In addition to the regular tour, Carol, Carol's friend, Kelly, and I also booked an additional encounter with Wild Acres' juvenile grey wolf, Echo.
After the capybaras were rounded up and secured in their pen, we were instructed to sit on the concrete pad and remove all jewelry, watches, hair ties, etc. When that was done, Echo made his entrance. He immediately came right over to us and made himself at home.
Echo is a four and a half month old grey wolf. His eyes are just beginning to turn yellow.
His teeth are a mix of puppy and adult teeth.
His paws are huge.
Although he looks like the wolf he is, he acted like a very big,
very chewy puppy.
There was a little bit of educational content,
and at one point, Echo wandered off to check out the capybaras' pool.
He didn't away long, though.
He wanted to play with us almost as much as we wanted to play with him.
The rest of the post is just a bunch of pictures from our wolf encounter. If you ever have a chance to do this, I can not recommend it - and Wild Acres - enough.
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I would have loved to do this, too!! I'd be even more interested in such an encounter than a on with capybaras..
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What a joy! You look so happy!
ReplyDeleteNot many can say they petted (and played with) a wolf! What an amazing encounter.
ReplyDeleteHoly Cow!! That's a wolf pup??!!! If he's that huge already, how large were his parents???
ReplyDelete(Can you imagine him living in the wild in a pack??)
Thank you for sharing your zoo adventures with us!! I haven't been to our local zoo for a few years --but I don't remember them offering any one on one encounters (other with the sharks and stingrays!!)
I wish I could live in your state!! It makes one kinda envious that you're blessed to encounter so many varieties of wildlife!!(The only thing that makes me hesitate--is dealing with your weather extremes! Haha! No thank you!! Ha!)
Hope you and Carol enjoy the rest of your time together and that you have a safe trip home!!
Imagine earning your keep chewing on the guests. Lucky pup! Imagine negotiating between wild lupine puppies and strange adult unpredictable primates. Balancing act.
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