I would feel safe enough fishing from a little skiff. I wouldn’t mind the mystic, misty fog that will burn off later in the day.
But going ashore to fish from the beach has given me pause. All sorts of dangers lurk there, right next to those horse clams that squirt water through their siphons like a mini fire brigade.
Remember them, squirting water into the air? Well, just look what is going on behind their backs.
What if I’d been standing on the beach fishing, and it turned out to be the bruin’s favourite fishing spot? I think I’d stay in the skiff, thank you.
But worse yet, what if you heard wolves howling the night before, you go to the beach to fish in the morning and a friend calls over to tell you he just saw a wolf running away. You go to explore, and find that wolves have taken down a good-sized deer.
A pack of wolves would tear at the hide, pulling it right off the hind quarters to get at the meat under it. I apologize to the squeamish readers, but this is real life and death–the kind of thing we Disney fans deny ever happens, when in fact it is going on all the time. It must go on. Wolves have to eat too. But you’ll excuse me if I’m not overly in love with wolves or want to transplant them to every part of the country.
Next time I’ll post something sweet and not too real. I know that for many of you this is hard to look at. I didn’t like it myself, but it’s real, it’s true, and it’s happening out there in the real world.
No, I wasn’t there that day, but the Captain was. He took these pictures.
Love the photos!
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It’s a very lonely but beautiful place – the north end of the island.
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The reality of nature!
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Yes, it’s hard to look at reality for very long, but we can’t deny it’s there. Sometimes I shake my head when I hear people wanting to believe all these fairy tale ideas about wolves. Sure they’re beautiful animals, but they have to kill other beautiful animals to live.
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Well, Anneli, I don’t think I’d have liked it there either, with wolves and bears around. But I’m glad the captain took so beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing them with us.
Have a wonderful week,
Pit
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Thanks. Have a great week yourself, Pit.
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I have to pass kudos on to the captain, also. Those are incredible photos! I’m not that bothered by the photo of the carcass, but I wouldn’t have taken it. I’d be afraid the wolves were not too far away and might come back to gnaw on a bone!
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I’d be worried about the same thing. I wouldn’t even want to get out of the skiff onto the beach with all those critters around.
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Stunning photos, Anneli. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you. The Captain will be pleased.
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Say thank you from us as well. Great photos, Anneli! 🙂
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I will. Thank you, KB.
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I love the mystery of a mist 🙂 Nature can be cruel, but the meat eaters eat, well, meat. And it doesn’t come neatly packaged from the butchers. They have to hunt and kill their prey. People eat meat too. Somebody has to do the killing and butchering, hopefully humanely.
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True, but isn’t it strange how we don’t want to acknowledge it? It all seems so cruel.
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It’s easier to buy it out of the supermarket fridge or butcher ready packaged – that way people don’t have to think about how it got there. Unless they have lived in the country or farmed livestock.
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Definitely easier!
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Great photos, and the dead deer phases me not. I grew up around deer hunting. That bear scares me!
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Me tooooooo!
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That’s a great series of photos! I love the bear photo!
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The Captain took those with his little Fujipix. I wish I could lend him my better camera but it would get wrecked, bouncing around in the skiff, getting dropped in the water. Last time I uploaded the pics from the Fuji, the camera was VERY damp, but it’s made to be waterproof. Still, I wouldn’t want my Nikon to go through what the Fuji does. I love seeing bears too, but only at a respectable distance.
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Very nice pictures – nature pure!
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Great photos and post. I like looking at the reality of life, not sugar coated.
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The truth isn’t always pretty. In fact, it is downright gruesome sometimes. Honesty is the topic of my next post.
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Wonderful photos. Nature can seem cruel, but wolves don’t eat people. Extremely rare. Bears on the other hand…
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Yes, bears do, at times. An wolves will too if they’re hungry enough. A kayaker was attacked by a wolf on the west coast a few years ago. He managed to beat it back with a knife and call for help on his radio, but his hands were pretty badly chewed. I think the wolf was very hungry – a thin, lone female.
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What a story. So frightening! Yes, they really have to be ravenous to attack a human.
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Here is the link to the story:
https://www.pressreader.com/canada/times-colonist/20070801/281590941166037
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Thanks!
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I love the images of the fog and the cuddly little bear, Anneli. I do like having lots of nature around and don’t worry much about the predators, although I’m careful about the cougars when the grandchildren are about. One of my favorite sounds is the coyotes yipping outside my window at night. 😀
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I agree with you on all but the cuddly bear. I don’t think he would cuddle readily. Somehow a bear hug brings on a different emotion if there is any chance it could be real. But I agree, he looks cuddly. Funny thing about the coyotes yipping. It’s one of the things I love to hear when we’re camping, but I know they can be a real nuisance to farmers and ranchers. It’s all a fine balance.
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I was kidding about the cuddly bear. I have a healthy respect for them and keep my distance. I understand about the coyotes being a nuisance. Not around here much except to chickens, and it’s not only the coyotes that go after those. 🙂
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I know! Isn’t that why we have teddy bears? Because they look so cuddly? The coyotes though, they’re getting so brazen, coming into the outskirts of town. My brother doesn’t dare let his cats outside lest the coyotes get them (outskirts of Calgary). The coyotes come right into the subdivisions there. Same thing in Vancouver’s outlying areas.
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Beautiful photos, Anneli. I see stuff like that all the time where I live. We have to travel over 40 miles just to go to town, so we see road kill every day we go, and we have seen deer carcasses on the fish hatchery where we live plus other dead critters. I’ve become used to it. 🙂
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It’s different in the “real” world, isn’t it?
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It sure is, Anneli! 🙂
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The more realistic photograph is the only one I didn’t love. The others were mystical and magical, especially purple glowing ground and the purple sky “light.” 💜
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Interesting. Thanks for your honesty, Robin.
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Best to tell you that the deer carcass was just too “real,” Anneli.
Animals are delicious to other animals who are wild and humans (like I do eat meat.) 🤔
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Yes, I agree with you Robin. It wasn’t pretty to look at. I’ll keep that in mind.
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