Beaver narrowly escapes jaws of hungry wolf hunting it, ‘amazingly lucky’ video shows

A beaver in far northern Minnesota came within inches of a hungry wolf on the hunt, video shows. But researchers are calling the footage “amazingly lucky” for another reason. In the trail camera video, shared July 12 by the Voyageurs Wolf Project, a wolf is seen running along the lip of a pond, closing in on a beaver that seems, at least initially, unsure of what to do or where to go. At the last possible moment, the beaver flees down its dam, narrowly avoiding the wolf’s jaws, then escapes by jumping into a frigid pond, video shows.

Another exciting episode of what I would call more ‘Wolf porn’. But that;s just me.

This has been the talk of the town for a few days, what looks to be a narrow escape from a wolf by your average wile beaver:

A super-duper, amazingly lucky trail camera capture: we finally caught a wolf hunting a beaver on video!!! Check it out! We cannot overstate how rare such observations are. Of course, you might think we are exaggerating here so let us explain… pic.twitter.com/f8a9PhK2vQ

— Voyageurs Wolf Project (@VoyaWolfProject) July 12, 2023

Just remember that the dam structure this is filmed on and one that the wolves are running on was made and ,maintained by that beaver and his friends. Think about that.

I guess that’s what it feels like to be shot by the policeman  whose salary your tax dollars paid for.