Few noises are quite as famous as that of a wolf’s howl ringing out through the silent wild. But obtaining that bone-chilling call down rub evidently takes some practice.

Researchers from the Voyageurs Wolf Project, a group that aims to examine the habits of wolves in northern Minnesota, lately captured some adorable footage on among their forest cameras.

In it, a child wolf is seen coming close to the cam– before making his presence known with a couple of small howls.

” Listen to some of this wolf pup’s first howls from just a few weeks ago!” Voyageurs Wolf Project composed. “A little warning: The pup is pretty loud for only being 4-weeks old!”

Though the wolf puppy appears alone on camera, other wolves can be heard calling out, too– the little guy’s family, no question, using the noise to keep tabs on each other.

With any luck, from these humble howl beginnings, the puppy will one day call out with a grown-up voice, echoing via his wild home as it has for numerous generations before him.