“I see it before the wolves do.” A huge predator encroaches on a wolf pack. They have no choice but to confront it

Wolves are incredibly successful apex predators, taking down prey much larger than themselves with a kill rate of fourteen per cent.

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And in Canada’s frozen north, they make hunting giant buffalo herds look easy. As an apex predator, they don’t often become prey themselves. Except when it comes to black bears.

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These huge animals don’t pose a threat to the adult wolves – but one could easily take a stray pup.

So when a bear turns up near this wolf pack’s den, the pack has no choice but to try and work together to drive the bear away.

Watch the tense footage below.