denali – Sep 7, 2009 12:00 AM

Denali has been testing every pack mate in the exhibit. He follows behind wolves and gives them a foreleg stab, poking at them until he gets a response. If Shadow is dominating Grizzer, he does a ride up or scruff bite behavior. He prances and stimulates chase behavior and is quick to guard a food cache, or any object that is near his face. All in all, he's a typical yearling, and the behavior of the wolves is to ignore him, until he's too much, and then deal with him. Grizzer has recently started rolling him over and doing a neck pin, holding Denali to the ground until he submits, but usually, he just springs back up again. Aidan has been observed trying to squash Denali as a method of dominance. This scenario can be viewed in Denali and Aidan's video this week.