Swimming Wolves, Canis lupus, Attack a Swimming Moose, Alces alces
In August 2008 at a small pond on Isle Royale, Michigan, we saw three Wolves (Canis lupus) run towards and leap at or onto a cow Moose (Alces alces) standing at the shore's edge in water ca. 1.7 m deep. The Moose swam out into the pond with the Wolves swimming in pursuit while attempting, with...
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ftjcfn:oai:canadianfieldnaturalist.ca:article/1030 2023-05-15T13:12:41+02:00 Swimming Wolves, Canis lupus, Attack a Swimming Moose, Alces alces Jordan, P. A. Peterson, R. O. LeDoux, K. A. 2010-01-01 application/pdf https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1030 https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v124i1.1030 eng eng The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1030/1034 https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1030 doi:10.22621/cfn.v124i1.1030 The Canadian Field-Naturalist; Vol. 124 No. 1 (2010); 54-56 0008-3550 Wolves Canis lupus Moose Alces alces swimming killing Isle Royale Michigan info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Short Article 2010 ftjcfn https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v124i1.1030 2021-09-02T18:54:16Z In August 2008 at a small pond on Isle Royale, Michigan, we saw three Wolves (Canis lupus) run towards and leap at or onto a cow Moose (Alces alces) standing at the shore's edge in water ca. 1.7 m deep. The Moose swam out into the pond with the Wolves swimming in pursuit while attempting, with occasional success, to climb on the back of the Moose. The chase eventually moved out of our view, but a week later we found a Wolf-eaten cow on the pond's shoreline where we estimated it might have been killed. The animal was ca. 14-yr old with arthritic lesions in the pelvic region. This is apparently the first published report of swimming Wolves attacking and killing a swimming Moose, the kill likely having been made as the Moose emerged from the pond. Remains of a second kill in that pond were found shortly thereafter. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Canis lupus The Canadian Field-Naturalist (E-Journal) The Canadian Field-Naturalist 124 1 54 |
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In August 2008 at a small pond on Isle Royale, Michigan, we saw three Wolves (Canis lupus) run towards and leap at or onto a cow Moose (Alces alces) standing at the shore's edge in water ca. 1.7 m deep. The Moose swam out into the pond with the Wolves swimming in pursuit while attempting, with occasional success, to climb on the back of the Moose. The chase eventually moved out of our view, but a week later we found a Wolf-eaten cow on the pond's shoreline where we estimated it might have been killed. The animal was ca. 14-yr old with arthritic lesions in the pelvic region. This is apparently the first published report of swimming Wolves attacking and killing a swimming Moose, the kill likely having been made as the Moose emerged from the pond. Remains of a second kill in that pond were found shortly thereafter. |
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