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Yukon photographer documents caribou carrying dead rival locked in antlers

Peter Mather captured footage of a bull caribou wandering mountains with a dead competitor still attached after antlers became entangled.

newest coverage 11d agosummary written 11d ago5 pieces14 likes & upvotes Google NewsMastodon

What to know

  • A Yukon wildlife photographer documented two bull caribou with locked antlers, one dead, after a violent confrontation in the mountains south of Whitehorse.
  • The surviving caribou carried the carcass for four days while bears, wolves, foxes, golden eagles, and ravens scavenged it until only the head and antlers remained.
  • The caribou eventually wandered off with the remains still attached before disappearing.

Peter Mather Wildlife photographer

How it unfolded 2 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articlesposts

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    Scavengers feed on carcass over four days as survivor carries remains

    The surviving caribou fended off bears and wolves while foxes, golden eagles, and ravens fed on the carcass over four days. Eventually only the head and antlers remained attached to the living caribou before it disappeared.

    “The surviving caribou fended off bears and wolves, and over 4 days, fox, golden eagles, and ravens feasted on the carcass, until all that was left attached to the survivor was the head and antlers, then the caribou wandered off and disappeared.”
    — CStamp
    • CStamp@mastodon.social

      This is so cool. The surviving caribou fended off bears and wolves, and over 4 days, fox, golden eagles, and ravens feasted on the carcass, until all that was left attached to the survivor was the head and antlers, then the caribou wandered off and disappeared. “Yukon photographer captures footage of caribou carrying dead rival in its antlers”…

      CStamp@mastodon.socialMastodon11d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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    Peter Mather discovers locked caribou with one dead

    Wildlife photographer Peter Mather encountered a pair of bull caribou with antlers locked together in the mountains south of Whitehorse, with one of the animals already dead. He captured footage as the scene unfolded.

    “shocked to find a pair of bull caribou with antlers locked together, one of them dead…”
    — Peter Mather
    1. 1 outlet Yukon photographer captures footage of caribou carrying dead rival in its antlers | CBC News

      first by Mastodon, 11d ago

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  1. 2 outlets Yukon photographer captures caribou carrying remains after antler entanglement

    first by Yahoo News Canada, 12d ago · also CBC

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