WEBVTT 00:01.333 --> 00:04.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOME ANIMALS, LIKE ELK, EAT PLANTS. 00:04.000 --> 00:07.467 position:10% line:85% size:80% OTHER ANIMALS LIKE THIS RED-TAILED HAWK EAT ANIMALS. 00:07.467 --> 00:11.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% ANY ANIMAL WHO HUNTS ANOTHER ANIMAL FOR FOOD IS CALLED A 00:11.266 --> 00:12.300 position:10% line:85% size:80% PREDATOR. 00:12.300 --> 00:15.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S EASY TO FEEL SORRY FOR THE ANIMAL BEING CHASED. 00:15.066 --> 00:17.400 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT ANIMAL'S CALLED THE PREY ANIMAL. 00:17.400 --> 00:21.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% A PREY ANIMAL IS ANY ANIMAL, BIG OR SMALL, WITH FINS OR FEATHERS 00:21.700 --> 00:24.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHO MUST AVOID BEING EATEN BY ANOTHER ANIMAL. 00:24.900 --> 00:26.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOUNDS TOUGH, HUH? 00:26.333 --> 00:28.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% WELL, IT'S NOT EASY BEING A PREDATOR EITHER. 00:29.333 --> 00:32.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% DID YOU KNOW A PREDATOR MAY HUNT NINE OR 10 TIMES BEFORE IT 00:32.333 --> 00:33.300 position:10% line:85% size:80% CATCHES ANY PREY? 00:33.300 --> 00:34.567 position:10% line:85% size:80% (ding dong) 00:34.567 --> 00:36.467 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> PIZZA! 00:36.467 --> 00:37.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> CAN YOU IMAGINE? 00:37.734 --> 00:38.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> HERE YOU GO, PIZZA. 00:38.633 --> 00:40.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> YAY! 00:40.233 --> 00:43.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> IF YOU ORDERED A PIZZA AND NINE TIMES IN A ROW THE BOX WAS 00:43.266 --> 00:44.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% EMPTY? 00:44.333 --> 00:47.300 position:10% line:85% size:80% NINE TIMES IN A ROW YOU DIDN'T GET ANY DINNER? 00:48.200 --> 00:50.400 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> AWWWW! 00:50.400 --> 00:52.834 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR PREDATORS. 00:52.834 --> 00:54.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% WOLVES ARE PREDATORS. 00:54.734 --> 00:56.567 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY CAN GO HUNGRY FOR DAYS. 00:57.166 --> 01:00.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE REASON IT'S SO HARD FOR PREDATORS TO CATCH FOOD IS 01:00.700 --> 01:04.200 position:10% line:85% size:80% BECAUSE PREY ANIMALS HAVE ADAPTED IN MANY WAYS TO PROTECT 01:04.200 --> 01:05.133 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEMSELVES. 01:05.633 --> 01:09.934 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT PREDATORS HAVE ADAPTATIONS, TOO, AND THIS HELPS PREDATORS TO 01:09.934 --> 01:11.300 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIVE IN THE WILD. 01:11.800 --> 01:15.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% WOLVES HAVE FUR THAT CAN BE ANY COLOR FROM BLACK OR GRAY TO 01:15.867 --> 01:17.467 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHADES OF BROWN AND WHITE. 01:17.467 --> 01:20.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT KEEPS THEM WARM BUT ALSO PROTECTS THE WOLF FROM RAIN 01:20.800 --> 01:21.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND BRUSH. 01:22.467 --> 01:25.200 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN THE WINTER, THEIR COATS DEVELOP SHORT FUZZY HAIRS 01:25.200 --> 01:29.300 position:10% line:85% size:80% BENEATH THE LONGER, COARSER GUARD HAIR, THESE SMALLER HAIRS 01:29.300 --> 01:31.667 position:10% line:85% size:80% SERVE AS INSULATION THROUGH THE COLDER SEASONS. 01:31.667 --> 01:34.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% WOLVES HAVE VERY LARGE PAWS. 01:34.266 --> 01:36.934 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEIR BIG FEET WORK LIKE SNOWSHOES IN THE WINTER, 01:36.934 --> 01:39.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% ALLOWING THE ANIMAL TO RUN SWIFTLY OVER THE TOP OF THE 01:39.533 --> 01:41.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% SNOW AFTER THEIR PREY. 01:41.433 --> 01:44.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND BIG PAWS ARE ALSO AN ADVANTAGE WHEN A WOLF IS DIGGING 01:44.233 --> 01:46.