Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/08/27/minimum-viable-howl.html
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I live not terribly far from the Wolf Conservation Center. My older brother helped socialize the last bunch of ambassador wolves when they were pups, including Alawa. It’s a great organization.
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If I had never identified with a wolf before I could now…Sometimes its just too much effort to waste
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Dang it Gary, you’re gonna start a howl.
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I’ll second that. We did the overnight there once, and it was a lot of fun… seeing the socialized one close up, waking up to the howling of the ones they are not looking to socialize (for the purposes of releasing to the wild).
The only cringe-worthy moment was when they were discussing historical wolf populations, and the person said something like “400 years ago, before there were people in North America…” I mean, I knew what she meant, but still…
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Heh-heh! I played that, and my German shepherd howled along.
She doesn’t seem to enjoy it; kind of an obligation rather than something fun.
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I wonder if it’s louder in frequencies we can’t hear.
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Oh wow. I really hope they’ve adjusted the language since then.
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This clocks in at about 1 miliGinsberg
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Wolf karaoke. Thanks previous bb post.
update: lazy howls go much better with jazz https://rave.dj/HPAaezhIGUL2Wg
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Aren’t we not supposed to howl at/with wild wolves because it upsets them? I’m sure I read that somewhere this week.
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I actually don’t. Was she talking about habitat loss? The introduction of guns? Or sheep and cattle? Or wolf-eradication programs?
In any case, that’s pretty incredible.
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No wolves? Am I reading this right?
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This is what happens with the nanny state. Give 'em SSI, medicare and medicaid and this is what happens. /S
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“No howling at the moon expending maximum effort on all fours”
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“400 years ago, before there were people in North America…”
There were people in North America long before 400 years ago.
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