WOLF

Wolf

__**Diet: **__  Did you know that wolves eat more in the winter than the summer? They eat rodents and berries in the summer to supplement the diet, and in the winter they eat eat dear, moose,elk,caribou, bison, musk-oxen, mountain sheep, and beaver when available.

__** Lifespan/Lifecycle: **__  Did you know that pups are born about 63 days after breeding? Usually only the highest male and female in a pack will breed. It is so cool that the wolves stay alive in the woods for 10 or 11 years. It is amazing that the wolves average litter is 6 pups. ﻿ @http://www.k12.nf.ca/helentulk/HTE%20website/grade4research/brandonwolf.htm

__Habitat__:
 Wolves live in the arctic tundra, forests, and prairies if suitable prey is present. Wolves do not live in the dessert or high mountains. One time (but not now) wolves ranged most of the northern hemisphere. Now Wolves roam regions of Asia, eastern Europe, western Europe, and Scandinavia.

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__Physical Characteristics__:
The size of a wolf varies because of geographic locality. Adults are 127-164 cm tall (5-6 feet tall). The red wolf is smaller than 30 kg. Colors vary from white, mottled gray, brown or black. Grizzled gray is the most common color. The red wolf is often reddish tan. Wolves are distinguished from dogs.

Predators/Defense: The wolf can't survive in New york because of highways and the population of people. Plymouth and Massachusetts had a war with the wolves in 1631. The wolf gives all its strength to protect they're area from predators.

http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/233/images/gray-wolf.jpg Behavior/Special skills

The wolf is active the whole day. They usaully are in packs. Did you know that they talk to each other by howling, growling, and other noises?

__Resources__:

Fritts, Steven H. "Wolf." //Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia//. 2010. Grolier Online. 7 Oct. 2010 .

Fritts, Steven H. "Wolf." //Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia//. 2010. Grolier Online. 7 Oct. 2010 .

Fritts, Steven H. "Wolf." //Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia//. 2010. Grolier Online. 8 Oct. 2010 .

Glass-Godwin, Lenela. "Wolf." //Encyclopedia Americana.// Grolier Online, 2010. Web. 13 Oct. 2010.

national geographic kidzhttp://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/graywolf/