Hidden Mountain Lair | Home to a Wolf Family | Velebit
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- čas přidán 11. 03. 2020
- Velebit. I am still visiting those magnificent mountains. A lot of details reminds me of what happened to me there. After so many experiences over years, it is not easy to travel alone ... like I used to when it was my only way. Tin, my younger son travels with me more often, so together we visit this extraordinary wild space. It relieves my pain in the soul ... sadness because those beautiful times are gone. But it's natural. At that time, I was probably half, if not with all my soul, part of that wolf family. No one understood it and those who knew me were used to it, even when I would inadvertently neglect my own family. Seems that only one being was fully aware of it. Lik, that gray wolf who at the end ultimately decided to spend his entire life with me ... to his own end. With wolves in the wild, it is a completely different world and it is a special honor to experience it. I managed to capture a small part about that time with the only amateur camera available, which I could afford at that time with all the frequent travel expenses. This short video is just an extract from a longer one that will describe my relationship with the wolves even more thoroughly.
Although in the harshest setting, deep in the mountains, this humble wolf home provides all the members of this small family with enough warmth and love to survive
all the troubles of life. Existence and survival. When the wolf couple survives the winter, it's time for a new life. Even before the summer, there is a lot of activity in a hidden litter. And the mountain winds successfully hide all the sounds and noises of naughty cubs and their parents' possible quarrels ... whimpering because of the pain of growing teeth, inflated bellies when overeating, parasites when changing their diet as they stop sucking, or mum's rejection by growling because their teeth hurt her tits. As soon as cubs grow up a bit, the mother no longer feeds on milk, but brings in prey that is half digested and offers young and later larger pieces to nibble on their own. Then there is a loud fight over the food that have been brought to them. They growl and fight between each other, creating the status relations of each other. While the father mostly stays "home", the mother goes "shoping" because who knows if he knows what to find. Then especially if cubs sleep the wolf hides the remaining food in the den, burying it as a reserve for later, which often fails because they are often really capable of finding it. It is hard to imagine such a caring and self-sacrificing mother what a she was at such a time. She keeps her offspring as the greatest treasure possible. And she still has the strength to maintain a peaceful, secure home for her entire family. It turns out that the male is lazy, but I have seen him, even when his cubs grow up and over a year old, throw out everything he has in his stomach, whenever he meets them. Proud of his offspring. An essential part of the upbringing is allowing them to climb on him, pulling him by the tail, biting his ears as if they were all allowed. In fact, such the father pretends to be more of an authority on the offspring because of order and upbringing, and in his heart, tenderness is not lacking at all. Parents, because of their busyness and concern for the cubs, rarely have opportunities for their own peace, desires and passions, and often inadvertently fall into short-term conflict. The male thus turns out to be even more rude, especially when he first takes a meal before them all... but in fact he is a guarantee of their safety and protection and needs to be satiated, ready, strong and capable to defend them of any risk. With the growth of the wolf, the need to expand the space and eventually seek better hunting grounds comes, so the danger is more pervasive. Danger from people. And indeed, looking for me who they thought was an uncle at the time or some close relative that helps ... Lacha was injured.
Hunters shot her. I tried my best in the coming fall and winter and for the whole next year to help them survive. I would bring them food when traveling from home when ever I had the opportunity. I was not aware that I was actually feeding the bear family either, because wolves no longer needed my help. They have already become independent.
Years later, wandering those mountains alone and often exhausted, I would notice a kind of unreal scenes, the outlines of figures in the forms of rocks, shadows in leaves, clouds ... hoping, however, subconsciously that I would meet them.
I didn't mind that they doubted why I was behaving like that, although I was in fact really sorry about that. By the signs of their presence I always knew where they were, but in every way I would avoid possible encounters in order to search for me again and then run into the wrong people. And today I'm happy to see any fresh sign of presence ... that's all I need.
It is a success if only one survived.
