Howling Wolf usually causes a person a feeling of anguish and anxiety.
Science says that wolves live in the land of more than 37 million years.They're older than us - the people!
But how much do we know about them?
Wolf belongs to the family dog, he looks like a large dog with erect ears.Weight old mother wolf reaches fifty kilograms, but, occasionally, there are giants up to eighty kilograms.
Wolves are smart predators.Watching how they hunt, you will notice a clear division of responsibilities: here and beaters, and intercept and ambush and attack from the rear.
During the hunt, wolves make good use of weather conditions: deep light ice climbs and descents.
chance at hunting predator and prey are approximately equal, especially when the subject of wolves are wild boars.This is a very powerful and moving the animals, they can stand up for themselves.
The strength of the wolf teeth are legendary.The wolf is very strong dental apparatus, superior teeth large dogs, particularly large tusks.Strong teeth and a very developed masticatory muscles needed for hunting large animals, in order to tear the prey, to cope with frozen, strong as a rock meat;break up large bones, to drag prey and defend themselves.
Wolf is able to eat large portions of meat: from 8 to 16 kilos at a time.Yes, the wolf ravenous beast.
interesting fact: it turns out that the wolves eat not only meat!At a time when ripe strawberries, strawberries and other berries, and they are willing to introduce them into your diet!
wolves of different sex and age of different voices: the voice of the mother specimen has a low tone, tone up at the wolf, and the cubs all squeal like puppies.
nature of the wolf appears when you need to take an important decision.Wolves are very smart and just animals, they do not tolerate cheating, deceit and betrayal.When one of the members of the pack for any reason weakens, the whole flock decides to get rid of the burden - a wolf law.
Volkov considered to be pack animals.They have a family: the female and cubs.They multiply very rapidly, so each spring in the den can be seen from the four or more cubs.In the period up to six months, babies fed with the parents when the cubs grow up, the older individuals begin to teach them to hunt on their own.
Species wolves.
People know only seven species of wolves, each of them has its species.It:
- red wolf.
- maned wolf.
- Polar wolf.
- Red Wolf.
- Falkland wolf.
- Grey Wolf.
maned wolf is very similar to the fox, he has the same color of red with a yellowish tinge.The length is one and a half meters and weigh up to twenty-five kilograms.
maned wolf eats small animals (rodents, birds), eggs, ground birds, shellfish, bananas and other fruits and vegetables.
When the researchers conducted observations of this breed of wolves, they came to the conclusion that the maned wolf never violates the territorial border.He lives and hunts only on its territory.
This breed is listed in the International Red Book, as representatives of the species there are only 100.
Even if the wolf and the wolf is, they still spend very little time contacting each other.Only occasionally is possible to observe the joint family walk.
Wolves - are predators who are afraid of nothing, except that we - the people, those who prey on these majestic and beautiful animals.
