malik – Apr 20, 2009 12:00 AM

At first we were just thinking that Malik’s behavior was nervousness caused by his rank as 3rd ranking adult male, and as the pack calmed, he would calm. Lately, it appears that his behavior is probably more of a personality trait. He wants to be on the fringe with every interaction, and is vocal about everything, and seems to push the tolerance of the other wolves. He makes the choice to get involved; no other wolf seems to target him. We did get an email from someone concerning the arctics, the email asked “were they sick, they seemed to be laying down a lot, and the arctics are fine. It’s just that 60 degrees is warm considering that they haven’t shed their winter coat. Wolves don’t typically shed until late May or June; so warm April and May days will cause the wolves to switch to a crepuscular patter n (dawn and dusk).