Young wolf has fight on hands in 'trail camera gold' footage
–The Voyageurs Wolf Project on Thursday shared a series of images titled “Trail camera gold” as part of a donation request. The Instagram images, with no description, show a wolf preying on a squirrel with what appear to be painful results.
We featured the back story and video showing this predation event last July. Both are posted below.
Trail-cam footage captured recently in Minnesota shows a wolf pup discovering that capturing squirrels can involve painful consequences.
“This wolf pup learned that squirrel bites on the nose don’t feel so good,” the Voyageurs Wolf Project stated via social media.
The accompanying footage opens with a slow-motion sequence in which the pup sends the squirrel flying after receiving a bite on the tip of its snout.
It picks up with more of the hunt, at regular speed and in slow motion, including a second bite to the snout.
One viewer described the action as a “food fight.”
The footage certainly underscores that life as a young predator includes working hard for just about every meal.
The Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem is a vast boreal forest that includes Voyageurs National Park. The Voyageurs Wolf Project studies wolves in the region.