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Lonely Yellowstone wolf cries out in surreal dawn encounter

A Yellowstone National Park visitor spent Christmas morning following a lone wolf as it howled plaintively into the snowy wilderness.

A Yellowstone National Park visitor spent Christmas morning following a lone wolf as the animal howled plaintively into the snowy wilderness.

“I don’t know if he’s a pack member or an outside male looking for love,” Deby Dixon, who captured the accompanying footage, told FTW Outdoors. “Judging from the size of his tracks, I feel certain it was a male.”

Dixon, a nature photographer sho specializes in Yellowstone wildlife, described the surreal encounter as “a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”

Surprisingly, the wolf did not abandon the road as Dixon followed from a safe distance; the animal seemed to care only about receiving a response from other wolves.

The wolf might have become separated from the Wapiti Lake Pack, which was observed in the same area a day earlier.

Wolf sightings are not uncommon in Yellowstone, especially during the winter when the distant animals are easy to spot as they travel across snow. But close encounters involving lone wolves crying out for others are extraordinary.

RELATED: Yellowstone wolves run down elk in rare ‘circle of life’ footage

Dixon said she was pleased that two groups behind her also enjoyed the experience.

“The roads were tough and I had passed a tour van and a truck before spotting some fresh wolf tracks on the other side of the road,” Dixon recalled. “I followed them for two or three miles before spotting the wolf.

“The folks in the truck were from Georgia and they said that they let me pass thinking I might lead them to wolves. They were excited. While following slowly behind the wolf, I was aware of trying not to ruin the sighting for them, especially the tour bus, while not disturbing the wolf.

“In this situation, I was excited to be sharing the experience with others but also aware that they couldn’t see him as well as I could and my staying well back wasn’t helping that. So, when the wolf turned and went past us [at the end of the video], it was just the icing on the experience.”

Yellowstone wolves run down elk in rare ‘circle of life’ footage

Like sheep dogs herding cattle, a pack of Yellowstone National Park wolves recently ran down dozens of elk before singling out one individual for a day’s feast.

Like sheep dogs herding cattle, a pack of Yellowstone National Park wolves recently ran down dozens of elk before singling out one individual for a feast.

The footage below – grainy because it was captured from afar – shows the elk trying to stay grouped while fleeing as wolves hold positions at their rear and left flank.

Finally, at 32 seconds, one elk tires and strays from the herd and is converged upon, essentially ending the hunt. (Warning: An elk take-down is shown in the video.)

“The circle of life,” Yellowstone Wolf Tracker, an eco-tour agency that operates in the park, described Tuesday on Facebook. “We were fortunate enough to witness the Junction Butte Pack successfully complete a hunt in the Northern Range of Yellowstone.

“Only 10% of the time are wolves successful in their hunts so to be able to see the entire sequence unfold was incredibly special.”

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Michael Sypniewski, a Yellowstone Wolf Tracker guide, told FTW Outdoors that he captured the footage through a spotting scope from a mile away, explaining its grainy, surreal presentation.

The Junction Butte Pack is one of the most frequently observed wolf packs in Yellowstone National Park, largely because of its proximity to a main road.

But scenes like the one captured by Spyniewski are rarely observed or documented during Yellowstone day trips.

–Image showing some of the wolves pursuing elk is courtesy of Yellowstone Wolf Tracker

Watch: Oblivious hikers startle Yellowstone wolf pack

A photographer on Saturday shared video footage showing two Yellowstone National Park hikers startling a wolf pack at close quarters and continuing on as though nothing had happened.

A photographer has captured footage showing two Yellowstone National Park hikers startling a wolf pack at close quarters and continuing as though nothing had happened.

That’s because the off-trail hikers were not paying attention and did not know that wolves had been napping and were suddenly watching them from only 20 yards away.

“They have no clue,” Julie Argyle says in the video, as she and her group watch from 600 yards. “Isn’t that funny, those people have no clue.” (Video is posted below.)

Argyle was shooting through a spotting scope; hence, the grainy footage. It shows the hikers – one of them fidgeting with his backpack – walking with their heads down as the closest wolf eyes them from a hill to their right.

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Stirring in the shadows are at least three other wolves, all from the Wapiti Lake Pack.

“The wolf at the beginning of the video was actually laying down halfway down the hill when the hikers were walking up,” Argyle told FTW Outdoors. “I hadn’t started my video at that time. It realized they were coming toward it and it jumped up and hid behind the tree.”

Wolf from Yellowstone’s Wapiti Lake Pack. Photo: Julie Argyle

Yellowstone guidelines stipulate that tourists must stay at least 100 yards from bears and wolves. But it does not appear as though the hikers had been in danger.

