shadow – Dec 19, 2005 12:00 AM

Shadow has been in very good spirits lately, greeting staff, running through the exhibit with a high tail and spending time with the yearlings. There seems to be a special bond between Shadow and Maya, which we saw last winter, but Shadow and Grizzer are often observed shoulder to shoulder doing some classic jaw sparring behavior. The interesting thing about their relationship, is that we don't see Shadow do much dominance towards the yearlings, but they both readily submit. Whereas Malik has some high intensity growling toward both Maya and Grizzer, but it doesn't result in them submitting to him, it generally results in Shadow intervening.