To add my 2 cent observation, when I was paddling with two companions in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska, I was astonished to have a wolf come very close to me. We were very careful about food, and were probably the first campers to the area that season (early May). I'll bet the wolf had become accustomed to seeing humans there. I had lost a tent stake and spent some time scuffing around in the grass for it. Finally giving up, I went down to the boats which we were loading, and my brother shouted at me "Nat, behind you!" and there was the wolf, hardly 50' away. I believe it had been watching me as I searched. I have trained dogs to do scent work and tracking, and I know he was working the area I'd been digging around in. Maybe he thought I was looking for mice, too. The wolf strolled very nonchallantly along the shoreline as we made preparations for pushback - and walked along behind him for photos. The only time it picked up its pace was when we picked up ours. Very curious behavior for what I expected would be a very shy, wary, wild animal. Natalie Wiest at work in Galveston, TX (wish I were in Alaska!) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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