maya – Nov 5, 2010 12:00 AM

There was some dominance aggression between Grizzer and Denali on Wednesday night. We watched the surveillance video from the Retired Cameras, and it appears the activity started right after the Curator left for the evening, around 6:05 pm. Maya is key in this situation, there is a test of the male rank order and she is the dominant female. We are asking staff and visitors to record any interactions that are observed. The Center's lead educator wrote this email yesterday:<br> "I saw Maya exhibit soliciting behavior with Denali this morning while I was doing a program. She was laying on the straw on top of the den, Denali walked up and stood over her. She pawed at him and rolled on her back. He then lie down next to her." <br> We know when Maya was a yearling, Shadow chose her over Nyssa, social relationships can make a difference.