What are some cool wolf facts?

Answer 1

DietStaples: Ungulates (large hoofed mammals) like elk, deer, moose and caribou.

Wolves are also known to eat beaver, rabbits and other small prey. Wolves are also scavengers and often eat animals that have died due to other causes like starvation and disease

RangeWolves were once common throughout all of North America but were killed in most areas of the United States by the mid 1930s. Today their range has been reduced to Canada and the following portions of the United States: Alaska, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Mexican wolves are found in New Mexico and Arizona.

Thanks to the reintroduction of wolves in 1995, Yellowstone National Park is one of the most favored places to see and hear wolves in the native habitat

BehaviorWolves live, travel and hunt in packs of 4-7 animals on average. Packs include the mother and father wolves, called the alphas, their pups and several other subordinate or young animals. The alpha female and male are the pack leaders that track and hunt prey, choose den sites and establish the pack's territory. Wolves develop close relationships and strong social bonds. They often demonstrate deep affection for their family and may even sacrifice themselves to protect the family unit

Wolves have a complex communication system ranging from barks and whines to growls and howls. While they don't howl at the moon, they do howl more when it's lighter at night, which occurs more often when the moon is full.

ReproductionMating Season: January or February

Gestation: 63 days

Litter size: 4-7 pups

Pups are born blind and defenseless. The pack cares for the pups until they mature at about 10 months of age.

The biggest threat would be wolfs and live stock when they get hungry they feed on them wich forces farmers to shoot the wolfs back in 1600s wolfs almost went extinctd in the unstid states do to hunting and live stock pertection