This is for a science project for a little 9 year old.
Please feel freee to put websites.
ONLY ON WOLVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-02-16 11:40:23 · 11 answers · asked by ~♥Diana♥~ 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wolves/
2007-02-16 11:43:51 · answer #1 · answered by allyalexmch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's kind of a general question - I don't really know exactly what you're looking for. Wolves are gorgeous creatures, that are sadly becoming endangered due to man and his ways. They are highly intelligent.
They are pack animals, and have a good ranking system - the Alpha male and female, which are the only one's to produce the pack's cubs, the Beta wolves, all the one's in between and then the Omega wolf - the lowest in the pack. Despite the Alpha pair being the only producers of cubs, the whole pack is very protective of the young ones, as their new blood. So it's not always the mother who stays home with the cubs while a hunt is on.
They hunt in packs, so they can successfully bring down quite large prey. Pack size depends on territory size and prey numbers. If there's not enough food in a year, they won't produce more cubs until food increases. Territories are highly defended and marked out by scent on the borders. They need a large territory to get enough food.
Domestic dogs are believed to have descended from wolves, and you can still see many of the charachteristics there. For example - they will yawn if they are worried. This is a way of silently communicating to the pack that there could be danger nearby.
Good luck on the project.
Gemma :-)
2007-02-16 20:32:18 · answer #2 · answered by gemma_trusty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a wolf dropped off on me several years ago. She was skittish. They get very territorial. They are very hard to control in a domestic atmosphere, even for those who work and own them. I am no different and did not keep her around for very long. One phone call and I had people here to get her.
She is still very skittish they said. She is very protective of her family. They say she has filled out and not that skinny ribbed puppy that was dropped off at our home.
Another full grown wolf a friends of mine owned, though the wolf new me, and new my truck I still had to honk when I went into there gate and before I got out of my truck. Never did I let my own cow dog out for my friend told me he would attack my dog, he was this protective over her acreage. He was a VERY big dog.
I had another friend that had one up in the mountains where he lived. His was more people friendly but still had the same type of disposition.
I had no time for a wolf (we have a saint Bernard (170 lbs?)and a mastiff (about the same weight as the saint Bernard? Both Weigh more then I do. On there back feet they are taller then me) among our cow dogs. So we have the fencing and we know about big dogs). Wolfs although we very much like them are in no way a pet to keep around I feel. They need to be kept wild.
The state of Oregon brought over several from Yellow national park to set free in our wild areas. It is cool to hear them howl, they are very pretty critters. Just not pets.
The wolfs that are cross bred to domesticated dogs I feel are more unpredictable for one does not know what kind of personality it will have. Many of these dogs are killed every year by animal control. It is a shame people intentionally breed these mixes. The rescue groups that take in these dogs most feel the same as we do.
My experience and thoughts on this matter.....
2007-02-16 20:05:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Candy Kitchen Wolf Rescue in New Mexico.
www.desertusa.com/mag99/july/stories/wolf.html
2007-02-16 19:49:44 · answer #4 · answered by bluebonnetgranny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I know is that they are beautiful creatures that belong to the wilderness, not in a home. Came face to face with a gorgous white wolf in northern WI bout 14 yrs ago in the dead of nite. Very breath-taking. He/she was pure white and 'glowed' in the full moonlight. Disappeared as quietly as when it appeared.
2007-02-16 22:17:59 · answer #5 · answered by blackbriar2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are just a few very good sites on wolves.
2007-02-16 19:52:48 · answer #6 · answered by al l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a grad student in biology and I'm going to vet school next year. What do you need to know specifically?
2007-02-16 19:45:27 · answer #7 · answered by Cave Canem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.defenders.org
www.savewolves.org
Fascinating tidbit- there has never been a record of a healthy adult wolf attacking a human.
Also, it's mostly our fault that the poor things are endangered.
2007-02-16 20:22:18 · answer #8 · answered by Off the Key of Reason 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hippies have wolves
2007-02-16 19:43:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
i bet wikipedia does
2007-02-16 19:46:03 · answer #10 · answered by tanj 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