Velebit. Mnogima ne treba spominjati što to ime znači. Još uvijek odlazim u te veličanstvene planine. Naravno, neizmjerno me puno toga podsjeća na sve što mi se tamo događalo. Nakon toliko iskustava tijekom toliko puno godina nije lako putovati sam ... sam kao nekad kada mi je to bilo jedini način. Bila su to lijepi dani. Navru sjećanja ... i emocije. Tin, moj mlađi sin, češće putuje samnom pa zajedno posjetimo taj poseban divlji prostor. To olakša bol u duši ... tugu što su ta lijepa vremena nepovratno prošla. No i to je prirodno. Tada sam vjerojatno polovicom ako ne i cijelom svojom dušom bio dio te vučje obitelji. I čini se da mi je bilo neizmjerno puno stalo do njih. A odgovornost da ne spominjem. Preuzeo sam sve njihove strahove i strepnje ... naročito stalan oprez koji im je urođen. Nitko to nije shvaćao no oni koji su me znali navikli su na to pa čak i kad bi nehotice gotovo zanemario vlastitu obitelj. I zaista, bio sam kao otet, odvojen od svojih a čini se da je samo jedno biće toga potpuno bilo svjesno. Lik, taj velebitski sivi vuk koji je naposljetku sam odlučio provesti čitav svoj život samnom ... do kraja. Nije se bilo lako vratiti u život s vlastitom vrstom, ljudskom vrstom kojoj pripadam.
S vukovima u divljini nešto je potpuno drugo i posebna je čast doživjeti taj svijet.
Srećom, jedan mali dio uspio sam zabilježiti tada jedinom dostupnom amaterskom kamerom koju sam stalno nosio uz sebe. Rabljena kamera bila je sve što sam si tada uz sve troškove čestih putovanje mogao priuštiti. Ovaj kratki video je samo isječak iz dužeg filma koji će s jednog drugačijeg aspekta još temeljitije opisati moje odnose s vukovima.
Iako u najsurovijem ambijentu, duboko u planinama taj skroman vučji dom pruža svim članovima te male obitelji dovoljno topline i međusobne ljubavi da prežive sve moguće nedaće života. Preživljavanje i opstanak.
Kad vučji par preživi zimu vrijeme je za novi život. I pred ljeto postaje živo u skrivenom leglu. I planinski vjetar uspješno skriva sve zvukove i šumove nestašnih vučića i eventualne prepirke njihovih roditelja... cvilež zbog boli kod izrastanja zubića, napuhanih trbuščića kad se prejedu, parazita kod promjene prehrane kad prestaju sisati ili mamino odbijanje režanjem jer joj sise ranjavaju zubima. Čim malo odrastu majka više ne hrani mlijekom već donosi plijen i napola probavljen nudi mladima a kasnije već i veće komade da svaki samostalno grizu. Tad se čuje glasna borba oko pljena koji im je donesen. Reže i tuku se stvarajući već tada međusobne statusne odnose. Dok otac uglavnom ostaje čuvati leglo vučica odlazi u "nabavu" jer tko zna dal bi on znao što treba uloviti. Tada vuk skriva preostalu hranu u brlogu zakopavajući je kao rezervu za kasnije, što često ne uspije jer mu oni sposobniji već pronađu i otmu. Tako brižnu i požrtvovnu majku kakva je vučica u takvo doba, teško je zamisliti. Svoje potomke čuva kao najveće moguće blago. I još ima snage za održavati miran, osiguran dom cijeloj svojoj obitelji. Ispada da je mužjak lijen no vido sam ga da čak kad mu mladunci odrastu i preko godine dana, izbaci im sve što ima u želucu, uvijek kad ih sretne. Ponosan na svoje potomstvo. Bitan dio odgoja je dopuštanje da se penju po njemu, vuku ga za rep, grizu mu uši kao da im je sve dopušteno. Otac se zapravo pred potomcima više pretvara kao autoritet zbog reda i odgoja a u njegovom srcu, nježnosti zapravo uopće ne manjka. Roditelji, zbog zauzetosti i brige zbog nestašluka mladunaca rijetko imaju prilike za vlastiti mir, želje i strasti a često nehotice upadnu u kratkotrajan sukob. Mužjak tako još više ispada grub, naročito kad prvi uzima obrok a tek onda vučići ...no zapravo on je garancija njihove sigurnosti i zaštite i treba biti sit, spreman, snažan i sposoban za svaki rizik. Stasanjem vučića dolazi potreba širenja prostora i eventualno traženje boljih lovišta pa je opasnost istovremeno sveprisutnija. Opasnost od ljudi. I zaista tražeći upravo mene kojeg su tada smatrali nekavim ujakom, stricem ... Lača je ranjena. Na sve sam se načine trudio dolazeću jesen i zimu i cijelu slijedeću godinu da im pomognem preživjeti. Donosio bi im hranu putujući od doma kad got bi imao mogućnosti. Nisam bio svjestan da zapravo hranim i medvjeđu obitelj jer vukovima više moja pomoć i nije bila potrebna. Već su se osamostalili. Godinama kasnije lutajući tim planinama sam i često iscrpljen, uočavao bi nestvarne prizore, obrise likova u oblicima stijena, sjenama u lišću, oblacima ... nadajući se ipak potsvjesno da ću ih sresti. Znao sam da me prate. Nije mi smetalo što su sumnjali zašto se tako ponašam iako mi je stvarno zbog toga bilo žao. Po tragovima sam uvijek znao gdje su no na sve načine izbjegavao bi moguće susrete ne bi li me opet tražili pa onda naletjeli na krive ljude.
