Wolf Predation

[TheNormalGuy]

(09-22-2021, 05:36 PM)Apex Titan Wrote: Wolves Attack Healthy, Mature Bull at Yellowstone



People tend to have arguments about the prey wolves choose, and here is a recent group of pictures taken at Yellowstone National Park, by Thomas Szajner Photography, that shows wolves don't only go after the sick, the weak and the young. They are notorious for being sport killers.  They love the thrill of the chase and the kill–even when they aren’t after food–as is shown when they leave many of their kills after killing.  Is it just me, or do these wolves appear to be smiling?


This mature, Yellowstone bull surely doesn’t look weak…or sick:




https://www.montanaoutdoor.com/2016/01/wolves-attack/

Citing an hunting magazine from the "ill-period" montana where wolf hunters will get a bounty for each wolf killed supposedly in the hunt says something about your sources.

Distributing images of Thomas Szajner that were published in National Geographic is quite questionnable in itself. These being highly copyrighted.

This elk might seems healthy, but it is possible that the impedment of snow and some health issues or problems that is hidden from the human eye (like dental decay, bone marrow, etc etc) can lead these wolves to select an individual like this one.

Quote:People tend to have arguments about the prey wolves choose, and here is a recent group of pictures taken at Yellowstone National Park, by Thomas Szajner Photography, that shows wolves don't only go after the sick, the weak and the young. They are notorious for being sport killers.  They love the thrill of the chase and the kill–even when they aren’t after food–as is shown when they leave many of their kills after killing.  Is it just me, or do these wolves appear to be smiling?

"They are notorious for being sport killers" - False | Human are

"They love the thrill of the chase and the kill - even when they aren't after food" - False | Each hunt has an risk of injury and even deaths, depending of the prey. Wolves do not take such risks. 

"As is shown when they leave many of their kills after killings"  - Non-Logical Idea | Wolf returns to killed preys and also provide food for an enormous amount of scavengers.

By the way : That elk wasn't killed by them. It survived. Reply