摄影师抓拍到了一生难得一次的灰熊和狼的相遇

摄影师抓拍到了一生难得一次的灰熊和狼的相遇

Yellowstone National Park has always offered spectacular sights, but a recent one captured our attention in an exceptional way.

黄石国家公园总是提供壮观的景色，但最近的一个吸引了我们的注意，以一种特殊的方式。

A grizzly bear was enjoying a week-long picnic after drowning a huge bull elk and pulling it onto the Yellowstone riverbank.

一只灰熊在淹死了一只大公麋鹿后把它拖到了黄石河岸，这只灰熊正在享受为期一周的野餐。

Since the area is well visible from its surrounding, it had become a feast for photographers.

由于从周围可以清楚地看到该地区，它已成为摄影师的盛宴。

After hearing about the grizzly that took down a large bull elk, he couldn’t pass up the opportunity to see it through his own lenses. With an alarm set for 2 am, he was on the road half an hour later, arriving at the location by 6 am. Seth said it was still dark, so with a hot cup of noodles in hand, he got his trusty Sony camera and started waiting for daybreak. Soon, he could make out the “dark ball” laying across the river about 150 yards away. As the sun began to rise and the mist slowly subsided, Seth began shooting.

在听到灰熊杀死一头大麋鹿的消息后，他不能错过通过自己的镜头观察它的机会。闹钟设定为凌晨2点，半小时后，他上路了，6点到达了事发地点。赛斯说天还没黑，于是他拿着一杯热乎乎的面条，拿着他那台值得信赖的索尼相机，开始等待天亮。很快，他就能辨认出那个“黑球”躺在大约150码开外的河上。太阳开始升起，薄雾慢慢消退，赛斯开始拍摄。

But as if this wasn’t enough of a view, nature decided to delight him with another subject. A grey wolf walked out of the woods, probably after picking up on the scent of the large decaying animal, and Seth captured some of the greatest photos of his life.

但似乎这还不够，大自然决定用另一个主题来取悦他。一只灰太狼走出了树林，可能是闻到了这只正在腐烂的大狼的气味。赛斯拍下了他一生中最精彩的照片。

Seth Royal Kroft grew up in Montana and loved spending time in the mountains. Wildlife was just part of his everyday experience. So his photography journey started out very naturally, with a camera body and one medium-range lens. “I just took pictures of whatever animal I encountered,” he told Bored Panda. “Looking back, my early wildlife photos were atrocious, but that’s how you learn and grow. It was only recently that I actually purchased a ‘wildlife’ lens.”

赛斯·罗亚尔·克罗夫特在蒙大拿州长大，喜欢在山里度过时光。野生动物只是他日常生活的一部分。所以他的摄影之旅开始得非常自然，有了机身和一个中程镜头。他告诉Bored Panda网站说:“我只是给我遇到的任何动物拍照。”“现在回想起来，我早期拍摄的野生动物照片非常糟糕，但这就是你学习和成长的方式。”直到最近，我才真正买了一个‘野生动物’镜头。”

This was his first close encounter with a wolf. “It was very exciting. I have encountered black bears while camping a number of times over the years, but they are relatively harmless in most situations. I’ve only come across grizzly bears a few times and only in Yellowstone park. All that to say I will still generally carry bear spray on my person when hiking in potential bear country.”

这是他第一次与狼近距离接触。“这非常令人兴奋。多年来，我在露营的时候遇到过几次黑熊，但它们在大多数情况下都是相对无害的。我只在黄石公园遇到过几次灰熊。尽管如此，当我在可能有熊出没的地方徒步旅行时，我还是会随身携带防熊喷雾。”

Seth said the grizzly couldn’t have cared less about the intruder. “As large as it was, the grizzly knew a single wolf wasn’t any kind of threat. The wolf seemed to have a mischievous, playful demeanor. As if it was a game. It would slowly get as close as it could to the elk carcass, achieving a distance of mere inches from it before the bear would stir slightly and sent the wolf quickly retreating.”

赛斯说灰熊不可能不关心入侵者。尽管灰熊的体型很大，但它知道一只狼对它来说并不是什么威胁。这只狼似乎有一种顽皮、玩耍的行为，就像玩游戏一样。它会慢慢地尽可能地靠近麋鹿的尸体，直到离它只有几英寸的距离，然后熊会轻微地移动，让狼迅速撤退。”

Just like this time, most interactions between the three species involve food sources and are usually characterized by mutual avoidance. However, the behavior of the animals during interactions with each other can vary depending on their age, sex and reproductive status, prey availability, hunger and aggressiveness, numbers of animals, and previous experience in interacting with the other species. But most of the time, they’re pretty chill.

就像这次一样，这三种动物之间的大多数互动都涉及到食物来源，通常以相互回避为特征。然而，动物之间相互作用的行为可能会因它们的年龄、性别和生殖状况、猎物的可获得性、饥饿程度和攻击性、动物的数量以及与其他物种互动的经验而有所不同。但大多数时候，它们都很冷静。

Image credits: Seth Royal Kroft

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