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WOLVES
By Madeleine Micklethwaite
Diet
food
Wolves are carnivors,and often eat large hoofed mammals, like elk, deer, moose and caribou, as well as beaver, rabbits and other small prey. Wolves are also scavengers and often eat animals that have died for a different reason .
habbitat
Gray wolves live in has been reduced to Canada, Alaska, the Great Lakes, northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest. Thanks to the reintroduction of wolves in 1995, Yellowstone National Park is one of the most favored places to see and hear wolves in their native habitat. Wolves require large areas of contiguous habitat that can include forests and mountainous terrain, and Mexican gray wolves can thrive in desert and brush in the southwest. Suitable habitat must have sufficient access to prey, protection from excessive persecution, and areas for denning and taking shelter.
behavior
behavoir
Wolves live, travel and hunt in packs of 7 to 8 animals on average. Packs include the mother and father wolves (called the alphas), their pups and older offspring. The alpha female and male are often the pack leaders that track and hunt prey, they choose den sites and establish the pack's territory. Wolves develop strong social bonds within their packs.
life cycle
life cycle
The life span of a grey wolf is often short. Many wolf pups do not survive the first year.
The pups that live to a year will live on an average of three to five years. Some wolves can live up to ten years. A wolf also mates with the same wolf for life. The Grey wolf breeds from January through April. Young wolves are taught to fend for themselves. When they become older, they leave the pack looking for territory. Some wolves stay as helpers.
The main causes of a wolf's death is if they have a fight over food and lack of food.
interesting facts
interesting facts
- On average, gray wolves will eat 20 to 30 pounds of meat in one meal,
- They have also been known to go up to 14 days between meals with no ill effects
- There are five subspecies of gray wolves in North America.
- Their coat colors can range from pure white to brown, gray, cinnamon or black.
- Wolf pups are born blind and deaf, and must be cared for until they mature at around ten months of age.