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...looks like the overgrown kid he is at heart. He's just silly enough to ride a motorized hot dog to a Hollywood premiere. His offices at Pixar's animation studios in Point Richmond, outside San Francisco, are host to a veritable convention of Buzz and Woody toys: Mech Warrior Buzz, Space Sheriff Woody, Space Claw Buzz, Snake Whippin' Woody. They're not just props: Lasseter checks each toy tied in to Pixar's films. "He plays as hard as he works," laughs Lasseter's co-director, Andrew Stanton...
Natural migration probably cannot restock Yellowstone, which is why the political jostling goes on. Big, burly Dave Mech, widely accepted as the world's leading authority on wolves, says Yellowstone is ideal for Canis lupus. Alston Chase, the cantankerous philosopher who wrote Playing God in Yellowstone, thinks the U.S. has a moral obligation to return wolves to the park. But the wolves' most effective ally may be Renee Askins, 30, of Moose, Wyo., a wildlife ecologist who stumps for an advocacy group she founded called the Wolf Fund...
Soon after establishing a base on the Kansas-size island, the men approached a pack. Mech immediately dropped flat on his belly and began whining loudly, both to get the wolves' attention and to convince them that he was no threat. For the next few days Mech and Brandenburg spent much of their time groveling, trying to win the wolves' acceptance. Eventually, the pack allowed the men to set up tents within...
...Mech and Brandenburg got to know the pack, they gave each wolf a name. Among them were Scruffy, a playful yearling who was picked on by his elders, and Mom, an easygoing female. At one point, Mom calmly watched as her puffball pups scrambled over Mech's feet, untying his shoelaces. Later, Brandenburg entered the den and photographed the babies while Mom waited outside...
Wolf experts have long known that a pack has a social structure, but Mech and Brandenburg got to observe it intimately. The pack is led by a dominant, "alpha," male and female, and every other wolf knows its place in the chain of command. Much of wolf home life is focused on teaching the pups to be competitive, while at the same time schooling them in the social graces of the hierarchy...