Wolf Deadly 60 Bites

On Deadly 60, I've had loads of incredible animal encounters.

Here's just one of my many favourites.

This is Deadly 60 Bites!

We've come to the Polar Zoo in Norway

to get close to one of the most feared animals in the world.

It's the wolf.

I have to say now, these are not tame animals.

They're still wolves so we need to watch our back at all times

and just keep an eye on them.

Beyond that fence...look at that!

With wolf-expert Tess by my side, we should be safe.

All right... Come on, puppies!

Tess has been interacting with them since they were puppies,

but it's not going to be the same with us, particularly with the camera equipment.

WOLVES WHINE

So we sit quietly in the hope that the pack will come over for a look.

This is really interesting.

As they're approaching, they're kind of chatting to each other.

Just figuring out who's going to be the first to be allowed to come in and talk to Tess, not to me.

The fighting and nipping and scratching and biting, it all has a real function

of keeping the team together and everyone in their right positions.

It also gives you a really good look at those teeth.

The canines are huge.

Utterly ferocious!

As they approach, they're very much being led by that canine supersense,

smell.

Let's see what comes in first.

Always the nose, always sussing things out

with that incredible sense of smell first.

2,000 times more powerful than ours.

'That phenomenal sense of smell is used to track prey from over a mile away in the wild.'

And imagine not just one nose, but a whole pack,

testing the air for the first whiff of dinner.

The wolf uses all 220 million of its scent receptors to deadly use.

They hunt large animals like deer that can be five times their size,

and are armed with sharp hooves and antlers.

The incredible stamina of wolves to run for miles when chasing prey

means that once they've locked on to a target, they mean business.

And even these wolves are only one step away from a snap.

Ow!

I think I might have moved a little bit too fast there,

and just got snapped at.

Wow. Just a nibble...but even so.

As individuals, wolves are awesome predators,

but it's when they come together as a pack that they are really deadly.

The way they bring themselves together, particularly before a hunt, is using a howl,

and we're going to try that now and see if we can get these guys to join in.

-Shall we give it a go?

-Give it a go.

THEY HOWL

WOLVES HOWL

It's working!

CHORUS OF HOWLS

The wolf. The voice of the wilderness and the ultimate team hunter.

Definitely on the Deadly 60.

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