1 00:00:01,333 --> 00:00:04,000 SOME ANIMALS, LIKE ELK, EAT PLANTS. 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,467 OTHER ANIMALS LIKE THIS RED-TAILED HAWK EAT ANIMALS. 3 00:00:07,467 --> 00:00:11,266 ANY ANIMAL WHO HUNTS ANOTHER ANIMAL FOR FOOD IS CALLED A 4 00:00:11,266 --> 00:00:12,300 PREDATOR. 5 00:00:12,300 --> 00:00:15,066 IT'S EASY TO FEEL SORRY FOR THE ANIMAL BEING CHASED. 6 00:00:15,066 --> 00:00:17,400 THAT ANIMAL'S CALLED THE PREY ANIMAL. 7 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:21,700 A PREY ANIMAL IS ANY ANIMAL, BIG OR SMALL, WITH FINS OR FEATHERS 8 00:00:21,700 --> 00:00:24,900 WHO MUST AVOID BEING EATEN BY ANOTHER ANIMAL. 9 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:26,333 SOUNDS TOUGH, HUH? 10 00:00:26,333 --> 00:00:28,633 WELL, IT'S NOT EASY BEING A PREDATOR EITHER. 11 00:00:29,333 --> 00:00:32,333 DID YOU KNOW A PREDATOR MAY HUNT NINE OR 10 TIMES BEFORE IT 12 00:00:32,333 --> 00:00:33,300 CATCHES ANY PREY? 13 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:34,567 (ding dong) 14 00:00:34,567 --> 00:00:36,467 >> PIZZA! 15 00:00:36,467 --> 00:00:37,734 >> CAN YOU IMAGINE? 16 00:00:37,734 --> 00:00:38,633 >> HERE YOU GO, PIZZA. 17 00:00:38,633 --> 00:00:40,233 >> YAY! 18 00:00:40,233 --> 00:00:43,266 >> IF YOU ORDERED A PIZZA AND NINE TIMES IN A ROW THE BOX WAS 19 00:00:43,266 --> 00:00:44,333 EMPTY? 20 00:00:44,333 --> 00:00:47,300 NINE TIMES IN A ROW YOU DIDN'T GET ANY DINNER? 21 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,400 >> AWWWW! 22 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,834 >> THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR PREDATORS. 23 00:00:52,834 --> 00:00:54,734 WOLVES ARE PREDATORS. 24 00:00:54,734 --> 00:00:56,567 THEY CAN GO HUNGRY FOR DAYS. 25 00:00:57,166 --> 00:01:00,700 THE REASON IT'S SO HARD FOR PREDATORS TO CATCH FOOD IS 26 00:01:00,700 --> 00:01:04,200 BECAUSE PREY ANIMALS HAVE ADAPTED IN MANY WAYS TO PROTECT 27 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:05,133 THEMSELVES. 28 00:01:05,633 --> 00:01:09,934 BUT PREDATORS HAVE ADAPTATIONS, TOO, AND THIS HELPS PREDATORS TO 29 00:01:09,934 --> 00:01:11,300 LIVE IN THE WILD. 30 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:15,867 WOLVES HAVE FUR THAT CAN BE ANY COLOR FROM BLACK OR GRAY TO 31 00:01:15,867 --> 00:01:17,467 SHADES OF BROWN AND WHITE. 32 00:01:17,467 --> 00:01:20,800 IT KEEPS THEM WARM BUT ALSO PROTECTS THE WOLF FROM RAIN 33 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:21,800 AND BRUSH. 34 00:01:22,467 --> 00:01:25,200 IN THE WINTER, THEIR COATS DEVELOP SHORT FUZZY HAIRS 35 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:29,300 BENEATH THE LONGER, COARSER GUARD HAIR, THESE SMALLER HAIRS 36 00:01:29,300 --> 00:01:31,667 SERVE AS INSULATION THROUGH THE COLDER SEASONS. 37 00:01:31,667 --> 00:01:34,266 WOLVES HAVE VERY LARGE PAWS. 38 00:01:34,266 --> 00:01:36,934 THEIR BIG FEET WORK LIKE SNOWSHOES IN THE WINTER, 39 00:01:36,934 --> 00:01:39,533 ALLOWING THE ANIMAL TO RUN SWIFTLY OVER THE TOP OF THE 40 00:01:39,533 --> 00:01:41,433 SNOW AFTER THEIR PREY. 41 00:01:41,433 --> 00:01:44,233 AND BIG PAWS ARE ALSO AN ADVANTAGE WHEN A WOLF IS DIGGING 42 00:01:44,233 --> 00:01:46,333 A DEN FROM SAND OR GRAVEL. 