Some facts about wolves

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Now that they are following the direction of the sound, Chewy takes some time to check on Google to see if there are facts about wolves. Sure enough! He finds a few and reads them out loud to Tiffi. 

• Wolves’ howls are like fingerprints. Other pack members (and scientists) use them to tell certain animals apart.

• There are three species of wolves in the world: the gray, the red and the Ethiopian (or Abyssinian). Gray wolves and red wolves live in North America. There are five subspecies of the gray wolf — Alaskan, Arctic, Great Plains, Eastern and Mexican wolves.

• Wolves live and hunt in packs of about four to 10. They can roam up to 50 miles in a single day.

• Usually, the alpha male and alpha female are the only ones in the pack to breed.

• Wolves can hear each other howl up to 10 miles away in open terrain.

• Not all gray wolves are gray. They can be white, tan, black, brown or grizzled (a combination of browns, tans and black).

• Gray wolves can eat 20 pounds of meat at a sitting, but can go for more than a week without eating.

• Wolves weigh 1 pound at birth. In North America, wolf pups are born during April, May and the first week of June.

• Adult gray wolves range from 40 to 175 pounds (females weigh just slightly less than males).

• Wolves can sprint 36 to 38 miles per hour for short distances. They trot at 5 miles per hour. (Info here)

The little wolf stops to howl again. The Alpha wolf howls back. The sound is getting closer. 

Let’s continue - The little wolf finds his pack

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