Wonder what a wolf does all day? This collar cam will show you
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Updated: 8:20 AM PDT Apr 20, 2021
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Updated: 8:20 AM PDT Apr 20, 2021
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we know wolves don't sit around howling all day. But what do wolves do besides fend off black bears to protect their cubs. Now, thanks to the wolf collar cam, we get a wolf's eye view. Researchers at Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota fastened a collar cam on a lone wolf. They trapped and sedated and off he win. The big highlight for us was watching the wolf catch fish. Wolves have been Caught on camera fishing, but watching one fish. Yes. Yeah. From his perspective, catching several spawning soccer's was a thrill for researchers. Another highlight just watching wolf chewing on a deer leg bone. This wolf has a bone to pick The Voyagers Wolf Project tracked this young male for six weeks, watching him watching crows up in the sky. The camera caller was made by a german company that even makes them extra extra extra large for elephants. The wolf cam was programmed to fall off detach on a specific date and GPS enabled researchers to retrieve it. What's tom Gables favorite oddball tidbit about the secret lives of wolves. Wolves in our area eat a lot of blueberries. Not only do they eat them and sometimes regurgitate them for their cubs to eat. Talk about recycling. The wolf cam caller captured a lot of sleeping and things were constantly hairy whether dry or dripping wet. The lens was covered in hair. As one viewer noted, I feel so close to this wolf. I like sushi. I run in the woods and my beard needs a trim, which is what the researchers plan to do the next time they use a wolf collar cam. Yeah. So what we'll probably do is trim back that hair. Keep your paws off my coat haircuts enough to make a lone wolf. How Jeannie, moos, CNN new york. Mm