43 00:01:46,867 --> 00:01:49,800 THIS WOLF'S SKULL SHOWS OTHER SPECIAL ADAPTATIONS. 44 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:51,934 WOLVES HAVE 42 TEETH. 45 00:01:51,934 --> 00:01:55,633 THE LARGE CANINE TEETH CAN BE ONE AND A HALF INCHES LONG. 46 00:01:55,633 --> 00:01:59,734 THESE CANINES ARE THE TOOLS THAT HELP A WOLF HOLD ITS PREY. 47 00:01:59,734 --> 00:02:03,166 THE FRONT INCISORS ARE USED TO PULL MEAT AWAY FROM THE BONE, 48 00:02:03,166 --> 00:02:06,166 AND THE BACK TEETH ARE FOR CUTTING AND CHEWING, MUCH LIKE 49 00:02:06,166 --> 00:02:07,200 HUMAN TEETH. 50 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,767 THERE'S ALSO SOME LARGE MOLARS IN THE BACK. 51 00:02:09,767 --> 00:02:13,400 THE WOLF'S POWERFUL JAW MUSCLES HELP THE LARGER MOLARS CRUSH 52 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:14,567 BONES. 53 00:02:14,567 --> 00:02:18,066 LIKE DOGS AND OTHER CANINES, WOLVES HAVE A KEEN SENSE OF 54 00:02:18,066 --> 00:02:19,100 HEARING. 55 00:02:19,100 --> 00:02:22,133 THEY CAN PICK UP NOISES OF A HUMAN FROM A MILE AWAY. 56 00:02:22,700 --> 00:02:26,667 ALSO A WOLF CAN MOVE ITS EARS INDEPENDENTLY TO FOCUS ON SOUNDS 57 00:02:26,667 --> 00:02:28,433 COMING FROM OTHER DIRECTIONS. 58 00:02:28,433 --> 00:02:31,166 WOLVES HAVE EXCELLENT NIGHT VISION. 59 00:02:31,166 --> 00:02:34,133 AND ALTHOUGH THEY PROBABLY DON'T SEE COLOR THE SAME WAY HUMANS 60 00:02:34,133 --> 00:02:37,367 DO, WOLVES ARE MUCH BETTER AT DETECTING MOVEMENT. 61 00:02:38,033 --> 00:02:40,633 THEIR SENSE OF SMELL IS EQUALLY AMAZING. 62 00:02:40,633 --> 00:02:44,367 A WOLF CAN PICK UP A SCENT FROM OVER A MILE AWAY. 63 00:02:44,367 --> 00:02:46,533 WOLVES HUNT IN PACKS. 64 00:02:46,533 --> 00:02:49,200 THIS WAY THEY CAN KILL PREY BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES, LIKE 65 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:50,266 DEER AND ELK. 66 00:02:50,667 --> 00:02:53,700 THE HUNTERS OF THE PACK ARE USUALLY THE STRONGEST AND THE 67 00:02:53,700 --> 00:02:54,800 FITTEST WOLVES. 68 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,734 THE OLDER WOLVES AND YOUNG PUPS ARE LEFT BEHIND. 69 00:02:57,734 --> 00:03:01,166 BUT WHEN THE PREY IS CAUGHT, THE HUNTERS BRING IT BACK, AND ALL 70 00:03:01,166 --> 00:03:03,100 THE WOLVES SHARE IN THE FEAST. 71 00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:04,934 IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOUR MOM COMES HOME FROM THE GROCERY 72 00:03:04,934 --> 00:03:05,700 STORE. 73 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,734 >> ALL RIGHT! COOKIES! 74 00:03:08,734 --> 00:03:11,100 >> SPRING IS THE DENNING SEASON. 75 00:03:11,100 --> 00:03:13,900 EVERY MEMBER OF THE PACK HELPS TO RAISE THE PUPS. 76 00:03:13,900 --> 00:03:17,900 THIS IS UNUSUAL IN MAMMALS, BUT IT'S A BASIC PART OF THE SOCIAL 77 00:03:17,900 --> 00:03:19,734 STRUCTURE OF THE WOLFPACK. 78 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,867 THIS IS ALSO A BUSY TIME OF YEAR FOR IDAHO'S WOLF BIOLOGISTS. 