Lone wolf battles four coyotes

Yellowstone wolf being harrassed by four coyotes over an elk carcass in the Lamar Valley, May 2009.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• wolf
• wolves
• coyotes
• Yellowstone
• elk
• kill
• carcass
• wildlife
• Lamar
• Valley
• ravens
• predators
• carnivores

[nicholasbhicks]

did that lone wolf kill the elk by itself?

[skipants60]

@nicholasbhicks No, the elk was killed earlier by the Druid Pack of the Lamar Valley.

[coloridian]

Fantastic! I was in the park at the time and heard several people talk about this event. It's great to see what happened.

[skipants60]

Thanks for your nice comment. Checking your videos it looks like you saw a lot of animals as well. I also saw an injured grizzly but it was dragging its left rear paw.

[dpce86]

@bobwatters I've seen domesticated coyotes, and I've seen wolves eat the guts out of animals that are still alive. No differences, except coyotes are probably craftier given the fact that even with the explosion in the human population in the United States, coyote populations and ranges have expanded. Wolves have not been as fortunate.

[bobwatters]

@dpce86 if you dont see a diffrence in wolfs and coyotes then thats good for you. the fact is that anyone that has ever delt with the 2 in the wild will know that they are basicly nothing alike! just b/c they hunt in simular ways and fight for territory does not make them the same. coyotes will hold an animal down and eat its guts! a wolf will go for the neck and kill it then eat it. go have fun tryin to domesticate a coyote which has been done to wolfs for centuries!

[dpce86]

@bobwatters Both are wild dogs. Wolves are no more beautiful or amazing than coyotes. They compete for the same territory, but wolves almost always have an advantage due to their size. However, in this instance, the coyotes have the numbers to send the wolf packing. Wolves are just as "nasty and viscious" as coyotes. Their techniques for hunting are almost identical, but wolves put more emphasis on pack hunting. Your comment makes no sense whatsoever. Both almost genetically identical too!

[stonewall97]

@yagual123 The coyotes won because they drove the wolf away from the dead elk. Now the dead elk belongs to the coyotes.

[yagual123]

@stonewall97 what are you talking about the wolf won he walked away 1-4 thats tough even for a wolf

[stonewall97]

Looks like the Coyotes won. I was hoping for the wolf to kill a few coyotes. :(

[l3054]

@UrsulaCarrie if people were still hunters and nomads we wouldnt have that problem at all

[UrsulaCarrie]

Bless the Wolves- May they Be safe from Human Ignorance

[ramliug]

beautiful wolf vs coyote ugly!!

[NihilismFrontward]

Those coyotes should have killed his bitch-ass.