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% A DEN FROM SAND OR GRAVEL. 01:46.867 --> 01:49.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS WOLF'S SKULL SHOWS OTHER SPECIAL ADAPTATIONS. 01:49.800 --> 01:51.934 position:10% line:85% size:80% WOLVES HAVE 42 TEETH. 01:51.934 --> 01:55.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE LARGE CANINE TEETH CAN BE ONE AND A HALF INCHES LONG. 01:55.633 --> 01:59.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% THESE CANINES ARE THE TOOLS THAT HELP A WOLF HOLD ITS PREY. 01:59.734 --> 02:03.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE FRONT INCISORS ARE USED TO PULL MEAT AWAY FROM THE BONE, 02:03.166 --> 02:06.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THE BACK TEETH ARE FOR CUTTING AND CHEWING, MUCH LIKE 02:06.166 --> 02:07.200 position:10% line:85% size:80% HUMAN TEETH. 02:07.200 --> 02:09.767 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE'S ALSO SOME LARGE MOLARS IN THE BACK. 02:09.767 --> 02:13.400 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE WOLF'S POWERFUL JAW MUSCLES HELP THE LARGER MOLARS CRUSH 02:13.400 --> 02:14.567 position:10% line:85% size:80% BONES. 02:14.567 --> 02:18.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIKE DOGS AND OTHER CANINES, WOLVES HAVE A KEEN SENSE OF 02:18.066 --> 02:19.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% HEARING. 02:19.100 --> 02:22.133 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY CAN PICK UP NOISES OF A HUMAN FROM A MILE AWAY. 02:22.700 --> 02:26.667 position:10% line:85% size:80% ALSO A WOLF CAN MOVE ITS EARS INDEPENDENTLY TO FOCUS ON SOUNDS 02:26.667 --> 02:28.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% COMING FROM OTHER DIRECTIONS. 02:28.433 --> 02:31.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% WOLVES HAVE EXCELLENT NIGHT VISION. 02:31.166 --> 02:34.133 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND ALTHOUGH THEY PROBABLY DON'T SEE COLOR THE SAME WAY HUMANS 02:34.133 --> 02:37.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% DO, WOLVES ARE MUCH BETTER AT DETECTING MOVEMENT. 02:38.033 --> 02:40.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEIR SENSE OF SMELL IS EQUALLY AMAZING. 02:40.633 --> 02:44.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% A WOLF CAN PICK UP A SCENT FROM OVER A MILE AWAY. 02:44.367 --> 02:46.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% WOLVES HUNT IN PACKS. 02:46.533 --> 02:49.200 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS WAY THEY CAN KILL PREY BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES, LIKE 02:49.200 --> 02:50.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% DEER AND ELK. 02:50.667 --> 02:53.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE HUNTERS OF THE PACK ARE USUALLY THE STRONGEST AND THE 02:53.700 --> 02:54.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% FITTEST WOLVES. 02:54.800 --> 02:57.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE OLDER WOLVES AND YOUNG PUPS ARE LEFT BEHIND. 02:57.734 --> 03:01.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT WHEN THE PREY IS CAUGHT, THE HUNTERS BRING IT BACK, AND ALL 03:01.166 --> 03:03.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE WOLVES SHARE IN THE FEAST. 03:03.100 --> 03:04.934 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOUR MOM COMES HOME FROM THE GROCERY 03:04.934 --> 03:05.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% STORE. 03:06.000 --> 03:08.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> ALL RIGHT! COOKIES! 03:08.734 --> 03:11.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> SPRING IS THE DENNING SEASON. 03:11.100 --> 03:13.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% EVERY MEMBER OF THE PACK HELPS TO RAISE THE PUPS. 03:13.900 --> 03:17.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS IS UNUSUAL IN MAMMALS, BUT IT'S A BASIC PART OF THE SOCIAL 03:17.900 --> 03:19.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% STRUCTURE OF THE WOLFPACK. 03:20.200 --> 03:23.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS IS ALSO A BUSY TIME OF YEAR FOR IDAHO'S WOLF BIOLOGISTS. 03:23.867 --> 03:29.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> COME SPRINGTIME, ONCE WOLVES START TO DEN, WHAT WE'LL TRY TO 03:29.166 --> 03:33.