In fact, in sharing the footage – the encounter occurred Sept. 25 – Argyle hoped to drive home the point that wolves are not the savage creatures many believe them to be.

Wolf from the Wapiti Lake Pack. Photo: Julie Argyle

Her Facebook introduction reads: “What happens when two hikers unknowingly walk into an area where a pack of wolves is sleeping? Absolutely nothing.

“Contrary to what some people want you to believe, wolves are not going to attack you. In most cases they will run away from you if you encounter them in the back country.”

When it was suggested that the hikers were fortunate that a momma grizzly bear wasn’t sleeping on that hill with her cubs, Argyle responded, “They sure were. That would have been an entirely different story.”

El curioso entrenamiento que los jugadores de los Wolves pidieron a su equipo

Muy bien por Raúl Jiménez y sus compañeros.

Cuando escuchamos que los futbolistas piden entrenamientos especiales a sus clubes, sería normal que lo primero que nos venga a la mente sea algún nuevo ejercicio de fuerza o algo para mejorar sus habilidades como atletas. Sin embargo, en el Wolverhampton los jugadores les dieron una sorpresa cuando pidieron este entrenamiento.

Según lo compartió el club a través de su cuenta de Twitter, sus jugadores le solicitaron una sesión de entrenamiento en primero auxilios. Quizás no era lo que esperaban, pero sin duda hace todo el sentido.

Las lesiones son constantes en el campo e incluso hemos visto a jugadores desplomarse en pleno partido debido a un súbito paro cardiaco. En este contexto, solo hace sentido que los futbolistas tengan al menos cierto conocimiento en primeros auxilios para poder asistir a sus compañeros, o a quien sea que lo necesite.

Realmente son conocimientos que todos deberíamos de tener. Nunca está más tener capacidades adicionales para ayudar a otros.

Así se puso la sesión de entrenamiento en primeros auxilios:

Muy bien por Raúl Jiménez y sus compañeros.

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Está de regreso: Las emotivas palabras de Raúl Jiménez a los Wolves

Ahora que está de regreso, no dejaremos de seguirlo, incluyendo su participación con la selección mexicana.

Aunque Raúl Jiménez no anotó goles en el último juego del Wolverhampton, sí ofreció un par de asistencias y siguió demostrando que está cada vez más cerca de volver a jugar como lo hacía previo a su accidente. Los Wolves derrotaron 2-1 a Newcastle en la jornada 7 de la Premier League de Inglaterra.

Hemos podido ver al delantero mexicano motivado dentro de la cancha. También fuera de ella compartió su entusiasmo, con un llegador mensaje dedicado a su equipo y compañeros.

A través de Instagram, Jiménez aplaudió el buen desempeño del equipo. Y, aunque reconoció que aún hay áreas para mejorar, parece seguro de que van por buen camino.

“¡Nuestros primeros 3 puntos en casa! Muy buen partido y cosas que hay que seguir mejorando pero este es el camino”, escribió el mexicano junto con un retrato suyo durante el juego.

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Extrañamos a Jiménez durante su ausencia. Pero ahora que está de regreso, no dejaremos de seguirlo, incluyendo su participación con la selección mexicana.

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El llegador mensaje de Raúl Jiménez tras su primer gol desde su regreso

El mexicano se tomó un momento para agradecer a quienes estuvieron a su lado durante su larga recuperación.

336 días tuvieron que pasar para que Raúl Jiménez volviera a anotar un gol con el Wolverhampton. Obviamente la afición enloqueció y también llenó de emoción al jugador, quien, a través de Instagram, compartió el sentimiento que lo llenó este momento tan esperado.

El mexicano se tomó un momento para agradecer a quienes estuvieron a su lado durante su larga recuperación. Esto incluye a su familia, compañeros jugadores y médicos y especialistas, pero también a los aficionados que desde todos lados le estuvieron enviando mensajes de ánimos y apoyo.

“Este gol no lo celebro solo yo, lo celebramos mi familia, todos mis compañeros, los doctores, fisios, y toda la gente que siempre me ha apoyado y nunca dudó que regresaría mas fuerte. Este es el camino y a seguir trabajando para ir por más,” publicó Jiménez el domingo, después de su gol de regreso.

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Ver a Jiménez recuperado sin duda se siente como un triunfo para todos los mexicanos, quienes ya se hacen ilusiones sobre verlo de regreso con la selección mexicana rumbo a Qatar 2022.

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Así celebraron los Wolves el día de Independencia de México en Twitter

Aunque no faltaron los que reclamaron que el mero día es el 16, la realidad es que a los mexicanos nos gusta festejar todos los días.

Los Wolves siempre han tenido un espacio especial para sus aficionados latinos y especialmente los mexicanos, quienes han acompañado a Raúl Jiménez en cada movimiento desde que llegó al equipo hace 4 temporadas.

