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Wolves
A carnivore related to the jackal and domestic dog, two species of wolves are recognized. One is C. lupus, the gray or timber wolf, which was once widely distributed in North America, Europe, and Asia. The other is Canis lupus rufus, the red wolf, which now only occurs in northeastern North Carolina and on St. Vincent's Island off the Gulf Coast of Florida.
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Wolves breath from their lungs (like us) breath from their nose (like us) and breath from their mouth,or snouts, or muzzles (like us)
They have lungs and breathe through their nose like us.
Same way you do.
Through their mouth and nose.
Why is the wolf's speed important to its survival?
They are predatory animals. They need speed to catch their prey.
In areas where there are elk, they force the elk to move around and to be on guard. This is good for vegetation, because without the fear of being eaten, elk will ravish one area before moving on. If they destroy much of the vegetation in an area (specifically the deciduous trees), they eliminate shade needed by fish in streams, make food source harder to find for beavers, which, without their dams, disrupts other stream life. Fewer or no wolves means more deer. More deer means more problems with deer within human settlements. Fewer wolves mean more human run-ins with mountain lions, since they will have little reason not to come down from the high country.
In hunting they tend to kill the weaker and sick members of the herds they hunt; leaving the stronger ones alive giving them a better chance to live and breed
What is more dangerous a pack of wolves or a herd of cows?
A herd of cows. You can scare off wolves with a gun, or fire, but cows you can shoot at them, but they wont stop. No matter what.
How old are wolves when they have babies?
Wolf pups are gradually weaned after about 2 weeks of nursing. The milk from nursing is supplemented by regurgitated food while their milk teeth are developing, and they become fully weaned after about 10 weeks.
What is the weather like in the habitat of the gray wolf?
In every kind of climate. They mostly live in: SAD, Alaska, a part of Greenland, Europe & almost the whole Asia.
Wolves are carnivores (meat eaters) but they will eat other foods as well. Their diet ranges from big game, such as elk and moose, to earthworms, berries , grasshoppers,
mice, birds and even fish.
How often do wolves have babies?
Wolves will breed as early as early as december and as late as may, but usually mate in late winter.
And whether you find it offensive or not, here is the way the mating works.
When they are both ready, the male wolf mounts the female by setting his chest and stomach on the female wolf's back and holding her by the waist with his front legs and thrusting his lower end against the female wolf's vagina (the same place where pups) until his semi-erect penis penetrates. As the wolf thrusts his penis in and out, it gets completely erect and goes deeper and deeper inside until the femal wolf's vagina contracts and they are locked together (tied) for 10 - 30 minutes. The male wolf ejaculates sperm into the female before and during the tie. The tie is to prevent too much sperm leackage so that the female will get pregnant. After the tie is finished the wolves seperate and the mating is finished.
What is another name for gray wolf?
Another name for the gray wolf is tha canis lapus or the timber wolf
What does the red wolf's fur feel like?
Actually sort of matted and rough. Their fur is not soft, and if it gets too long, tangly.
I would know because...
I AM A WOLF.
If a wolf is desperately hungry, I imagine, it would attack a human. They would prefer the very young, the crippled, or the old, since they are smaller or clearly aren't as strong as other humans. There are cases where even coyotes, which are much smaller than wolves, have tried to hunt children.
Nowadays, it's very very rare to find a man-eating wolf. Wolves, for the most part, fear humans and will keep their distance. It is thought, though, that European wolves used to be much more aggressive in the past (hundreds of years ago), and it was not unusual for a wolf to attack a human. Yes, but it is very unlikely that you would be attacked by one. The only situations I can think of are if...
A) The wolf is very hungry and there is no other food available
B) You are very young, weak and unarmed
C) You approach the wolf knowingly, especially if it has cubs or if it is wounded
Wolves never attack for the sake of it.
Not generally no. The only time a wolf if likely to attack a human for food is if it has lost its fear of humans in sub-urban areas. Once a wolf has tasted a human once it is not uncommon for them to continuing preying, which is usually when they get killed....
yes
they are meat eaters but don't eat people.
Who is the leader of the pack - the male wolf or the female?
Well the Alpha Male and Female lead the pack together. It's just that one is more dominant than the other. In some cases a male is more dominant. In other cases a female is more dominant. It could go either way. In a wolf pack strength and speed are important. If you're stronger than another wolf your rank will be higher than others, but the main thing that determines the leader is the genes. There is a gene called the alphetic gene. This push's the wolf to become more dominant and more aggressive so that they are the leaders. This is why some wolves leave the pack to start another. So there is not just one wolf that leads. Both the Alpha's lead, just one is more dominant.
How many hertz will annoy a dog?
Typically, a dog whistle is within the range of 16000Hz to 22000 Hz. Some dog whistles have adjustable sliders for active control of the frequency produced.
What do wolves and the word lupine have to do with each other?
The word lupine means of, or like, a wolf.
How long is a female wolf pregnant?
63 days
63 days unless it is summer then it is only 58
The gestation period of a wolf (typically referred to as the Grey Wolf) is around 60 to 70 days long, depending on genetics, health, food availability, environmental conditions, etc.
a wolf is pregnant for 2 months and 3 days
About three months. Usually around 60 days.
Gestation period is 63 days for wolves and all other canines.
Anywhere from 60 to 63 days!
Are wolves friendly to humans?
Actually, wolves are afraid of humans and do not want to attack or kill you if possible, but there are stories about humans being saved by wolves or becoming friends with them. You can actually have a pet wolf, although I really don't reccomend it because you are taking the wolf out of it's habitat. I hope this answered the question!
Females are vital members of the pack, helping with the hunt and with raising the alpha pair's pups. They have many of the same duties and roles as the males.
What are a wolf's possible eye colors?
Wolf pups are born without pigment in their eyes (which means they appear blue); by 6 weeks old they have achieved a color range typically between brown and green, the various shades depending on brightness and intensity may appear as: gold, brown, yellow, hazel, orange, and green with tinges of silver or grey. As they age the eyes may change color (usually darker or lighter).
Adult wolves can't have blue eyes, though many people seem to think they can. Some wolf-like dogs can have blue eyes, like huskies.
What is it that dogs can do that wolves can't?
Dogs are a domesticated form of the Grey Wolf, so they are essentially the same species. They are different because dogs are domesticated, or tamed, and wolves are just wild animals. Although they do have a lot in common, they are not exactly the same.
Wolves were at one time on the brink of extinction and were rescued from becoming so in the 1970s. They were protected until 2011 when they were stripped of their protection under the Endangered Species Act by the US government. Instead they transferred the burden of this management to individual states and since then, more than 2,700 wolves have been slaughtered.
What are the different gender roles of wolves?
One is male, the other female. There isn't much difference beside the female have pups. Wolves treat each other as equals, even though the male is typically built larger.
