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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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How does the wolf protect his territory?

How wolves defend there territory, well they create a pack. And then when the pack is formed they choose a leader for the pack. So the leader has to protect the pack form the dangers that lies for them. And then later on another wolf takes over for the pack.

Wolves howl to warn off other packs from their territory. (However, they are less likely to do this if pups are present so as to prevent attracting attention)

Does a wolf have camofloge?

Yes, wolves do have camouflage that helps them hide from their prey during hunts. It is the color of their fur which helps them blend into their surroundings.

Do you spell gray wolf with an A or E?

The US and standard spelling is gray wolf. However grey wolf is also used.

What do gray wolves do all day?

Gray Wolves don't really like to do anything. They are animals, and as animals they have the instincts only to sleep, eat, breathe, and occasionally play.

How does the gray wolf hunt down its prey?

Hicks with rifles.

That is an uneducated, biased opinion. Educate yourselves prior to deciding it is only 'hicks with rifles' who hunt wolves.

Canadian Gray Wolves are devastating the Western United States ungulate populations. A controlled hunt season to bring numbers in check is reasonable, as it is with other predators.

Will the gray wolf kill a person?

Wolves are very protective of there territory, and are very wary of whatever steps into it. They usually will not attack humans unless they feel threatened, provoked, or starving.

Do humans help the gray wolf?

Good. If wolves leave people alone, people leave wolves alone. They aren't hunted unless they kill a human, in which case they must be killed because they consider humans food and will kill again.

How do sick or injured wolves get their food?

Sick or injured wolves, if they live alone, usually stay in a quiet, enclosed space, like a cave or hole, until they die or recover. If they live in packs, the rest of the wolves are likely to either carry food in their mouths to the sick/injured packmember, or regurgitate food from their stomachs.

Hey - beggars can't be choosers! ;)

A lone sick or injured wolf will die, but if the wolf is in a pack, the other pack members will regurgitate food for the injured wolf.

How do wolves see?


A wolf can leap pretty far. Imagine a rock opposite from another rock, and they are 100 square feet apart. A wolf can leap a fourth of that distance. Save and don't hunt the wolves! Protect them! (However, watch out for them killing you!)

How do timber wolves escape predators?

Wolves are apex predators themselves and have no predators.

What is a wolf's hunting strategy?

It all depends on whether its a pack of wolves or just one lone wolf.


For a pack of wolves, they will pick of the weakest animal of that group they have found. They will cut it off from the herd that its in and surround it. Some wolves will go for the legs, some for the back, and one, normally the Alpha, will go for the throat of the beast, clamp down, and kill it.

For a lone wolf, they will look for a small animal such as a rabbit, or a weak animal such as a dieing deer. Depending on the animal they will either snap the spine/neck or bite the throat. If it can't find living prey it will scavenge for food; either eating *carrion, stealing from another animal, or eating the leftovers of some other animals kill.


*Carrion is dead, rotting flesh of some animal that hasn't been completely decomposed.

Why do females live longer than males?

it depens on how the female live for example if they may be aggressive they might get captured...or if they are aggressive they might warn of preditors (which there are not many) and live a longer peacful live... which is a way at looking at it :)

What role does the red wolf play in the ecosystem?

a huge role. It eats the weak and injured prey which helps the other prey stay healthy

Is the Australian dingo a dog or wolf?

in 1982, some taxonomists recommended it to be classified as a subspecies of the wolf :)

What are the subspecies of wolves?

Of the Gray Wolf, there are around 39 subspecies alone within this very species. Of the other wolves, namely the Ethiopian Wolf, Himalayan Wolf, Iberian Wolf, Indian Wolf (a marked possibility), and others, they are considered to be species themselves with no other subspecies to their name.

At what age do wolves hunt?

A male wolf may be forced out of the pack to be on its own by the time it is 6 to 9 months old. The male pack leader will force him out but keep the females. Only another female will force a female out of the pack.

What are the wolf's behaviors?

A wolf is loyal to the pack, and would do anything to protect the cubs. A wolf would run a mile from a human, especially one with fire. Wolves constantly test the limits of their hierarchy, unlike dogs, and are untrainable. A polite greeting with a superior consists of less than a second of eye contact before looking away, standing firm with fur fluffed up less than the leader's and tail slightly lower. When a pack howls, sometimes (if they have cubs) they face in different directions to make them harder to find. Wolves don't like water(to swim in etc. They do drink it!) much. When the pack hunts, they leave one wolf behind to guard the pups. To heighten their position in the pack, a wolf will try to grab the muzzle of the wolf one place above and pin it to the ground until the other wolf shows signs of submission (whining,wagging tail,rolling onto back etc.). The loser will then 'apologise' for resisting by crouching low, wagging the tail and licking the muzzle of the other wolf. I could go on, but there's just too much-it's such a vague question!
It depends on what the wolf's personality is like. Some are nice and don't want any trouble, others are bloodthirsty and vicious, and some are very protective.

Is a black wolf cold blooded?

Warm-blooded. A wolverine is a mammal.

What do wolves do to help people?

Depends on how they help each other. In a pack or separate lone wolves?

Pack--they hunt with each other, play with each other, clean each other, show affection, show loyalty, mourn.

Seperate--very rare do other wolf packs help each other. Actually I think there hasn't been a record account of that happening.

What problems do wolves face from humans?

Wolves can cause various problems to society. Here are just a few:

  • eating farmers livestock (ex. chickens, cows, pigs, etc.)
  • coming into town and scaring people
  • they can spread rabies since they are mammals
  • eating pets who are left outside
  • stealing dogs (often to mate with or to get into their pack)
  • making a danger in wolf infested areas
  • etc.