Por eso, el equipo británico se tomó un momento para felicitar a México este 15 y 16 de septiembre, por el día de su Independencia. Obviamente el gesto en Twitter viene acompañado de la imagen de Jiménez:

Aunque no faltaron los que reclamaron que el mero día es el 16, la realidad es que a los mexicanos nos gusta festejar el mayor número de días, así que no se hagan los exigentes. Obviamente la mayoría de los fans recibieron de muy buena gana el detalle:

Why are Yellowstone wolves biting grizzly bears’ butts?

For the second time this month a Yellowstone National Park tourist has captured footage showing a wolf biting a grizzly bear’s butt.

For the second time this month a Yellowstone National Park tourist has captured footage showing a wolf biting a grizzly bear’s butt.

In the first instance, in early September, the behavior was understandable because an elk carcass was nearby, according to photographer Gary Gaston, and wolves do not willingly share with grizzlies (or vice versa).

That footage, showing the young wolf nipping the bear several times, occurred at daybreak at Crystal Creek, near Slough Creek.

On Sept. 10, six miles away in Lamar Valley, Gaston captured the accompanying footage, showing another black yearling wolf biting a grizzly bear’s butt as the bear searched for roots and grass shoots. (The bite occurs at 37 seconds.)

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Gaston told FTW Outdoors that he believed this butt-nipping involved a different wolf, and it certainly involved a different bear.

“The yearling wolf followed the grizzly for 3-4 minutes, then it began nipping the bear’s butt,” Gaston wrote on a Yellowstone-themed Facebook page. “Why? The bear was eating roots, and didn’t seem a threat. But the wolf seemed intent on chomping bear butt. Hard to figure out these silly wolves.”

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Yellowstone National Park spokeswoman Linda Veress told FTW Outdoors that biologists have observed this behavior and believe it’s associated with competition for food or defense of a pack’s territory.

So in Gaston’s video clips both wolves are simply trying to persuade the bears to leave, and staying to the rear of the much larger bruins would seem a wise survival strategy for the smaller but quicker canines.

Both species are fierce competitors – especially when an elk or bison carcass is involved – and not friendly toward one another, as implied in the Facebook comments.

–Grizzly bear image courtesy of Yellowstone National Park

Watch: Yellowstone wolf bites grizzly bear in the butt

A Yellowstone National Park tourist on Saturday captured video footage showing a wolf repeatedly biting a grizzly bear in the rear.

A Yellowstone National Park tourist on Saturday captured video footage showing a wolf repeatedly biting a grizzly bear’s butt.

The distant footage, captured by Gary Gaston in the northern portion of the park, also reveals a bear whose best defense seems simply to sit and become less vulnerable against the quicker wolf.

Gaston told FTW Outdoors that there was a large animal carcass – “probably an elk” – in a nearby thicket, which explains the presence of wolves, bears, and ravens in the same area.

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“The bear sat down after it was bitten, then as soon as the wolf walked away it did too,” Gaston said.

As Gaston noted on Facebook, the footage was captured at daybreak at Crystal Creek near Slough Creek. “Crazy wolves, these,” he joked.

–Wolf image courtesy of Yellowstone National Park

La canción que corearon los fans de los Wolves en honor al regreso de Jiménez

Desde las gradas del Molineux se podía escuchar a todo pulmón el canto de ¡Sí, señor!, una canción especialmente creada para Jiménez.

Aunque ya lo habíamos visto en la cancha y hasta anotando goles, el fin de semana pasado Raúl Jiménez finalmente jugó un partido oficial de temporada de los Wolves después de 8 meses y 28 días de ausencia desde que sufrió la fractura de cráneo.

El Wolverhampton sufrió una derrota 1-0 ante el Tottenham, pero esto no desanimó a los fans, quienes pasaron el partido animando al mexicano.

Desde las gradas del estadio Molineux se podía escuchar a todo pulmón el canto de ¡Sí, señor!, una canción especialmente creada para Jiménez.

¿Qué dice exactamente la letra?

  • There’s something that the Wolves want you to know. (Hay algo que todos los Wolves quieren que sepas).
  • Best in the world he comes from Mexico. (El mejor del mundo viene desde México).
  • Our number nine. (Nuestro número nueve).
  • Play the ball and he’ll score everytime. (Juega la pelota y anotará todo el tiempo).
  • ¡Sí Señor!
  • Pass the ball to Raul and he will score. (Pasa la pelota a Raúl y él marcará).

Ahora hace falta ver que tanto Raúl como sus compañeros recuperen la confianza en el mexicano, para que los Wolves vuelvan a ganar.

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