mistakes here that could've been punished in the wild. Look up Shaun Ellis.
well if you look too passive wolf might dominate you. jump on top of you and hump u or something. im surprised they didnt try to hump his female companion. i would have.
I remember when I was hiking in mountains of Iran and 5-7 wolf's pack slowly approached me. They kept following me till I reached major mountain trail where there was people passing by often. It gave me chills
That nip was just a straight up fear response from the guy moving to fast for it's comfort. It didn't intend to bite him it was just like, "Hey! You scared me!"
I love how careful the wolf is defensive of us HUMANS. We need to respect the wolves. They love us and their families. How loyal. I love this animal. 🐺❤ Thank you God for our wolf FAMILY..
Wolves are loyal to the members of their Packs.They do not treat each other like garbage the way human beings treat the most vulnerable among them.Wolves are great,and so are Compassionate,Caring People!
I definitely couldn't agree more I'm actually in contract negotiations with someone to buy some of their Timberwolves hybrids from them their timber Wolf husky hybrid is having puppies and I'm definitely getting two of them to start meeting them and raising them I've always dreamed of having Timberwolves or at least timber wolf hybrids as my own pets and yes I know they're not just pets they can revert back to their wild nature so it's a respect thing that you have to earn from them I've been raised around wolf hybrids my entire life and hearing a wolf's how feels me with such immense Joy
@@christiangallietmo4585 bad idea, wolf-dog hybrids are typically much more aggressive even than typically aggressive dog breeds like pitbulls (probably not as much as chiuauas, or however that's spelled)
If you pause right here at 1:47 , I think this is a technique that wolves use to pretend to be scared by hiding under their pack member/mate when they are actually protecting their mate's neck.
@@Brutally_Honest666 Human are apex predators as much as wolves, our role in the ecosystem is not to be vegetarian. Trying to force humans to fulfill a niche things that does not work only leads to more suffering and environmental destruction. Human monocropping, the only way to make plant foods economically efficient for humans (still not even healthy, they are not nutritious to people), is the most destructive of all known agricultural practices.
@@Brutally_Honest666 1) That statement is completely arguable; what isn't is that plant mono-crops are damaging to the environment. They require 'high input' of resources and damage the soil, water supply and native environment. Soil need large herbivores for the ecosystem to work, and they are necessarily removed to protect monocrops. If what you are farming is the animals directly from a pasture, this isn't a problem and the animals can participate in the ecosystem restoration. 2) There is no letting animals suffer in modern agriculture, distressed animals have low feed efficiency so it's an economically poor decision, and agriculture is all about economics. 3) That is just a matter of the size of animal you are eating, not how often or much you eat. Wolves have a higher Mcal requirement per day /lb body weight than humans to reproduce. And, in case it wasn't clear to you, humans slaughter animals in a relatively thoughtful way, nearly instant death. Wolves eat bison alive... Natural life is much crueler than farm life for animals. Especially regenerative agricultural practices, which create environments ideal for herbivores.
@@sadrien Is mono cropping really necessary when crop rotation and growing plants that provide nutrition to soil is an option? As I understand, an extremely large portion of the crops we grow go to feeding livestock that we then kill and eat. Why not just eat the crops? The only two things I can think of that most plants can't provide that meat can is protein and vitamin B12, which can both be gained from dairy products. While dairy farms would still necessitate a portion of our food to be given to animals, it certainly would cut down on crop consumption if animals were no longer longer consume, right?
“They’re most deadly in packs, and they tell each other it’s time to kill things with a loud barking noise”..... “Now I’m going to stand in the middle of this pack and make said loud barking noise”
Wolves are so very beautiful and intelligent. I admire the most how they interact and I admire their sense of family bonds. A wolf pack is something very special to watch.
Not sure about that but my dog does this sometimes to me but in a playful way (he just likes to chew and "bite" my hand but with low force, without my correction.... he knows the limits)..... and he has and never had any kind of aggression (food etc.) and nothing towards humans in general and other animals but I guess with wild animals... well, you never know.
