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BobTheSubgenius

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9. One of the most amazing results of the reintroduction of wolves...
Sat Sep 14, 2024, 11:11 AM
Sep 14

...is that it even changed the course of rivers. Perfectly logical when the doc. explains it, but COMPLETELY outside anything I would have thought of.

There is another wonderful doc. about a wolf pack in Yellowstone, but I can't remember its name, unfortunately. It followed the ups and downs of a pack that was the preeminent group of wolves at the start of the doc. and then showed what happened to them as their ranks diminished.

They were no longer the toughest gang, and lost the right to the hunting ground of the high plain, the prime location for a wolf pack to have. They were pushed into the lowlands for a while, but rebuilt their strength through both breeding and the introduction of mates and "inlaws", which allowed them to once again contend.

HIGHLY watchable, and I couldn't give it a higher rating.

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