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Like all animals, gray wolves have far too many adaptations to list them all. Even something as simple as blood's ability to clot is an adaptation. However, some unique adaptations of wolves include:

  1. Keen senses. They have an excellent sense of smell, great hearing, and good vision, even at night, all of which help them to locate prey and threats.
  2. Wolves live in packs, which makes them more effective hunters. They can also work together to protect each other and their cubs from enemies, such as bears and mountain lions.
  3. Wolves that live in cold climates, such as Canada and Alaska, have thick coats to stay warm. Additionally, they can decrease blood flow to the skin and thus heat loss during cold conditions. The pads on the bottom of each foot often come in contact with snow. During such conditions, the footpads are kept just a little warmer than the point where they would freeze, preventing frostbite but not causing the wolf to lose valuable heat to the snow.
  4. Wolves are fast runners. Unlike most animals, wolves are good endurance runners, too, and are able to chase prey rapidly for up to 20 minutes. This allows them to hunt by running their prey to exhaustion.
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