Juvenile Wolf (howling)

Canis lupus

Denali National Park, Alaska, 2008

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This young wolf had just killed a ground squirrel. She then proceeded to walk out into the middle of the park road and sat down to howl, apparently to summon her siblings. This vocalizing is known as a "kill call" .

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