There was a vet telling people "you wouldn't believe how many people are attacked by dogs in the face because they are bringing their face too close to somebody else`s dogs" .He needs to see these guys letting wolves lick their faces. It's really a dangerous move...
@@lanceolot007they are on a preservation so these wolves have had human interaction with this woman multiple times so they do trust her but they are still wild animals and need to be treated as such, with respect.
Some Russians did heredity experiments with silver foxes, breeding the most gentle together and after a few generations they wagged their tails too and jumped up like dogs
Where I live near Woodley Park in Los Angeles, I can hear the coyotes make WEIRD noises at sundown. Then in the neighborhood, when a firetruck comes through with it's sirens, about a dozen DOGS start howling like this.......it's so cool!
@@wilsonkowira383 20 mph is pretty fast for most humans. A slow wolf can run 30 mph. Plus, if you're surrounded (and wolf packs are good at this), which direction do you run? In the Wild, as in life, being prepared for unfortunate circumstances is a big advantage.
Allow me to tell you a story. My neighbour, in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.... His SON, Kenton Joel Carnegie was a 22-year-old Canadian geological engineering student from Ontario on a work term from the University of Waterloo. Mr. Carnegie died in a wild animal attack while he was walking near Points North Landing in Saskatchewan, Canada. Waste dumping attracted black bears and timber wolves to the region. According to a trucker who said he met Carnegie in the cafeteria a few days before his death, he had passed around close-range photographs of large wolf pups that had approached him during walks in nearby woods, and he had been warned by the trucker that such encounters were extremely dangerous. A bush pilot said he warned Carnegie about an incident in which adult wolves had menaced others walking outside the camp. After reviewing evidence, which included wolf tracks left around the body, the finding of a coroner's inquest was that Carnegie had been killed by wolves. This was the death of a human, one of the first verified cases of a fatal wild wolf attack in North America. Personally I think wolves are absolutely magnificent creatures, but let's not forget, they are wild animals. To interact with them, as humans, is not something to be done without extreme risk. Let's not forget this. Us humans are NOT wolves. We think we understand them, but do we?
@@mannemarco333 That is not true. They are a breed of DOG. It's just that huskies are physically the same but smaller. However huskies have a different temperament to wild wolves and some mental differences. The more u know:)
@@ishavchaudhary6373 If we're getting technical Huskies are in fact a breed of Wolf. The species is Canis Lupus (Wolf), of which both Grey Wolves and all domesticated dogs are a member. There have been some advocates trying to change this, but that's how it currently stands.
Was out hunting by this lake and listened to a wolf pack doing a drive along it. I could pick out individual wolves by their sounds and they went by me without smelling me. They had a couple of doe deer running along the lake and they disappeared around the lake as I listened to the drive they executed. Its was a sublime experience. A howl right beside you initiates an uncontrollable shudder.
I was out photographing the night sky in the mountains in Utah a while back, sitting my camera gear in the middle of nowhere all in the dark when I heard a wolf pack howling at what sounded EXTREMELY close by. I don't think I was ever that scared in my life.
She totally did, sticking her tongue out and the wolf was even licking her teeth. That's why I close my mouth when a dog licks my face, but she seems to like having wolf tongue in her mouth.
Wolves lick the roof of their pack member's mouth as a sign of respect. How enthusiastic you are to receive that depends on the individual I guess... :)
Gotta have respect for the presenter and the cameraman + sound operator. They kept their cool during what could have easily turned deadly if they had made any kind of sudden movements.
@@christofferengevik8 They are wild animals. They are not domesticated or tame. These aren't your friendly neighborhood dogs you can just go and play fetch with 😑 Heck the presenter himself says it at @01:18. Did you even watch the full video? The only reason this could be filmed is because the wolves have had previous interactions and some kind of familiarity / socialization with the woman who clearly has been studying them for a while now. Even then they had to be very cautious.
@@christofferengevik8 In 2012 a Swedish zookeeper was killed by wolves she had tended to since they were born. Even if they're bread in captivity they're never "tame" and will always have their wild instincts and will always be a threat, especially in when in a pack.
