ToroidalCoreAug 2, 2024

The nature center wasn't open today, but I went up to help with some electrical work. I did walk around and visited some of the animals (not entering any enclosures), and a few of them came up to see me. It was hot and humid out, so mostly they were all taking it easy.

The arctic foxes were panting, but luckily they're in their summer coats by this point. Them and the grays seemed a little perkier than the other animals, but they'd all prefer cooler weather.

Of course, all the animals have water troughs/bowls to drink from, which is replenished regularly. Some of the enclosures have ponds as well.

#foxes #ArcticFox #GrayFox #panting

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One of the arctic wolves came up to see me when I pulled in, came right up to the fence, and stayed fairly close as I approached. I think they'd already been fed by that point, but at least this one was probably just curious as to what one of their humans was up to that day.

The darker one pictured here also came out to say hi. She is actually very personable, since she actually spent quite a bit of time with some of our staff after being removed from her mediate family, who was picking on her. She actually loves human attention, although she's a little unsure of me. She does fine with her uncle (not pictured), and white wolf.

#wolf #wolves #ArcticWolf #AlaskanTundraWolf

Aug 2, 2024 at 9:32pmWeb
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Nothing like a little mouthiness among siblings. These two are brother and sister, and are also quite personable. This here is just a display of affection between them; when I came over they both got up from where they were curled up under the trees and started doing this.

They are both timberwolves, which are typically found more in southern Canada and the continental US. The others we have are arcts and Alaskan tundras, which tend to be bigger. These two are more optimized for darting through forest (timber), and are a little smaller.

#wolves #Timberwolves

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I managed to get some of that on video too.

#wolves #Timberwolves #video #mouthing