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SOTWBOTW's
Wolf Fact Page
Definitions of ... The Various Species of the Wolf The Various Sub-Species of the Wolf Distinguising Features of the Various Species Their Habitats How do they communicate? Their Diet Hunting Habits Their role in, and effect upon, the Food Chain The Essence of Pack Life The Lone Wolf Breeding Habits Pup-Rearing Wolves: Being Hunted
A gray wolf will always win the New York Marathon over any of the fastest human long-distance runners. Always. In fact, gray wolves are among the greatest marathon runners of all the world's animals. It can lope, without pause, at a steady speed for 20-25 miles at close to ten miles per hour.
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As many as 750,000 wolves once roamed North America. Native American tribes admired the wolf for its endurance, intelligence, and skill in hunting. Wolves live in packs of 8 to 20, and are highly intelligent and socially evolved. By preying on weak, diseased, and injured animals, wolves enhance the overall strength of moose, caribou, and deer populations. Despite their important ecological role, and posing no threat to humans, wolves have been hunted nearly to extinction. Today in the U.S., the haunting melody of a howling wolf pack is heard in only
a handful of states.
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>Historical disbelief! In 1972 the Department of Defense ordered 277,502 parka hoods trimmed with wolf fur. Conservationists and elected officials protested like crazy. The Department canceled the order. The Department of the Interior pointed out the amount of fur involved would affect all the gray wolves of the continent!
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The howl of the wolf is used for all emotions. The wolves will howl for joy, loneliness, sorrow, to let other members know their whereabouts, to attract a mate, to stimulate and rally before a hunt, and upon awakening!!!!
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TRIVIA QUIZ: Gray Wolves
How many gray wolves once roamed the lower 48 states?
a. 10,000
b. 20,000
c. 100,000
d. 200,000
ANSWER TO TRIVIA QUESTION: The answer is "D." It is estimated that gray wolves once numbered more than 200,000 in the lower 48 states. By the mid-1900s, however, their population was reduced to just a few hundred in the Great Lakes region. Thanks to efforts by wolf supporters including Defenders of Wildlife, more than 3,500 gray wolves now roam parts of Minnesota, ********, Wisconsin, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Arizona and New Mexico -- approximately three to five percent of their historic range. Conservationists hope their range will continue to expand.
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