@@dg4262 lol these wolves were clearly raised in a habitat and re familiar with hmans. Wild wolves don´t wag tails and approach an unknown human this way, they deftintely don´t lick a hmans hand like a dog lol come on dude, don´t be so naive
*Humans start howling* "Greg, don't you do it. That's what they want you to do." "But mom I can't help it, I must howl" "Gregory T. Romulus I swear if you howl with the weird monkeys you're getting demoted to pack omega" "M o t h e r I am sorry but I must AWOOOOOOOO"
1:10 I know they are deadly, but the wolves tails are wagging like puppy dogs! How lucky you are to get this close to them, gain their trust, and pet them!🤗🐺❤️
lol people, come on.... these wolves were clearly raised in a habitat and re familiar with hmans. Wild wolves don´t wag tails and approach an unknown human this way, they deftintely don´t lick a hmans hand like a dog lol come on dude, don´t be so naive
I've seen a couple wolves while out hunting, but only singles by themselves. I did have one follow me out to my deer stand though and I only turned my head lamp onto the white light once I was starting up the ladder part of the stand (had used the red light all the way out so deer wouldn't be able to see it) and saw it's big bushy tail running off, then 15-20 minutes later I heard a whole pack howling in the distance. It was a bit chilling, but a really cool experience!
This was so fascinating to watch. If I'm not mistaken, could the wolves have approached the lady because she seemed less threatening? They appeared very gentle with her.
These aren't wild wolves. They are in a preserve. The make up of their pack is strangers that have been rescued and assimilated into the pack. In the wild a wolf pack is all family and the pack leader is the father. When the pups get old enough they leave to form their own packs. There is no competition between the wolves in the pack. In this artificial pack setting the wolves are more aggressive towards each other because they are not family. In the wild, wolves are territorial but don't attack humans for food and don't behave the way these wolves behave with each other. Anything these wolves do is not typical to normal wild wolf behavior. These wolves have had human interaction for most of their lives because a lot of them were rescued as orphan pups and taken care of by humans before being introduced to the pack in the preserve. Also it seems the lady is the resident specialist probably in charge of monitoring the wolves in the preserve so the rapport is already established between the wolves and the lady. That is probably why the wolves are more comfortable with her.
Driving through North Wisconsin I came across what I thought was a large dog was actually a wolf standing in the road. As we passed at a slow pace. There were about six more on the side of the road. Wolves are really big. What a thrill.
They don't just attack any pray... Many studies have shown that the wolves will circle around the herds for hours to find the weakest, oldest, sick ones… They will even break them and make them run... That's why natural predators are so much better than human hunters to keep a herd healthy, leaving only the wisest, healthiest ones to breed therefore, passing on their good genes… They take down the weakest that shouldn't reproduce which human hunters are unable to do and won't do since too often they will take the biggest ones for trophy… Wolves or any natural predators don't care how big or beautiful a bison, an elk, a moose or deer looks like… They go for the easiest prays… Hundreds of thousands of years of evolution made them perfect for the job... Nature is so perfect!...
I ran into the first wolf-pack to return to Glacier National Park in the mid-90s. I was hiking with a friend out the short Hidden Meadow trail in the North Fork and we stopped beneath the big tree in the meadow and ultimately noticed a bunch of eyes looking out at us from the foliage about 100 yards away. They did not move; we did not move. It was a pretty amazing moment that I will never forget.
The wolves thinking "these idiots, just broadcasting our location when we're busy w intriguing smells, rude and dumb" lol. It's so nest to see them talk to eachother tho, same w dogs
@0:27 the 3 wolves "squabbling" kinda reminds me of high school girls trying to tell a guy that their friend thinks he's cute (or the other way around)... am I the only one? 😂😂
It’s amazing the similarity’s I can see in my dogs and wolves. Like for example being fighting each other as a way of socialization. Or (if you have more than one dog) walking around in packs.
"show them that there's nothing in my hands" I don't think wolfs understand the concept of holding things in your hands, even less that it should be a weapon
