National Geographic's Video of Tiny Wolf Cubs Howling Is One to Put on Repeat
Running into a wolf might send shivers down you spine, but their babies are a whole other story. They're so cute! It's hard to imagine that these little guys grow up to be sort of ferocious. Especially if you've seen video of some wolf cubs horsing around together. Is it bad that we just want to pet them? They look so sweet.
The clip, shared by Nat Geo Wild, shows the cubs rough housing.
These tiny guys are so cute. We know they aren't technically puppies, but they look so much like dog puppies it hurts. The footage shows the wolf cubs nipping at each other in their den. They're mostly climbing all over each other. One cub even falls on its face trying to climb over its siblings.
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Then it happened, one of the cubs lets out the tiniest, cutest little howl. "A-wooo!"
The clip ends with the cubs have a snooze together. Honestly we'd give anything to be taking a nap with a group of wolf puppies.
"Look out! The newest pups in the pack are fur-ocious!" the video's caption reads.
Commenters were equally as smitten. "My toxic trait is that I actually think that I could raise a wolf as a dog," one commenter joked. "There’s no way I could resist picking them up and taking them home," someone else agreed. "Like how are we supposed to take wolves seriously when we see these little goofs. I'll take five please," a third commenter chimed in.
Wolf Babies in the Wild
It should be no surprise that wolves are pack animals. Hence why all these little guys are snuggled up together in their den. Packs are usually made up of two adult wolves (male and female) and their pups. There are typically four to six cubs born in one litter. Pups born together in a litter are called littermates. How cute!
Dens are usually small caves or holes dug in the ground. As long as the shelter is somewhere where the mother wolf and her pups can be protected from the elements, it's a good den. Packs will stay in a den for a few years, then they'll move on to another.
All wolves in a pack take care of the pups. They'll even bring food to the pups' mother when they're too small to leave her side. Adults in the pack will play with the pups and will watch the pups and give the mother a break too.
Those first few weeks are all about playing and surviving. Eventually the pups will go out with the adults and learn to hunt. But for the time being, these babies just get to pal around at home.
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