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16 wolf facts
1.wolves are the lagest in the dog family
2. 'canis lupis' is laten for the gery wolf
3.wolves are very social animals.
9.All wolves in a pack help raise and take care of the pups.
10.Wolf pups are born in the Spring and they live with their mother in the den until they are about 3 weeks old
11.Wolves can swim distances of up to 13 kilometers (8 miles) aided by small webs between their toes.
4.Wolves can sprint from 36-38 miles for short distances.
5.In the wild, wolves can live up to 13 years and up to 16 years in captivity
6.Adult wolves have 42 teeth
7.Wolves can roam large and long distances, sometimes up to 12 miles (20 kilometers) in a single day.
8.Wolf weights vary. They can weigh from 40 to 175 pounds.
12.Wolves have about 200 million scent cells. Humans have only about 5 million. Wolves can smell other animals more than 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) away
13.Wolves in the Arctic have to travel much longer distances than wolves in the forest to find food and willsometimes go for several days without eating.
14.The Cherokee Indians did not hunt wolves because they believed a slain wolves’ brothers would exact revenge.
15.The Vikings wore wolf skins and drank wolf blood to take on the wolf’s spirit in battle
16.When the pack kills an animal, the alpha pair always eats first. As food supply is often irregular for wolves, they will eat up to 1/5th of their own body weight at a time to make up for days of missed food.
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