I danas sam sretan kad got im vidim svjež trag ili znak prisutnosti ... Uspjeh je ako je i samo jedan preživio.
Pavle hvala vam opet na videouratku i informacijama koje se, da ih kod vas ne nađemo, teško mogu igdje pronaći. Vidjeti ove snimke je nešto posebno, a tek pročitati vaš tekst oduzima dah jer me svaki put iznova zapanjuje koliko ste toga zapravo prošli s vukovima. Drago mi je i da vaš Tin ide s vama na Velebit! Ako ikad budete u prolazu Gackom dolinom slobodno mi se javite! Svratite na domaće police i slaninu. A i pokoju rakijicu. 😎
Lijepi pozdrav!
Draga Jelena, upravo sam tim iskustvom naučio sve ovo što spominjete. Sa strahom potenciranim od svih ljudi koji su živjeli na predrasudama, počeo sam odgajati to vučje štene kad sam ga kao siroče kupio preko oglasa u Večernjaku...da ga ne ubiju. Bila je to 1980. Zapravo, dogodilo se da je u narednih 18 godina on odgojio mene a ja sam mu samo dao ime.
Zaboravlja se da smo stvoreni da živimo zajedno na ovom malom planetiću i to je jedina istina i zakon bez obzira kako nazivali onoga koji ga je postavio.
Puno pozdrava i hvala na razumijevanju koje se zaista rijetko može doživjeti u mnoštvu neistina, laži i bolesne mašte na ovim mrežama.
E moj Marko, rakijica bi možda baš dobro došla , naročito ona naša ...
Znao sam da će vam biti drago kroz ovaj film, posjetitii dom našeg uvijek ponosnog ličkog vuka.
Upravo na njega svi bi mi morali biti najviše ponosni.
Čuvaj ga Liko moja da opstane!
@Jelena Osijek HR englezi su snimili nece nasi czcams.com/video/HMvcmjRQaGY/video.html
Zapravo, došli na gotovo nakon što sam potpuno sam sa svojim divljim glumcima 18 godina snimao da bi s englezima zajedno montirao u Bristolu tijekom 3 godine.
Na zahtjev BBC produkcije film je morao imati čak u naslovu "Dnevnik Pavla Balenovića" uz onaj malo provokativan The Wolf MAn" Ne bi si mogli dopustiti nikakve naknadne tužbe u smislu autorskih prava. Kod nas je sve moguće pa čak možda iz jala ispustiti lovu iz ruku pa taman da i samom sebi namjenjenu. I ništa se nije nit neće promijeniti. Pa nama je još "gledanje nogometa" glavna sportska aktivnost. Zdrav duh u zdravom tijelu (sa Žujom u ruci i svim reklamnim podvalama kojima nas teroriziraju. Prvi po pretilost ... e moji hrvati.
Pavle ti si naš Žak Kussto , sretno i uživaj u svom poslu a i mi svi koji gledamo uživamo gledajući prelijepu prirodu naše mitske planine Velebita !
Kad nađeš vremena "prolistaj" ovaj kanal. Tu sam objavio oko 140 kraćih i dužih video-filmova.
