Post by muskyhusky on Oct 19, 2008 0:54:07 GMT -6
A wolf has 42 teeth.
A wolf’s odor detecting ability is 100 times greater than mans and they can smell prey up to a mile away.
A wolf can run up to 35 miles per hour for 20 miles or more.
Wolves are very social creatures and live and hunt in extended family units called packs.
The hunting success rate of wolves is 1 kill for every 10 attempted.
Wolves howl to assemble the pack, identify individuals, and express emotional state.
On a clear day, a wolf’s howl can be heard up to 10 miles away.
A dog can breed twice a year but a wolf only comes into estrus [heat] once a year.
Although the mother is the primary caregiver, the entire pack helps in the rearing of the pups.
There are three species of wolves: the gray wolf, the red wolf and the Ethiopian wolf.
Of the gray wolf, five subspecies still exist.
The largest gray wolf is the tundra wolf which averages about 100 lbs.
The smallest gray wolf is the Mexican gray wolf which averages 65 to 70 lbs.
In 2002, there were approximately 200 Mexican grays held at 43 facilities in North America.
As of February 2003, there were about 41 wild free-ranging Mexican gray wolves located in the designated recovery zones of Arizona and New Mexico.
There are 3 subspecies of the red wolf but today only one remains in existence-the Mississippi valley red wolf (Canis rufus gregoryi).
Red wolves have been released back into the wild in North Carolina and at several island release sites in South Carolina, Florida and Mississippi.
In 2002, there were approximately 160 adult red wolves in captivity at 37 facilities nationwide.
A wolf’s odor detecting ability is 100 times greater than mans and they can smell prey up to a mile away.
A wolf can run up to 35 miles per hour for 20 miles or more.
Wolves are very social creatures and live and hunt in extended family units called packs.
The hunting success rate of wolves is 1 kill for every 10 attempted.
Wolves howl to assemble the pack, identify individuals, and express emotional state.
On a clear day, a wolf’s howl can be heard up to 10 miles away.
A dog can breed twice a year but a wolf only comes into estrus [heat] once a year.
Although the mother is the primary caregiver, the entire pack helps in the rearing of the pups.
There are three species of wolves: the gray wolf, the red wolf and the Ethiopian wolf.
Of the gray wolf, five subspecies still exist.
The largest gray wolf is the tundra wolf which averages about 100 lbs.
The smallest gray wolf is the Mexican gray wolf which averages 65 to 70 lbs.
In 2002, there were approximately 200 Mexican grays held at 43 facilities in North America.
As of February 2003, there were about 41 wild free-ranging Mexican gray wolves located in the designated recovery zones of Arizona and New Mexico.
There are 3 subspecies of the red wolf but today only one remains in existence-the Mississippi valley red wolf (Canis rufus gregoryi).
Red wolves have been released back into the wild in North Carolina and at several island release sites in South Carolina, Florida and Mississippi.
In 2002, there were approximately 160 adult red wolves in captivity at 37 facilities nationwide.
