Wolf Pups Nursed by Two Mothers 

Nature on PBS Why would the narrator claim the necessary loss of pups for Blackspot to produce milk? Dogs and human females tend to synchronize their estrus cycles when living together and both display pseudo pregnancy. False pregnancy, or pseudopregnancy, is a term used to denote a common condition in a non-pregnant female dog that is showing symptoms of pregnancy, *_lactation,_* or nursing, without producing puppies. The affected female dog shows these symptoms about a month or two after her estrus (heat) is over. A hormonal imbalance is thought to play a central role in affected female dogs. The condition may last for more than a month and sometimes it's necessary to provide a wide collar to prevent the dog from self nursing. Is there any reason to believe wolves exempt from this condition?

​​​@@Hallands. I know I'm really late but that thing about synchronizing cycles living together is proven to be complete bs even for humans anyways 😂

@@Мопс_001 Interesting, where’s your reference(s) to be found?

@@Hallands. Wikipedia, "menstrual synchrony" page if I got the topic of your message correctly. Sorry if it's not exactly that but it seems close with all the "mental connection" stuff and sounds like bs in the same way.

@@Мопс_001 Seems yet another myth from my youth is finding its way to the grave 😂🦄

I see what you mean.

i should have listened to u

I still cannot comprehend why so many people on RU-vid are so rude and obnoxious. Love this video and have loved arctic wolves since my late angel bride and I watched the video from National Geographic White Wolf. Ground breaking video.

@gypsyco lab it's depressing because pornsickness is depressing. People (males) who see two females cooperating and immediately think it HAS TO be a sexual relationship are warped by a porn overdose. Yeah that is very depressing indeed my son.

Thank you kindly :)

It happens all the time in chimp groups. There's even a video of a jaguar taking care of its prey's offspring!

I've found some story's of a tiger and a lion taking care of kittens together there are also a lot of story's of lions caring for offspring with each other and cows assign babysitters

harold they're lesbians

Lionesses do that

Nah I've seen it a lot. There were 2 abandoned dogs in my grandparents town . both females just one with pups, and both very sweet but malnourished (We found them home ofc). The "sister" would take care of the other's pups. It happened even with some sister cats that gave birth in the same week In our garden this year, and it was absolutely cute to see them taking turns😂 one very lazy would spend half of the day taking the sun and wanting to be pet, and the other was inside 24h waiting for the sis to come so she could go outside.

Les huh les

True

yes, les.

oh my god they were roomates😎😎 (please tell me you get the vine refrence LMFAO)

And they were roommates

lmaooo

They where most likely related so 😭

These things aren't comparable.

@@PlayNiceFolks it's called a joke, perhaps you haven't heard of the word

@@muhammadeisa1459 or maybe the reality

Older sisters in a wolf pack will also nurse and look after their mothers younger pups. It's not as exceedingly rare as the narrator makes out. Packs will do anything to protect their pups, after all. For all we know, Blackspot could be Snow White's adult daughter.

Yeah... Baby-sitting...

@@scrimshawmassacre I agree that's a lesbian marriage, not a nanny but maybe that's what they tell the other wolfs..

@@darkhorse7460 Wet nurses have existed throughout human history. It's quite common for female mammals to share duties when raising pups.

@Piranha Plant for?

All hell breaks lose

@VGV Tomato that's like the opposite of maternal instincts

@VGV Tomato AYE YO WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING HERE-

Davianne LaBelle At least someone in the comments knows this as a pack behavior, not a question of sexuality. Like early humans, the females of the group will help in rearing the young as shown in this clip. It’s for the betterment of the group, not a show of “gay in nature is natural”. I love wolves, they are my favorite animals and I have given them respect in my writings. I came to watch this clip, but read the idiocy in the comments of lesbian wolves. To each their own, I suppose.

Branden Atkins I'm quite sure most of the comments about them being lesbians are meant to be humorous/cute. Homosexual behaviour is completely natural and has been observed in hundreds of different species.

Sonja Pelkonen I do know it is suppose to be humorous/cute, but there are those who take this to the extreme. I understand that it has been observed before, it doesn’t actually mean that much if it’s one in a billion. Besides, this is common pack behavior to help raise the young and bonds aren’t always romantic between members. I just get annoyed at the idiocy while I try to find fellow wolf enthusiasts in the comments.

+Davianne LaBelle Someone who is knowlegable about wolves wrote that the attacker was the former alpha female, their mother. They didn't attack her ferociously like a stranger. Even if they did protect the pups.

Take that lesbians!

Avbitten Not abandoned. They were probably killed by the harsh environment

Sorry. I wasn't clear before. What i'm saying is her puppies might not have ever existed.

