aidan – Jul 26, 2012 12:00 AM

Aidan had an unusual behavior on Thursday morning. When I went in to do wolf care, I noticed that he was staying near the den entrance. Usually he comes over to greet and guards staff from Denali, so when we were able to greet Denali first, it seemed like something wasn't quite right. We went over to the den and spent some time interacting, until he felt comfortable enough to move to the front of the Exhibit. This seemed to coincide with a Behind the Scenes program. Aidan has always been the shyer of the two adults, and when he acts a bit reserved, Denali takes advantage of him and tests him for hours after a program. We certainly want to avoid any disruption to the wolves rank issues right before the introduction. We did our last Behind the Scenes this weekend, and we are trying to keep things relatively calm in the wolf yard prior to the introduction.