I found this pride on my badlands expedition. Though hesitant at first, once I successfully initiated mating with their alpha, their breeding instincts kicked in and they made the most of a limited opportunity. It was three days before they bored of me a
This is one of our PhD candidates, who spent the winter gathering data on wild female winter survival strategies. She has gotten used to interacting with wild females (and the cold) while nude, but still tries to preserve some modesty around camp. I fear
When I presented myself to the female on the left, she ran off and I thought I was out of luck. Turns out she was just fetching her pride mates to give her alpha the chance to mate first. Fairly typical behavior, but adorable nonetheless.