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% DO IS INCREASE OUR MONITORING SO THAT WE CAN TRY AND GET AN IDEA 03:33.533 --> 03:34.934 position:10% line:85% size:80% OF WHERE THEY'RE DENNING. 03:35.266 --> 03:38.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> BIOLOGIST JASON HUSSEMAN IS FOLLOWING THE TRANSMISSION FROM 03:38.367 --> 03:40.033 position:10% line:85% size:80% A RADIO-COLLARED WOLF. 03:40.033 --> 03:43.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS ANTENNA ON THE WING OF AN AIRPLANE PICKS UP THE SIGNAL 03:43.734 --> 03:47.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% FROM A RADIO THAT'S ATTACHED TO A COLLAR ON THE WOLF'S NECK. 03:47.900 --> 03:51.834 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE SIGNAL LEADS JASON TO THIS GROUP LOPING ON A RIDGETOP. 03:51.834 --> 03:53.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% CAN YOU SEE THEM? 03:53.166 --> 03:56.934 position:10% line:85% size:80% ONE, TWO, THREE WOLVES ENJOYING THE SPRING SUNSHINE. 03:57.333 --> 03:58.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> YOU WANT ME TO MARK THIS? 03:58.633 --> 04:01.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> JASON WILL RECORD THEIR LOCATION AND THEN TRY TO FIND 04:01.066 --> 04:02.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE DEN ON THE GROUND. 04:02.500 --> 04:05.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE GOAL IS TO HAVE RADIO COLLARS ON WOLVES IN EACH PACK 04:05.500 --> 04:06.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN THE STATE. 04:07.066 --> 04:08.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT HOW DO YOU CATCH A WOLF? 04:08.333 --> 04:11.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% BIOLOGIST MICHAEL LUCID HAS A YOUNG MALE WOLF CAUGHT IN A 04:11.700 --> 04:14.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEG-HOLD TRAP BAITED WITH DOG FOOD. 04:14.533 --> 04:16.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% NOW HE JUST NEEDS TO PUT THE WOLF ASLEEP SO THEY CAN PUT THE 04:16.800 --> 04:17.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% COLLAR ON. 04:17.734 --> 04:20.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> I'M GOING TO DISTRACT THE WOLF FROM BELOW, AND STEVE WILL 04:20.000 --> 04:22.767 position:10% line:85% size:80% INJECT THE WOLF WITH A DRUG FROM ABOVE. 04:22.767 --> 04:24.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> HEY, HEY. 04:24.967 --> 04:25.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% DID YOU GET HIM? 04:25.633 --> 04:28.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> SOON THE WOLF IS ASLEEP, AND THE BIOLOGISTS FIT HIM WITH A 04:28.900 --> 04:30.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% RADIO COLLAR. 04:30.333 --> 04:31.934 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY CHECK HIS TEETH. 04:31.934 --> 04:34.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS HELPS THE SCIENTISTS DETERMINE THE AGE OF THE WOLF. 04:34.967 --> 04:37.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEN THEY PUT IN EAR TAGS SO THAT, WHEN THE RADIO STOPS 04:37.734 --> 04:41.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% WORKING IN A FEW YEARS, THEY'LL STILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY HIM. 04:41.700 --> 04:44.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEN MICHAEL GIVES THE WOLF ANOTHER SHOT TO WAKE HIM UP. 04:44.900 --> 04:47.667 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOON HE'LL JOIN HIS PACK MATES AND ONCE AGAIN BEGIN HUNTING 04:47.667 --> 04:49.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% OTHER ANIMALS FOR FOOD. 04:49.700 --> 04:52.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO NEXT TIME YOU SEE A WOLF OR OTHER PREDATOR IN THE WILD, 04:52.700 --> 04:55.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% DON'T THINK IT'S MEAN JUST BECAUSE IT EATS OTHER ANIMALS. 04:55.900 --> 04:58.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% PREDATORS ARE JUST DOING WHAT NATURE INTENDED. 05:00.166 --> 05:00.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% OH. 05:00.633 --> 05:04.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND IT MIGHT HELP TO REMEMBER YOU'RE A PREDATOR, TOO. 05:04.433 --> 05:05.200 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> MMMM! 05:05.200 --> 05:08.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% (howling)