The Evolved Nest by Darcia Narvaez PhD & G. A. Bradshaw

Author:Darcia Narvaez, PhD & G. A. Bradshaw [Narvaez, Darcia & Narvaez, Darcia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781623177683
Publisher: North Atlantic Books

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Moral Commitment

Gray Wolves

They say that Wolves avoid anything that has been touched by a human. Even a Moose carcass left as bait, so tempting, so needed in the depth of winter, will be avoided. Perhaps it was layered snow that rendered the trap so invisible to eye and nose that it caught the female Wolf unawares. She was gripped by the steel teeth for two weeks. Her partner remained with her until the trapper came back and shot her dead. After her death, the male traveled fourteen miles back to the natal den. He then began to furiously clean out the burrows that were buried under several feet of snow. The next day, he ran back the fourteen miles to where his love had lain. After a while, he left her and trotted over to a plateau where he sat and began to howl. Over the next two months, the male returned regularly to the death site, even after he had partnered with another female. One day, the male Wolf trekked over twenty miles to return to the trapping site. His new mate could not keep up. Eventually, she left and joined another group. Four months after his beloved’s death, the Wolf continued to make his pilgrimages. In April, he connected with a second new female, but she was killed. He narrowly escaped only to die himself within the week, shot by hunters.

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