By MSc Gvapo Tripinovic and Adam Tripinovic
Hello everyone, my eight-year-old son Adam and I made a new educational article and YouTube video. This time about wolves.
Top facts about wolves
Today, we will learn about one of the world’s most fascinating animals: the wolf. We’ll share the most exciting facts about their characteristics and how these social animals live.
Wolves nearly became extinct from the continental United States.
Early US colonists established numerous settlements and nearly wiped-out deer, elk, and bison populations.
Prey typically hunted by wolves.
Without their usual food source, wolves started hunting livestock, making them targets for hunters and trappers.
By the beginning of the 1940s, wolves were nearly extinct.
In the late 20th century, things started to look brighter for wolves.
Campaigns to educate the public about the wolves’ significance were part of conservation programs, as were efforts to get them back into the wild.
Thanks to those, we have a comeback of these legendary creatures!
Most of the world’s wolves belong to the grey wolf or Canis lupus species, numbering up to 250.000 animals.
There are about 40 subspecies of the Grey Wolf scattered across the northern hemisphere.
Wolves vary greatly in size.
The smaller wolf subspecies that inhabit the middle eastern deserts are typically 26 inches (66 cm) tall.
They weigh less than 45 pounds or some 20 kilograms.
The larger wolf subspecies live in the northern regions of Asia and North America.
They can be up to 36 inches (92 cm) tall at the shoulder.
They can weigh up to 175 pounds (90 kilograms), making them the largest wild members of the dog family.
A wolf pup’s eyes are blue at birth and turn yellow by the time they are eight to nine months old.
They can smell each other or other animals from more than a mile away (1.6 kilometers).
Wolves can hear as far as six miles (close to 10 kilometers) away in the forest and ten miles (16 kilometers) in the open areas.
They can swim up to 8 miles in the calm water.
Wolves are highly social creatures and operate as a group or pack.
An alpha male and an alpha female rule wolf packs.
Wolf packs usually consist of six to ten wolves.
Packs are cohesive units that hunt and live together.
A hungry wolf can eat 20 pounds of meat in a single meal.
Alphas establish a strict hierarchy and are the only wolves in the pack to breed, while the other members help raise the cubs.
Each howl is unique and distinct to each wolf.
These vocalizations allow wolves to communicate with other wolves, call pack members to join the hunt, indicate location, and even show their affection.
Wolves may also howl to nearby rivals to reveal their presence and claim their territory.
They are highly social animals who enjoy interacting with and being around other pack members.
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