Prilično sam se trudio da podijelim s ljudima dio svojih iskustava koja su srećom snimljena.
Hvala ti puno.
Too Beautiful!
Thanks for the comment. You are always welcome.
❤
...ove snimke su nastale doslovno među njima, bliže ni ne može .... lijep pozdrav.
Very sweet movie. I didn't know that they could be so close
Try to imagine how much time, patience, risk and what sorts of skills and experience are invested into this short video. They trusted me completely what is visible ... they never show that I am there with them holding the camera. The bonding between them all is far, far stronger than among people.
Thanks for watching. You are welcome.
Skrivena vučija intima kakvu sam vrlo rijetko na filmu vidio. A u živo nikada. Jako lijepo
Hvala ti puno. Puno bi se toga još moglo dodati no tek sad postajem svjestan koliko sam toga uspio vremenom slikovno zabilježiti. Nadam se da ću imati dovoljno snage i vremena da svoja iskustva objavom podijelim na ovoj mreži. Lijep pozdrav.
Hello friend, I hope you are very well. What a great video, wolves are absolutely cool and interesting mammals, especially their behavior in packs. Those images are excellent. The young are very beautiful. Thanks for sharing it with all of us. I send you a big hug from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Facundo.
I am really glad that you enjoyed watching this short video. You wouldn't believe how much time and efforts It took me to realize it. Sorry for the footage isn't uploaded in any higher quality ... in the time when I filmed that the HD resolution wasn't even invented. The only we could afford was the old VHS format.
But, I must say I am glad and proud that I managed to edit it and share to those like you are.
At the moment I have some repairs to finish on my old vehicle and hope will soon continue my visits to the mountains. I still have a lot of plans and ideas on filming the wildlife I know well, there.
Thanks for the comment...you are always welcome my friend.
Svaka cast Pavle ! Odlican video , definitivno ste bili clan ove vucije porodice ! Sve najbolje , zivjeli 🍺
Iskreno, tek mi je sad postaje jasno koliko sam duboko ušao u odnose između tih veličanastvenih životinja.
Nisam nikad mogao vjerovati da će mni život krenuti tim putem i da ću doživjeti takva iskustva i povjerenje tog svijeta.
Kao da je bilo sve u nekom snu ... tako mi se čini kad sam gledam svoje filmove. Čini se da sam se vratio u civilizaciju.
Navdušen sem nad tvojimi filmi, so preprosto fantastični!!! Pozdrav!
Nemrem, ti ni približno reči kolko truda sam u njih uložil. Rizik da ne spominjem.
Fala ti puno na komentaru.
Good evening. Wow, amazing! . Bear family and wolf family. What a cute wolf kids! I want many of them to grow up.
友Thank you for the wonderful video. Have a nice weekend. Tomotugu
Thanks Tomotugu for watching , I am really glad you like it. You can't imagine what and what kind of efforts I invested into filming these shots. The only reward is the experience I gained and understanding from my viewers. You are always welcome. (Pavle B.)
@@PavleBalenovic
I sincerely respect your efforts. I look forward to your future success. Best regards.
@@gutumoto3
Thanks you my friend.
Great video!!!
Thanks and welcome.
The wolf pups are energetic n so very cute
Whenever I watch this scene it reminds me how much time and efforts I have to invest into filming it. The risks involved aren't needed to be mentioned.
Anyway, I am very glad you enjoyed watching it.
@@PavleBalenovic actually I was smittened by a wolves from another channel but they didn't have any more videos. So, I went hunting for more videos until I found you channel recently. Appreciate, the risks you took n the dedication involved. Thank you
@@agneslee5561 You are always welcome.
Have seen the video and I have read the story that you have described and it has impressed me. You remind me of the Spanish Félix Rodriguez de la fuente.
Thank you very much for showing us those wonderful scenes.
I really like nature, and that's why here you have a friend
Greetings
Tanks for these nice words, indeed and the friendship offered.
Nature is in fact the way I live. On my channel here you can find whole lots that proves that. The video you watched is just a detail so please, take a time and check the rest of my uploads. Hope you will like them.
You are always welcome.