79 00:03:23,867 --> 00:03:29,166 >> COME SPRINGTIME, ONCE WOLVES START TO DEN, WHAT WE'LL TRY TO 80 00:03:29,166 --> 00:03:33,533 DO IS INCREASE OUR MONITORING SO THAT WE CAN TRY AND GET AN IDEA 81 00:03:33,533 --> 00:03:34,934 OF WHERE THEY'RE DENNING. 82 00:03:35,266 --> 00:03:38,367 >> BIOLOGIST JASON HUSSEMAN IS FOLLOWING THE TRANSMISSION FROM 83 00:03:38,367 --> 00:03:40,033 A RADIO-COLLARED WOLF. 84 00:03:40,033 --> 00:03:43,734 THIS ANTENNA ON THE WING OF AN AIRPLANE PICKS UP THE SIGNAL 85 00:03:43,734 --> 00:03:47,533 FROM A RADIO THAT'S ATTACHED TO A COLLAR ON THE WOLF'S NECK. 86 00:03:47,900 --> 00:03:51,834 THE SIGNAL LEADS JASON TO THIS GROUP LOPING ON A RIDGETOP. 87 00:03:51,834 --> 00:03:53,166 CAN YOU SEE THEM? 88 00:03:53,166 --> 00:03:56,934 ONE, TWO, THREE WOLVES ENJOYING THE SPRING SUNSHINE. 89 00:03:57,333 --> 00:03:58,633 >> YOU WANT ME TO MARK THIS? 90 00:03:58,633 --> 00:04:01,066 >> JASON WILL RECORD THEIR LOCATION AND THEN TRY TO FIND 91 00:04:01,066 --> 00:04:02,500 THE DEN ON THE GROUND. 92 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:05,500 THE GOAL IS TO HAVE RADIO COLLARS ON WOLVES IN EACH PACK 93 00:04:05,500 --> 00:04:06,633 IN THE STATE. 94 00:04:07,066 --> 00:04:08,333 BUT HOW DO YOU CATCH A WOLF? 95 00:04:08,333 --> 00:04:11,700 BIOLOGIST MICHAEL LUCID HAS A YOUNG MALE WOLF CAUGHT IN A 96 00:04:11,700 --> 00:04:14,066 LEG-HOLD TRAP BAITED WITH DOG FOOD. 97 00:04:14,533 --> 00:04:16,800 NOW HE JUST NEEDS TO PUT THE WOLF ASLEEP SO THEY CAN PUT THE 98 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:17,734 COLLAR ON. 99 00:04:17,734 --> 00:04:20,000 >> I'M GOING TO DISTRACT THE WOLF FROM BELOW, AND STEVE WILL 100 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,767 INJECT THE WOLF WITH A DRUG FROM ABOVE. 101 00:04:22,767 --> 00:04:24,967 >> HEY, HEY. 102 00:04:24,967 --> 00:04:25,633 DID YOU GET HIM? 103 00:04:25,633 --> 00:04:28,900 >> SOON THE WOLF IS ASLEEP, AND THE BIOLOGISTS FIT HIM WITH A 104 00:04:28,900 --> 00:04:30,333 RADIO COLLAR. 105 00:04:30,333 --> 00:04:31,934 THEY CHECK HIS TEETH. 106 00:04:31,934 --> 00:04:34,533 THIS HELPS THE SCIENTISTS DETERMINE THE AGE OF THE WOLF. 107 00:04:34,967 --> 00:04:37,734 THEN THEY PUT IN EAR TAGS SO THAT, WHEN THE RADIO STOPS 108 00:04:37,734 --> 00:04:41,700 WORKING IN A FEW YEARS, THEY'LL STILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY HIM. 109 00:04:41,700 --> 00:04:44,367 THEN MICHAEL GIVES THE WOLF ANOTHER SHOT TO WAKE HIM UP. 110 00:04:44,900 --> 00:04:47,667 SOON HE'LL JOIN HIS PACK MATES AND ONCE AGAIN BEGIN HUNTING 111 00:04:47,667 --> 00:04:49,700 OTHER ANIMALS FOR FOOD. 112 00:04:49,700 --> 00:04:52,700 SO NEXT TIME YOU SEE A WOLF OR OTHER PREDATOR IN THE WILD, 113 00:04:52,700 --> 00:04:55,633 DON'T THINK IT'S MEAN JUST BECAUSE IT EATS OTHER ANIMALS. 114 00:04:55,900 --> 00:04:58,800 PREDATORS ARE JUST DOING WHAT NATURE INTENDED. 115 00:05:00,166 --> 00:05:00,633 OH. 116 00:05:00,633 --> 00:05:04,433 AND IT MIGHT HELP TO REMEMBER YOU'RE A PREDATOR, TOO. 117 00:05:04,433 --> 00:05:05,200 >> MMMM! 118 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,233 (howling)