A wolf examines a rock in northern Minnesota. The rock has an essence of the essence of Skunk on it.
A little dabin will do you. Biologists with the Voyageurs wolf project in Minnesota know the secret to catching wolves and all kinds of wild lives in the video. It’s not food. It is not the promise of viral internet fame. Is the poor essence.
The Wolf project shared a video on February 20th titled “A Magic Rock in North Minnesota”. Video stars a large gray rock located near forest trees and a beaver pond. A series of animals visit the rock and interact with it. The wolf rubs against him and wild in the vicinity. Otters dance on it (and then poop). A fox shakes the face in it. It is a center of activity thanks to a pea -size dish of the Skunk essence.
The wildlife parade offers a brief appearance in animal winter activities in northern Minnesotes. “A small deceit of bad odors and a casual rock becomes the city’s conversation,” the group wrote on Facebook.
Studying wolves in Minnesota
The Voyageurs Wolf project is a research initiative that studies gray wolf packages around Voyageurs National Park. Researchers collect data on how wolves eat, reproduce and raise their young people. The data helps maintain and manage wolves and their ecosystem.
The project has a public component on the ground, which is why we have to enjoy the fascinating video. There are some visible moments in the video, like when a wolf walks up holding a deer head. A beaver with a mouth full of sticks at night, but does not stop engaging with the rock as so many of the other animals do.
Wild life cameras are essential tools for monitoring travel packages, but wolves are very elusive. Thick forests in the Voyageurs region offer many hidden places. “The main purpose of setting the essence of Skunk on the rock is to encourage wolves to pause in front of the camera,” says Austin Homkes Biologist on email. “This allows us to take a better look of individuals in order to identify them with different signs, and get a clear number of how many members are in each package.”
Skunk smell and wolves
The otters were also withdrawn from poor essence on a rock in Minnesota.
If you’ve ever smelled skunk spray, then you know how harsh and memorable the aroma is. What makes it so unclear? “The strange part of Skunk’s oil (which is orange or yellow) is made up of three compounds containing sulfur called thiols,” said the State University of California Long Beach in an explanatory. This can be an unpleasant odor for people to meet, but the video criteria look enthusiastic about interaction with Eau de Skunk.
The aromatic essence used in the rock comes from the aroma glands of Skunks. “The glands of all the wild life secrete the ‘call card’ of each animal, up to the individual. It is a kind like their signature,” says Homkes. Animals cannot help, but at least check, add their signature to, and for some reasons not well understood, roll in it. “
Video footage covers several months of activity. Stomping otters and other curious animals were a bonus. The main purpose was to keep the tabs on the local wolf package. “This allowed us to see who the race couple were in the package, who were their other packet friends, how long they had survived winter and the overall health of the package members,” Homkes says. “All this is very useful data for us!”
The Skunk-Esence’s video is only the latest from the Wolf project. The group previously captured the unusual footage of a wolf puppy fighting a squirrel and a mystery animal that looked a little wolf, a little dog and a little coil. Something something for everyone here, whether you are interested in wolves, curious about how biologists study wild life or see otters boogie. Come to otters, stand for science.