WOLVES
Mammal - Vertebrate - Carnivore
Mammal - Vertebrate - Carnivore
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WOLF
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Young: Cub, Pup, Whelp
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WOLVES
- Are meat eaters - eating large and/or small animals - such as moose, deer, elk and caribou.
- Also eat fish, muskrats, shrews, shellfish, mice and birds.
- Hide extra food in the snow or icy soil to help preserve it.
- Live in forests and woods in cold climates, mostly in the United States, Russia, Canada and Greenland. Timber Wolves lives in forests.
- A wolf pack is very territorial and defends its territory against other wolves.
- Have rounded ears.
- Like to live in packs (usually less than eight members) and have a social structure.
- In places where there are plenty of large animals to catch, a pack may contain up to 30 wolves.
- Hunting in a pack means that the wolves can kill prey much larger than themselves
- Pups are born in April and May and the average litter size is 4-7 pups.
- All members of the pack take care of the pups.
- Can trot at 5-10 miles per hour, almost indefinitely.
- Are generally docile animals and have a strong aversion to fighting.
- In addition to howling, wolves bark, yap, whine and growl.
- In the winter, the tail helps to keep its face warm.
- Actually have a low hunting success.
- Members of the pack will 'babysit' pups while their parents are out hunting.