Yellowstone Wolf Directory

[TheNormalGuy]

(03-22-2020, 05:26 AM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(03-22-2020, 05:22 AM)TheNormalGuy Wrote: Thanks.

No, it isn’t a error. The biggest wolf of YNP history was wolf #760M.

It weighed 148 pounds with an empty stomach in 2012.

I know that because i red about this wolf weight. Wolves sometimes, when darted for collaring, puke food.

This wolf, who was also captured in 2011 at 113 lbs, had this event. Only that nothing except bile came out of his mouth.

Wolf researchers found that wolves can stored up to 10 kg of meat (22 lbs) in their stomach.

Wolf 760M would have weighed 170 lbs if he was full 

To come back to #34M weight, i find it interesting too.

You aren’t the first to mention it, Dale Earnfart (Carnivora) also did.

My hypothesis is that it might have overcome a disease or some thing like this or it is simply an exception in all alphas.

It is hard to contact the biologists Douglas Smith or Rick McIntyre.

I haven’t been able to find how to contact them for this information about #34M

Thank you for the clarification on this. I am going to continue reading your topic about this incredible population and reintroduction case.

So the heaviest wolf was of 148 lb (67.1 kg) in an emtpy stomach, that is very interesting! Thank you again for sharing that.

You are quite welcome ! Reply