The highly social and expressive grey wolves are most well-suited to cooperative hunting of all the canids. Playtime looks pretty much the same though!
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The stocky and powerful body of the extinct dire wolf (top) differed from that of the grey wolf, which still roams parts of North America. Illustration by Mark Hallett; From Terra: The Member's Magazine of The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Volume 25, No. 6. July/August 1987.
Lifespan: Average lifespan is between 6 to 8 years, in captivity they live up to 17 years
Reproduction: They mate once a year, generally in early spring. The gestation period for these wolves is about 63 days and they will then give birth to a litter of four to seven pups on average.
Diet: elk, deer boar, livestock like sheeps and cows, and when food is scarce, smaller mammals, reptiles, insects, and fruits or berries.聽
Habitat: North America, Europe, Asia, as far north as the Canadian Arctic, to as far south as India. Due to their wide geographical variance, they also live in an abundance of different biomes like Arctic tundras, dense forests, mountains, and dry shrubland.
Status: Least Concern
Summary: Grey Wolves, also known as Timberwolves, are excellent hunters. Their long, powerful legs mean they can run up to 38 mph in sprinting bursts but more often than not trot at a speed of 5 mph. They use their speed to marathon hunt prey, chasing after their prey in slow pursuit until the prey gives out from exhaustion in which the wolves will then seize the opportunity and catch their prey, quickly killing it with their powerful jaws. Interestingly enough, the most well known part of wolves is that they live in packs! The pack normally consists of one monogamous breeding pair, their most recent litter, their pups from previous years and on rare occasions, other male and female wolves that are unrelated. The average pack size is 6 but they have been spotted in packs of 30 before. If a pack gets to a certain size, with involvement form outside wolves, there may be more than one breeding pair per pack.
"Smash and ban gray wolves" was written on a banner in Hamburg's Millerntor stadium - St. Pauli fans showed clear opposition to Turkish fascism and solidarity with the victims of the lynching attacks in Belgium.
Following a Newroz celebration on Sunday a week ago, hundreds of Turkish fascists from the "Grey Wolves" hunted Kurds in the Belgian province of Limburg. In the far stands of the Millerntor stadium, fans of Hamburg's FC St. Pauli showed their support on Sunday home game against SC Paderborn showed solidarity with the victims of the lynch attacks - and a clear stand against Turkish fascism.