Well I am blown away. You have never shown this remarkable and intimate footage before. This is truly incredible to see this wolf family dealing with the reality of living in that hidden environment which, I believe, you chose, to keep them safe from hunters. Well you certainly did a remarkable job not only by doing this but documenting this time in your life with a camera. It doesn't really matter what kind of camera was available to you at the time. It's the footage that counts and it really is remarkable what scenes you captured; scenes that are fantastic memories of a time that is no longer possible in this day and age. Thank you, dear Pavle, for shedding a light on those memories.
ywm
Knowing you, I was sure completely you will love that scene. You can't even imagine what the efforts I invested to make it. And sure, I do not believe it would be possible to film such ever again no matter how I would try. In those days I was absolutely aware that something like that was worth recording so I did my best to succeed. As I mentioned, this is just a small extract from more than 2 hours long video that I am still working on, trying to complete the voice-over but at the moment as you know I am not able to speak well. Perhaps, this is the sign that it is not the right time for publishing now. But I would really like you too see it as soon as possible. YWM
@@PavleBalenovic
I'm sure you will succeed at some point to make it all come together. As you are fond of telling me...patience...patience are the magic words, my dear that will truly make it happen. I know how important this is for you and I wish you all the luck in the world
ywm
@@temp24Lno5Thank you my dear WM.
Odlican video,Volim velebit jer se tamo moze uvijek nesto zanimljivo naći 👍😊
Istina, Velebit je mnogima inspiracija. Hvala na komentaru.
Genial tu canal. Felicitaciones 👏
Thank you for the comment.Take a time, please and check the rest of my uploads. Hope you will enjoy my adventures and experience recorded over years. You are always welcome.
Gorgeous footage!
Thanks. Take a time and check the rest of my uploads.
You're always welcome.
Great filming,I spend about 8 years in kuterevo, spend some time in velebit too in a two day snow blizzard but it looked to me and my white maltesed as a magical mountain forest,almost like in a dream,thank you for sharing🙏❤🤗
Glad to hear that. Poor bears in Kuterevo beneath the mountain. There are hunting stands all over around that wait for wild bears attracted by those fenced in the refugee center. The same it is today all around the National park ... on the borders riffles are waiting ... many video uploads posted even on this network prove that illegal activity.
I fell myself so sad and sorry for changes that happen on that magnificent mountain bring unrepairable damage mostly.
Through the last years I am trying hard to grab any possible chance to visit those well known places. Less and less wildlife can be seen. Even the climate changed so there is not as much snow in winters as it used to be in the past. I am very glad that I managed to spend so much time in the wild and succeeded to film at least some footage. The experience gained can't be measured and compared with any school. Take a time, please and check the rest of my uploads. I haven't been quite creative this year because of the actual health problems all over the world but hope to continue editing once the situation clears up. There is huge archive prepared and a lot more I'd like to share.
Thanks for watching and welcome.
@@PavleBalenovic goodmorning Pavle, thank you for your reply,for myself travelling between Kuterevo and the Netherlands became a sort of time travelling,the ancient natural habitat and the new world, I am sorry for what happened during the war due to the intervention of America and Europe,after the war they should have provided mental health care for all the trauma's and suffering but as always the politicians neglected it,
To me your wolf family gave freely and contributed to your well being wich can not express with human words, the world does not understand me and I feel more at home with all animals,they always sense my open heart and are happy as I share my food with them, I will share your video of your diary with your wolf family, it's interesting to see that the natural world is not suffering from this covid 19 ghost,simply by observing,wish you a happy family christmas gathering and best wishes for the new year,take care and thank you for sharing your life experience and as the time is entering for the brown bear to go into his den,for humans this time can be translated as a time for self-reflection and going within it's awareness of consciousness,love and peace to you all❤☯️🌅
@@royvanzadel2987 Thank you very much for all these words. Again, You are always welcome.
Happy Christmas and all the best in 2021.
Dear Pavle, it is so impressive that You were able to film these scenes. No wonder You feel these recordings like a dream. Once I must find the time to watch Your BBC documentary, because I am very interested in it. I also read the description of this video, and I perfectly agree with Your conclusions. I feel very touched when I watch Your videos.