Wow, it's a good thing you've set all those animal experts and zoologists straight. PBS should let YOU narrate the film.

Actually the alpha female of packs can and will steal pups from other female members.

Coming from a professional stand point. Avbitten is actually pretty spot on. Its called a Phantom/ pseudo pregnancy. Where the levels of progesterone in the bitches body exceed regular limited. Which causes a chain reaction in her body to thinking she was pregnant. Lactating, a cocktail of pheromones and behavior alterations all happen. They are mostly triggered by the animal regaining a balance in her reproductive cycle, potentially after having pups or as a chemical response to presence of offspring or other external factors such as exposure to UV and heat. This documentary is very basic, not to say that its wrong, but they certainly havnt got their facts straight in this scenario. My advice take a look at attenborough. .

Katherine Uribe When I watch "nature" videos, your type of comment are always my favorite. Idiots who see "love" and "care" and "tenderness" etc in wild nature - are the funniest idiots in the known universe! They tell you in the video it's THE FIRST TIME this kind of behavior is filmed. You know why? Because usually the non-biological "mom" would view these pups as food. Animals kill and eat each other. Food chain is nature. Nature is food chain.

I hope mankind dies

dmitriy40 wolf packs work together to raise pups. The survival of their pack depends on the survival of the pups. Whats really hilarious is how confident you are in yourself.

C DeVine Again, what you see on the video is being touted as first ever recorded behavior. What is previously well known is that wolves can engage in cannibalism. This behavior is often observed against members of other packs, but they are known to occasionally eat each other within the pack. I am not an expert on wolves. But a quick google search provides support for my statements, seemingly from reputable sources. If I am mistaken on the very narrow subject of wolves eating their young - I GENUINELY DO NOT CARE. My other, more general argument about food chains OF COURSE STILL STANDS. I am supremely confident that food chains exist. This is a fact. Anyone denying that, is obviously an idiot. MOST ANIMALS IN THE WILD DIE A VERY VIOLENT DEATH - BEING EATEN BY ANOTHER ANIMAL. The cutest tiny baby deer (many, many baby deer) will be torn apart by the sharp teeth of the very wolf that the idiot above thinks an example of tender love, peace, friendships, etc. This cutest tiny baby deer will be devoured while her mother deer runs away for her life. That is nature. Looking at nature for examples of love, tenderness, friendship, devotion, peace and cooperation is IDIOTIC. Animals eat each other, all day every day.

dmitriy40 you must care a little bit seeing as you wrote me a damn essay. The animal kingdom is brutal. Most people grew up watching animal documentaries where lions rip up baby gazelles, it's no big surprise. Animals can also be very social creatures. Pack animals will engage in bonding activities such as grooming and play. They greet each other with affection and respect. They get bored, angry, and frustrated. It's only in recent years that researchers have began to explore the complexities of animal emotions. Doesn't mean they can't be brutal. African Wild dogs have extremely tight knit, social packs. They also are brutal hunters. They basically eat their prey alive.

Hey it’s your sister. Two years into the future. And I gotta say couldn’t agree more 😂

@Random Raichu PREACH;

​@Random Raichu i get what you're saying, but there's definitely a double standard here. if it were a random male wolf helping a single mom instead of another female, with no sort of mating behaviour between the two, a lot of people would interpret it as "romantic" and find it cute, and i seriously doubt anybody would even question that, much less get as worked up as some of these commenters. so why is it such a big deal if gay people wanna see two wolf moms raising pups together and relate to that? it feels like the whole "i don't have a problem with gay people, just don't shove it down my throat" sentiment.

@@WerewolfCat890 Yee it's actually cute but it's not cute when some people in the LGBT get mad at the innocent straight people

@Random Raichu for sure, i know these wolves aren't actually gay, lol. and from what i've seen, most gay people in the comments aren't making the argument that they are factually gay. they're joking about it because they find the concept cute, and they're getting flamed for it because, well, i don't know! i just don't understand why it makes people uncomfortable or upset enough that they feel the need to type-yell at people in the youtube comments. making jokes about animals being gay isn't intrusive, inflammatory, or aggressive- it's just people seeing something cute and relating to it, even if what they're relating to is their fictional interpretation of a real situation. and for the record, i don't think you're being unreasonable or homophobic or anything, i'm talking about other comments i've read. i'm glad we're able to have an actual polite discussion about it instead of devolving into insult-hurdling like a lot of the other comments!

