Wolves

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Wolves

• By Teryn and Tyler

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Wolf Habitat

• They live in North America and in the Alaskan
  Tundra.
• They also live in the forest, and in parts of
  Canada, Asia and in parts of Europe.
• They live in Yellowstone National Park also.

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Wolf Eating habits

• They eat any kind of meat, when they catch.
  Anything with fur they tear off the hair and they
  eat what is underneath. Sometimes wolves will
  store their kill by dropping it in a hole.
  Later, when hunting is difficult they go back to
  the cache and dig up their prey.

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Description

• The gray wolf has thick fur. The colors are
  gray, brown, tan, black, white and the color of
  coffee. A wolf may measure up to three feet (1
  meter) up to the shoulder. A big Arctic wolf
  weighs only about 100 pounds.

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Special Characteristics that help live where it
does

• Food (meat), water, shelter, running, stalking,
  pouncing crunching and taking care of each other.

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Different kinds of Wolves

• There are four kinds of wolves. There is the Red
  wolf, the Gray wolf, the Arctic wolf and the
  Ethiopian wolf.

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Enemies

• The enemies of an adult wolf are hunters, and
  other wolves. Musk oxen can also be an enemy
  because the wolves cant get a calf because they
  will get in a circle to protect their young, but
  if they get too scared and run off it will be
  easier to catch a calf.

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Ways the animal protects itself

• It protects itself by running and hunting its
  enemies.

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Relatives

• The relatives of a wolf are
• a coyote
• a dog.

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Interesting and Unusual Facts about the wolf.

• 1. The top speed of a running wolf can be 30
  miles (48 kilometers) an hour.
• 2. Wolves mate in late Winter.
• 3.At a trot, a wolf may cover 20 or 30 miles ( up
  to 48 kilometers) in a day.But journeys of more
  than 100 miles (161 kilometers) in twenty-four
  hours have been reported.
• 4. The mother digs a special den for her babies
  before they are born.This den must be in a dry
  spot close to a river or stream so there will
  always be plenty of water nearby.
• 5.Wolves mate for life they never break up.