It is nice to receive such the message ... it is quite needed support for often I wasn't feeling myself well accepted especially by modern media. Even scientists in a way didn't like me much. It happened that even hunters changed their view upon killing wolves while scientists claiming something different from my experience being too proud were trying to avoid mentioning me. My story on wolves is real life story.
Hope you can recognize it watching my uploads. There is much more I still plan to share in public...
more on wolves from my own archive and more newly recorded footage from my recent visits to the mountains. Hope that will interest you.
I do not remember if I already wrote You that I studied biology until I got the PhD, but after finishing the studies I was not sure to have studied life as I hoped. After some years I understood that there are things that cannot be studied by dividing and cutting what is one entity. Those things are not included in university books. Apparently wonderful documentaries are actually unnatural, made by causing stress on the environment and pursuing an objective. However, the complex way of living of some animals, and wolves are special in this sense, can be understand only by plain observation, which is nearly impossible. You succeeded in this by dedicating so much of Your life. That is real biology, and You have my full respect and appreciation.
Truly honest words and thank you for them.
I greatly appreciate such a comment.
What I have to thank you the most is understanding ... by all means, especially for the efforts I invested into those magnificent creatures to raise them up so that they would succeed to survive in the wild themselves alone. I started filming my experience to save it for the future although it wasn't planned but I was aware that some day it will be worth a fortune because something like that will hardy be repeated ever again. I tried to contact so called experts and scientists but I simply had no time waiting to find nor organize them. I doubt anyone would join me and risk that much as I did and for so long period of time. Alone with whole lot of responsibility for what I started. But it turned to be the only and the best possible way to complete the idea.
And yes, this is real biology what even most of the scientists will never be aware of.
There is much more I'd like to share just for the sake of wolves and their survival but believe I didn't find the experts who could ask me real or deeper question ...
There is still more I have to upload ... I hope, I'll be able to share more adventures and knowledge gained on my own experience in this domain. You're welcome.
What a lovely location and beautiful documentation of the wild beings. They are so gorgeous and the flowers, sounds, wind makes me to think that I am in that place now! Thanks for this video!!
Nice to receive the message with such the words. I do not believe you can imagine what time, the efforts and risks I had to invest in filming to succeed making such the scene.
Take a time and check the rest of my uploads here. There are much more I believe worth watching, filmed and edited with the same love for wildlife and nature in general.
You are always welcome.
Live this vlog .... its beautiful and uplifting
Thank you very much. You are always welcome.
so great - wonderful images - many thanks dear Pavle - beautiful nature... love your videos :) - all the best my friend - wish you a great week - warm greetings from Lower Bavaria - Petra
Oh, I haven't heard from you for quite awhile, Petra. Welcome back. As you perhaps noticed I haven't been quite creative these days , year even so not much new uploads can be found on this site. The situation that occupied our thoughts is not pleasant at all. I planned to visit my mountains and had a lot ideas for this year but I didn't realized much. Hope this will change in the future.
Thank you for the message, take care an stay safe,. I wish you all the best and a lot of joy in the future. (PB)
Every time I am amazed by how close you could come to these wolves. Always great to see one of your beautiful adventures in those fast mountain the Velebit. Big like from me, greetings Yoël
I think that it is quite obvious that they did not care about me at all nor they ever looked into the camera I was holding. It wasn't easy nor simple to move there among them that long and so often although they accepted me completely. They trusted me so much that I still can't believe what kind of bonding that was.
But there is much more I prepared to share and hope I'll have enough patience and time for editing and publishing. Thanks ... you are always welcome.
Wonderful footage. Great video. Enjoyed watching Irene.
I am very glad you enjoyed watching it. This is just a small extract taken from quite long video
on my relationship and experience with wolves. Hope soon I'll manage to edit the voice-overs and complete it for sharing. Till then take a time and check the rest of my uploads if you please.
Most of them are about my "adventures" and experiences from the wild what could interest you.
Thanks. You are always welcome.
Stvarno lijep video,Velebit je divan, volim planine i vukove, koje sam nazalost samo u zoo vrtu vidio,suma je bogata onoliko koliko ima stanovnika...!
Hvala vam puno na komentaru i lijep pozdrav Žepču.
