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Can wolves cry

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Yes, wolves can bark. They can also howl, whine, and make other sounds. Wolves rarely bark like dogs. Instead they use a low-in-tone short bark, usually used to warn pack mates of intruders.

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Wolves can bark, though they are most famous for their howl. Many stories have wolves in them, and the wolf is often described as evil, like The Big Bad Wolf and the Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood. Wolves are misjudged for many things. They really aren't that bad...I have been studying them for three years, And I know a few things about them. In a pack, their barks and howls and growls help them, though some think that they are just doing it for fun. In a pack, wolves may howl at different pitches and volumes so that it sounds like there are more of them and that they are a stronger pack. That way, enemy and bordering wolf packs will know to stay out of their way because it seems like there are more of them. Wolves up in the snowy areas will bury their muzzle in the snow and howl so that their prey will think that the wolves are farther away, because the snow muffles their howl. Growls will warn other wolves to stay back. Whines will tell other members of the pack different things, at different pitches. Whelps (Wolf pups) whine the most of any member, though the adults and alphas and betas will whine in pain, if they smell something, etc. Barks often warn other wolves to stay back. I know that I'm saying more than you asked...oh, well.

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They do actually, a lot more often than most people realize. They also howl, whine, growl, and pretty much do anything else a normal dog can do. They bark just as often as they howl, but the bark is softer and quieter than the howl, which is why most people believe wolves don't bark and is the reason you may not hear them. Barking and other noises that wolves make signal different feelings and thoughts. Wolves bark when alarmed, trying to get the pups' or another pack member's attention, stressed, frightened, or even when they're on the hunt.

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Some wolves can bark like dogs, but most wolves use whines, growls, howls and yelping sounds to communicate. Barking seems to be a warning noise that, while made sometimes by wolves, has been made much more common when they were bred into dogs by early Humans.

A good example of this is the Alaskan Malamute, a pole dog which uses wolf-like communication but can make short, low-pitched barks. Unlike other dogs, who bark twice or twice, or even follow up their last bark with a howl, Malamutes bark only once in general.

Wolves can bark. It's just that it is much less frequent than domestic dogs.

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Yes, they can bark, but only in rare cases. Mostly they "bark" when warning the others in the pack of something dangerous, but it isn't really bark - it is more of a "moff".

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Yes. Just like your dog, they whimper when they are lonley or if they are sad.

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yes it can.

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