WOLVES
Mammal    -   Vertebrate   -    Carnivore

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GREY WOLF

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
  
• Have rounded ears
  
• Like to live in packs (usually less than eight members) and have a social structure
  
• 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 

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Male   ................................................   Dog
Female   .....................................  She-wolf.  Bitch
Young  .......................................   Cub. Pup. Whelp

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SIMILES
1.   As feared as a lone wolf
2.   As hungry as a wolf

COLLECTIVE NOUNS

1. A herd of wolves
2. A pack of wolves
   
3. A route of wolves
   

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IDIOMS, METAPHORS AND EXPRESSIONS

1. A lone wolf
   
2. A growing youth has a wolf in his belly
3. A wolf in sheep's clothing
4. Cry wolf
   
5. Hour of the wolf
6. Keep the wolf from the door
   
7. Keep the wolves at bay
8. Throw to the wolves
   
9. To wolf food down
10. Wolf down (something)
    
11. Wolf-whistle
12. When the wolf comes in the door, love creeps out the window

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A PACK OF WOLVES

WOLF

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