How Wolves Change Rivers (The big picture of reintroducing wolf packs to Yellowstone)

[pinto]

[mtasselin]

1. Awesome

To see a wolf is awesome, I know what you are saying that they destroy so many other animals. Don't believe it for a minute, yes they do kill, but only to survive unlike man who kills just to kill and to hear the howl of a wolf is amazing.

[pinto]

2. This is a great overview of an ecological "neighborhood".

It's a beautiful, well done video. (I've no connection with it or comment but wanted to pass it along. It speaks for itself.)

[Scootaloo]

5. I don't understand people who begrudge animals for being carnivores

Nor those who talk about "culling" species like wolves or cougars. You can't "cull' an apex predator - they don't overpopulate. They can't overpopulate. If you ever find a place that has "too many wolves," come back the next year, there will be far fewer of them without a single human finger being lifted. Even in the best conditions, apex predators walk the razor edge of starvation.

[GitRDun]

3. Fascinating video!

Thanks for posting. You rarely see information that connects the dots on why we need to preserve individual species as relates to the entire ecosystem...

[Botany]

4. The wolves chased the elk from the river and stream banks and then the aspens .....

.... grew back and this helped the native trout population which in turn helped to feed the
bears and you had less bear vs people problems.