@@skeletonlvl7018 well, there are definitely aggressive people on both sides, lol. it's been pretty evenly split between angry lgbt people and angry straight people in the comments i've read 😅

Spray Hahahahahahahahaha Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Spray Naaahh...She needs a bone, as do most bitches out there

itFeltsoReal you wish

@@itfeltsoreal without a mother, the king will never be born

@@dokichan3119 and without a Father the king will never be born... there is no more important sex, both are equally needed for the next generation to be brought into the world.

I don't understand what's so mysterious about this.

@@notchedbandit bro I made this comment three years ago

​​@@notchedbanditit basically saying nature has it beautiful moments and it not always about kill nature does get brutal sometimes but you got alot of idiots who think it just animal killing, it's not sure nature is brutal sometimes and sad but it has its happy moments to

Can you not turn this into that

@@jennajonas8588 my man theyre lesbians

@@mynx6522it's called mother instincts my god you people lmao

@@chopchop4487 lol

**C O N S U M E**

Hans bring the flamewerfer

Do it! In the emperors name!

I think they’re saying that it’s uncommon for wolves to nurse others’ pups. Whenever a wolf is lactating, it’s usually a sign that they themselves have a full litter to care for which means that they don’t have time for another’s pups. Because Black Spot has such a strong motherly instinct, she treats Snow White’s pups as her own lost ones.

Gracynvh They're not a couple you degenarate

You are right. Cute was not strong enough. An adorable couple is much more fitting

Gracynvh in the documentary snow white has a male mate but her and blackspot have a sisterly bond that they form while both nursing the pups. I mean I guess you could call them a couple of wolves that a really cute 😂

Shh dont be jealous about the cute couple. It's not thier fault that even in the tundra they can find love but you can't

Wow a whole girlfriend! Not even half a girlfriend? sure you do

@justin portillo Dude im just guessing! Its hard to belive she'd abandon her own pups! Maybe she somehow produced milk for these pups! Maybe she lost her own! Im just guessing!

She could have had a phantom pregnancy and produced milk as a result

lmao, yes they do. mainly to teach them and to watch over them.

oh okay, that makes sense. i'm a dummy now lol

justin portillo - They meant that Snow White relocated her pups to a new den site in a more prosperous area of the territory, not that she took them hunting. Food was extremely scarce and Black Spot had starved in the den, blocking the entrance. The rest of the pack had left in search of food and would not be back for awhile. Normally she wouldn't have moved them for another month, but they would likely have starved if they'd stayed, so she took a risk. All three survived the trip, though it was slow going as the pups couldn't travel far. She met some other members of the pack part way, enabling her to leave the pups with them and make frequent hunting trips in a very prey-rich part of the territory to bring back food. One of the pack members was found alone too close to Raider territory and was chased down and killed by three members. Alpha found the rest of the pack, and the narrator pointed out a familiar-looking black spot at the base of a pup's tail after they'd grown a bit. It ended off there. You can watch it here: www.dailymotion.com/video/x64d4sg

*whisper* Not all moms. Mine’s less magical and more of a curse. But I get what u mean 😂

I feel ya

Furries, man. They're all furries bringing their deviant fetishes into everything.

willow love's Gamez&Art bruh animals can’t be gay, this is coming from a bisexual guy

@@lunalaember7584 Furries are always the ones watching random wildlife videos and making everything about baby animals shitting in diapers. They need to be hunted down and shot.

*lesbian

technically, they're sisters but yeah you're point is right

These wolves are actually sisters 🤓👍!

@@skeletonlvl7018 So... Sweet home ALABAMA?!

@@shauryakumar1423 Yup 👍

You guys are weirdos. They’re just taking care of the pups. Wolves have extended families and live in packs.

@@fireice2999 *_these wolves have been approved by the lesbian council_*

It's too much. The management of wildlife just equates to humans living comfortably while we cull wolf pups. And we call it "humane". And there's nothing I can do. Other than literally killing myself to make it all go away.

Yeah, not even considered homosexual. It's called sympathy.

they're lesbians

A Simple Dog Only in your dreams

A Simple Dog dumbass.

why are u guys so mad about people calling them lesbians

I can't get over how immature so many of you are. We've really failed in the education department.

@@RandomPlayIist ok homophobe

@Ome The wolves are not gay. Get over it.

@@RandomPlayIist Shut up boomer

@@RandomPlayIist ok boomer

dont mind Nik. he hates when anyone makes jokes and is a nasty, sad homophobe with nothing better to do than argue with ppl who are just having fun.

Yuri

Nik somebody seems a bit sensitive

Nik i just see two girls holding hands jesus.

Nik there's a difference between anime and hentai, I think he was simply referring to girl love or yuri as a common term it doesn't have to be sexual it just needs to be adorable !