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这是一段相当令人震惊的视频。视频中的狼是米斯兰迪尔狼群（Mithrandir Pack）中的繁殖雌狼，时间是四月，她正在叼着一只刚出生不久的小狼崽。我们推测，这只狼崽可能是在拍摄的几分钟前刚出生的，因为它身上还湿漉漉的，而雌狼的后腿和阴部仍然有分娩时留下的血迹。
我们猜测——这只是我们的推测——雌狼可能没有提前准备好巢穴，因为如果她是在巢穴里生产的，那很奇怪她会在刚出生几分钟内就把小狼崽转移走。
这只雌狼三岁，这是她第一次产崽。因此，这一行为可能仅仅是因为她在抚养幼崽方面缺乏经验。
那么这只小狼崽的命运如何呢？目前谁也说不准。小狼崽一般能在一定程度上承受恶劣天气，如果这只雌狼迅速找到了一个合适的巢穴，这只小狼崽可能会没事。
但考虑到这只小狼崽可能是在树林中刚出生的，而这只雌狼缺乏经验，可能对小狼崽的命运不太有利。
我们还要看今年夏天我们是否能拍到米斯兰迪尔狼群中有小狼崽的画面（或者如果这只雌狼还生了其他小狼崽，但在视频中没看到）。
总之，这些都是我们通过设置大量野外摄像机捕捉到的令人着迷的瞬间。每年我们似乎都会拍到之前从未观察到的独特行为。
This is a pretty wild video. This is the breeding female of the Mithrandir Pack in April carrying a tiny crying pup that must have literally just been born...we would guess within minutes of this video as the pup is still wet and the female has blood on her back legs and vaginal area from giving birth.
We suspect—and we are speculating here—the female did not have a den prepared as it would be pretty strange for her to have given birth at a den and then move a pup that has been alive for a matter of minutes.
This female is 3 years old and this is her first year giving birth. Thus, this occurrence could simply be a result of her inexperience with raising pups.
And what of the fate of the pup? Anyone’s guess at this point. Pups are generally able to withstand inclement weather to an extent and if this female quickly found a place for a den, it is possible the pup was fine.
But seeing as the pup was likely just born in the woods somewhere, it is also possible this female's inexperience doesn't bode well for the pup.
We will have to see if we have footage of the Mithrandir Pack with a pup this summer of all (or pups if this female had others not seen in this video).
Anyway, these are the really fascinating glimpses we get from having so many trail cameras out. Every year we seem to capture really unique behaviors that we had never observed up to that point.
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