grizzer – Aug 22, 2005 12:00 AM

Grizzer has a full stomach this morning after last night's feeding. He is also growing a full undercoat in preparation for winter, which always makes him look bigger. The cooler nightime temperatures seems to make the wolves more active. This morning, he successfully stole a food cache from Malik, despite Malik's charging and lunging behavior towards him. In this week's photo, he's guarding a stolen cache, and if I had a faster camera, you would have seen the lip curl towards Malik. Instead, you see an intent look, but notice the submissive ears, even though he successfully guards the food from Malik, he still recognizes that Malik is higher ranking, and he may pay for it later.