Young elk displays fancy dance moves in front of trail camera
On Monday we shared footage of a wary coyote that detected the presence of a remote trail camera and bounded comically away from the device.
On Friday, Yukon Wildlife Cams featured another clip showing a young elk reacting to a trail-cam far more enthusiastically. (See footage below.)
“In contrast to Monday’s coyote video, this young elk seems to enjoy the spotlight,” wrote David Troup, who maintains several cameras in Canada’s Yukon Territory. “If you’re outgoing and gregarious, learn how to make an entrance like this and you’ll be the life of every party.”
The grand entrance involves an impressive horizontal broad jump as the elk positions itself perfectly in frame. The critter then “prances and dances” in the background, as one commenter describes.
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Troup’s cameras, which showcase wildlife in remote portions of the Yukon, typically reveal purely natural animal behavior on game trails.
But as he mentioned in the coyote post, critters sometimes detect the cameras “whether it’s by sight, sound or smell,” and react accordingly.