Wild Wolf Cubs

in #nature6 years ago (edited)

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A few Summer's ago during one of our yearly expeditions to Bayan Ulgii Province we stumbled across what must be one of the most unique wild animal encounters I have ever experienced in Mongolia.

In a very remote valley just a stones throw from the Chinese border (the snowy mountains you can see in the background of the photo) this pack of wolf cubs played fearlessly on a patch of open ground right in front of us.

For almost 20 minutes I had free reign to shoot both photographs and video before the animals retreated back to the safety of the bushes behind.

. . .

Later, a man from the only family living in the area informed us that the cubs had already been visiting his ger regularly for a few weeks searching for food... a fact that led him to conclude that they were orphaned.

"We've been giving them meat scraps..." he told us. "In a few weeks time, their wild instincts will develop and we'll never see them again".

"Unless of course I catch them hunting our livestock, in which case I will shoot them"

Mongolian pragmatism at it's finest.

@timothyallen

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Wow, that's a really nice picture! How close to the wolfs are you?

Hats off, really. I consider this image a masterpiece of animalscape photography.
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I like the image very much, I love wolves

Good post, amazing to see wildlife.

You are very lucky. I have never seen wolves in my country.

Observe the wild life is a experience gratifying, it is learn of the that life offers us...
Good post...

Absolutely wonderful capture. It must have been mesmerizing to watch the interaction of the cubs surrounded by the stunning mountain scenery.

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Great caption. I love the mountain view

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