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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — Watching grizzly bears feed in the wild is a dream come true for any wildlife enthusiast, but getting the chance to watch them compete with wolves for carcasses is another level of once-in-a-lifetime type experiences.
This exact interaction was caught on this video from Yellowstone National Park.
It shows the alpha wolf 907F of the Junction Butte Pack — the oldest wolf in the park at the time — feeding on a bull bison carcass to bring food back to the den for her older pups.
This time, she had company — in the form of two of the park's resident grizzlies.
As of 2024, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem was home to an estimated 1,030 grizzly bears. Gray wolves were restored in 1995, and as of January, at least 108 live primarily in the park.
Eventually, tensions between the two mammals rose, and the bears chased the wolf off.
While instances like this are extremely rare to actually see, they do happen more than one might think. According to an article from the International Wolf Center, wolves and bears indirectly share common prey resources like newborn calves and directly compete over access to ungulate carcasses, wolf-killed or not.
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