:) hvala Pavle na slikama i zvuku :)
Trudim se, ... ta je planina zaslužila da ju bar vjerno prikažemo.
Hvala na gledanju.
Bravo, Pavle! U tvojim uradcima ne vidim samo ono što si snimio već i ljubav prema onom što snimaš.
Zapravo, ne vjerujem da bi išta čovjek mogao bar uspješno napraviti bez ljubavi ili kako god to nazivali.
Na taj način čak i najveće rizike zaboravljaš i uspiješ ostvariti cilj.
Hvala ti Zorane na komentaru i lijep pozdrav.
Wonderful encounters and experiences. Very well filmed and edited. Congrats.
Best regards, Knut.
In a way, I feel sorry for in that time there were no such the quality recording devices available not even invented. Nature deserves to be recorded the best possible way but I am glad that I managed to save those precious moments no matter what the format is. The footage collected by the time proves something that would be hard to believe if it wasn't filmed. Although it is my real life story even to me it looks like a dream, now. Thanks for watching.
@@PavleBalenovic
You're welcome. Thank you.
Amazing video. Greetings my friend
I am very glad you enjoyed watching it. You can't imagine what the efforts are invested
into filming and editing this short video. Thank you for the comment.
bonitas imagenes un saludo.
Thank you very much and welcome.
@@PavleBalenovic thanks!! greetings from Spain!!
@@wildlifenaturespainchannel5462 Take a time and check the rest of my uploads. They are in fact the extracts from my own video archive collected through many years. There is still a lot of footage to be edited that I plan to publish. Besides, I have a lot of ideas that are initiated long ago that I would like to continue realizing out in the wild.
Again, you are always welcome.
@@PavleBalenovic Of course, I´ll follow your channel, is very good!! Greetings my friend!!
Back in memory lane.. you have had an amazing experience there. I'm looking forward to the whole story. Very special footage, thanks for sharing
Oh yes ... there is still huge archive with far more details about that story on wolves, waiting to be shared.
Hope, I will manage to publish it for my viewers, those who are able to understand.
Thanks.
@@PavleBalenovic I would never understand your relation with that wolf family. It is too amazing...
The wolfs in holland are doing sort of ok. The pubs have grown up, atleast one has been killed by a car. There's now this one family resident permanent and in another location is a lone female who doesn't move territory.
There is more you will have to see ... that will perhaps explain what was my relation with them alike. Hope, I'll manage to upload as much as I will be able to.
Glad to hear about the wolves there though honestly , I am sorry in a way for all what they can get there isn't promising. They need wilderness and Europe in general doesn't have it nor ever will. ... except if nature won't start sorting things out and cleans all the environment. Seems like some signs of that are quite obvious. We have forgotten whose rules have to be respected but the reality will soon teach us all.
@@PavleBalenovic much water will flow before all those involved will accept the wolf back in this country. So far so good, they have been here over a year. Many say now is the time to reall connect all the little reserves so that deer, boar and wolves can go about their business. Much work has already been done but the 2008 crisis put a stop to that way of thinking. But the wolves came anyway 🤫😄.
Good luck with the work on that film. Must be a lot of work getting all the tape digital and then in a nice flowing film. Like we are used from you.
I know that people in the countries like yours are above the level of many regions around.
Because of many things modern life offers today most of them will remain closer to simple, primitive way of living not even needing much intelligence. Although in my country wolves are protected by law as endangered species the reality doesn't care much about it. Most do not even understand why would we take care about nature in general, wildlife, wolves especially.
It was yesterday when we were shooting them as pest. I read in books that in UK they killed their last wolf in 17th century ... from that time they are trying to introduce if only a pack back.
But most of damages can't be repaired, ever.
It happens that some of those magnificent species appear unexpected because of many reasons. Disorientated, lost in panic, gone from where they can't find mates to join or simply because climate changed. Animals can see the future better than we and this can be the sign ... or warning.
Through those 18 years spent with Lik there were many interesting details I remember.
Once I was away for whole the month, thousand kilometers from home working on an French movie. (stunt on horses). The production entered into financial problem and together with bad weather that didn't suit for filming the remaining scenes the short meeting was organized to agree what to do. My mother called me on a phone to ask what is going on. I didn't know whether I will stay more or return home and informed her so. She answered ... "No, I know you are coming home to morrow for sure so get ready, pack your bags. "How do you know that ?" ...I asked her.
