Survival of the fittest.
Perhaps one of the most beautiful parts about visiting Yellowstone National Park, is that you never know what you may witness.
In this video, you can see a group of bull elk huddled closely together and standing in several feet of snow, until they notice a large pack of wolves off in the distance.
The video fast forwards to when the wolves approach the elk, completely surrounding them as one of the elk attempts to scare off a few of the wolves.
Once the elk realize the wolves aren’t going anywhere, they take off with the wolves following closely behind.
Luckily, the deep snow slows the wolves down a ton, as they have a hard time maneuvering. Ultimately, the wolves give up, and the elk were able to survive this encounter unscathed.
The caption to the video gives the whole rundown:
“This was an amazing start to a private winter Wildlife Tour on Yellowstone’s Northern Range with a guiding company, Yellowstone Insight. Eleven of the Junction Pack tried to get a meal of elk for breakfast.
And this is a typical scenario, where the pack expends a lot of energy, yet turns up empty. Elk 1, Wolves 0. Three out of four chase sequences are unsuccessful for wolves with elk. This chase sequence ended just like that, unsuccessful. The elk made it out of harm’s way on this day.”