aidan – Aug 4, 2008 12:00 AM

With all the activity of the morning, the pups were not weighed today, but will be weighed on Tuesday. From now on, they will get weighed every Monday during wolf care. The following log was written by Behavioral Observation team member: Awen Briem. <br> Aidan and Denali were introduced into the main enclosure with the ambassador today. Upon entering the main enclosure, the pups ran with the pack into the woods. Aidan and Denali immediately seemed more focused on their fellow pack members than on human interaction. Aidan showed interest in a turkey leg possessed by Grizzer, left over from last night’s feeding. Each time Aidan approached the turkey leg, Grizzer defended his food by displaying lip curls and standing over Aidan. Later in the day, wolf care staff placed a deer leg in the enclosure to supplement the pups’ food intake. Although Aidan began chewing the leg, Grizzer stole and defended the leg by showing dominance over Aidan. In both instances Aidan was quick to submit, although his interest in food possession persisted. During one dominance interaction between Grizzer and Aidan, Maya distracted both pups away from Grizzer with a play bow and chase, at which point both pups redirected their attention to Maya, displaying food begging behavior by licking her muzzle, flattening their ears and lowering their tails. Maya reciprocated with another play bow and tail wagging.