She said: "Lik is howling all the day long and even your friends in adjacent cafe have heard him howling, knowing what that meant ... same happened many times before.
From almost attacking me when I brought the cub home, through all those years, it seams like my neighbors became almost proud having the wolf in the area.
In a way I miss them now although I do not have the right to feel so
for we must all be aware where do they really belong.
Thanks my friend.
Lijepi video, mora biti obostrano dobro povjerenje da bi se tako nešto snimilo
Ne znam s koliko bi to riječi mogao nazvati no bilo je i slaganja i neslaganja
no nije bilo druge već ostati zajedno u nekakvoj međusobnoj toleranciji.
U kakvu se čvrstu vezu to kroz godine pretvorilo ni sam ne mogu vjerovati.
Teško bi bilo vjerovati da nije snimljeno.
Da li su posle 1999. postali zaštićeni, kao vrsta? S obzirom na to da je deo postao nacionalni park?
U vrijeme kad sam posljednje Likovo štene vraćao u divljinu (kako opisuje film "The Wolfman- Dnevnik Pavle Balenovića"" na ovom kanalu")
vukovi su kod nas već bili potpuno zaštićeni. Tako je i danas bez obzira radi li se o nacionalnom parku ili ne.
Ipak , unatoč svemu čini se da ih je polako sve manje. Sve je manje divljine i mira za divljač općenito, možda i zbog tog rastućeg turizma kojem se ova zemlja okreće zbog zarade, naravno. Kako će biti u budućnosti pitanje je?
Pozdrav i hvala na komentaru.
@@PavleBalenovic Hvala Vama na odgovoru. I na priči koju ste podelili s nama.
Thats not Wolves ! Thats are Wolfes and Dogs Mix
OK, if you say so. Perhaps you know that better than me.
People have seen all kinds of "replacement wolves" through various movies even documentaries so they don't even know what a real Gray wolf looks like, especially when it's in his summer fur.
Thanks for commenting.
sori na smetnji, možda će Vas zanimati, pozzz
www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/24/landscape-of-fear-why-we-need-the-wolf-rewilding-scotland
Smetnja nikako. Hvala na linku iako mi je poznat sadržaj.
Pozdrav i hvala.
Hello Pavle, Thank you for sharing , wonderful nature with this Wolf Family +++ very beautiful images In return, I'd like toshare one of my videos on : Gerfaut7 dh a fireworks display on biodiversity Friendships from France Didier
Thanks. I just checked your video and left my comment.
You are welcome.
Beautiful beautiful, in our mountains of Bulgaria, the stupid people unfortunately they killed most of the wild life. We also have beautiful nature, but most of the people are not good, which is shame, they treating the animals bad. Currently living in UK, people respect the wild life here and looking after it
Oh yes, there is not much difference between your and mine country. A lot of wild areas are destroyed as well as wildlife. Wolves are legally protected, but far too many are gone. Similar things happened in the past with all European countries. They all destroyed their nature so now they can only cry for what they have lost ... lost once forever. There is no way back.
Times are changing but I don't see any better treatment of the wildlife all over Europe. Promises are only empty words
and that can't save nature.
@@PavleBalenovic Unfortunately the situation in Europe is like that, the governments are hypocrites and they don’t care. At least there are continents, where the wildlife is still present. But this wild wolf family is very beautiful, very good captures, how far you’ve been from them to catch so close and quality videos
@@superhard6606 To be short and honest, I raised the entire pack with my own hands and managed to release them into the wild at the right time. It is evident from the footage that it was filmed from very close range and without zooming. The secret is that they accepted me as one more member of the family.
It was the same years later. I think that for such shots, other solutions would not ever be successful. I spent nights and nights and even years wandering with them through those mountain areas that became their new home.
I am proud to have had the honor of being with them and watching them up close.
I can't thank them enough for the experience they gave me.
@@PavleBalenovic wow that’s sound so kind, so warm so beautiful. God bless. You still visiting them
? Are they still present ?
❤
Hvala puno !