how do wolves get a long with their own kind?
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i guess just like domestic dogs get along with each other...some do and some do not..\njust like humans do not get along with some, but get along with most other people because of society have rules and laws to go by..so do the wolf pack have similar laws and rules to go by and the master keeps things in place..through out the pack...\nI hope this kind of helps
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Most everything which most people know about werewolves was actually invented by Hollywood. The idea that if you get scratched by a werewolf, you will become a werewolf, the full moon, the silver bullet, all of it was invented by Hollywood. Seriously, they just made it all up.\n\nI met a woman who actually did don skins and lose herself to the spirit of the wolf. She was much more of a werewolf than anything I have ever seen in a movie. and it's more in line with other legends of Lycaon which involved people making annual sacrifices to Zeus wanting to be turned into wolves. Until Hollywood got ahold of it, werewolves were primarily people who voluntarily choose to invoke the spirit of the wolf.
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Google "feral children" -- it's happened a number of times.\n\nHere were two siblings raised by wolves:\nhttp://bowland-files.lancs.ac.uk/chimp/langac/LECTURE4/4kamala.htm
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Hmmm...looks like the site given by the person above me confirms that they did. There are other species of canines, but all *dogs* evolved from wolves.
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there is a Cherokee legend each person has two wolves living inside of them. one represents good the other represents evil. the one that wins is the one the person feeds the most
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Antlers are shed periodically, like in deer for example, the males acquire them in the late summer, and they are shed during the winter. \nHorns on the other hand are more permanent, and usually grow continually, like in big horn sheep for instance
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Tasmania is an island so they cant get around to the rest of Australia..\n\nand they just breed and breed and breed..\n\nits a bit like that with every animal in Tasmania.. i have never seen so much roadkill in my life until my trip to Tassie this year. The place has too many native animals.
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If by prehistoric, you mean an animal that existed during prehistoric times and interacted with prehistoric man, then yes, absolutely, wolves are prehistoric animals.  In fact, most animal species alive today are prehistoric animals by this definition.\n\nIf by prehistoric, you mean an animal that went extinct during the megafaunal extinction at the end of the last ice age (like wooly mammoth, sabre-toothed cats and giant ground sloths did), then wolves are not prehistoric because they still exist today.\n\nOne species of wolf that lived in North America during 'prehistoric' times and went extinct at the end of the last ice age 10,000 years ago was the dire wolf (Canis dirus).  It was a large, chunky wolf with massive teeth that probably scavenged much like the hyenas of Africa do today.
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Don't worry about the hairs, they can only throw them an inch at best.  They scratch them out of their abdomen and the predators breath them and get them in their eyes.  They're a nice pet but you want to stay away from their fangs.
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Dingoes don't bark because they are one of the most primitive dog breeds in the world. That means they share a lot of traits in common with wolves, including not barking as adults and only having one breeding season each year.\n\nAll dogs are descendants of wolves, but most breeds have been heavily modified in the 30, 000 years or so since they were first domesticated. Dingoes have been modified far less than any other breed and so retain a lot of wolf traits.\n\nDingoes and wolves do bark as pups, and they will very rarely yap as adults.
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Manik...we have those here in the Yukon...Both private and Govy, with controle and non controle of the animals.....The controled ones are in a fenced off area, where they can study and breed the species they are working with. Usually to eradicate certain inherant deseases that are killing off those in the wild...they are in a natural setting and well looked after.....Limited public veiwing is usually the case...for obvious reasons...\n\nThe uncontroled ones are open ranges, usually appendixed to a national park, where none or limited hunting is alowed...\n\nHope this helps... :)...Yukoneze
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wolf    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (wlf)\nn. pl. wolves (wlvz) \n\nEither of two carnivorous mammals of the family Canidae, especially the gray wolf of northern regions, that typically live and hunt in hierarchical packs and prey on livestock and game animals. \nThe fur of such an animal. \nAny of various similar or related mammals, such as the hyena. \nThe destructive larva of any of various moths, beetles, or flies. \nOne that is regarded as predatory, rapacious, and fierce. \nSlang. A man given to paying unwanted sexual attention to women. \nMusic. \nA harshness in some tones of a bowed stringed instrument produced by defective vibration. \nDissonance in perfect fifths on a keyboard instrument tuned to a system of unequal temperament.
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The average lifespan for a wolf in the wild is only 9 years. Wolves in captivity live much longer. They reach sexual maturity at about 2 years of age and have finished growing.
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I think what you are referring to is "natural selection" aka "survival of the fittest"\n\nBasically the animal most suited to its environment due to mutation (the ones with genetic proclivity to have longer necks, stronger arms etc) will get more food/mates and will tend to, over a long period, tend to make the species move in that direction.\n\nBasic answer - if you need more drop me a line.
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They fatten themselves up in summer/autumn. They may grow thicker fur but the most common coping mechanism is hibernation in a sheltered location where they are not exposed to the elements.
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*Hunting a bit* The center of a wolf's universe is its pack, and howling is the glue that keeps the pack together. Some have speculated that howling strengthens the social bonds between packmates; the pack that howls together, stays together. Whether howling together actually strengthens social bonds, or just reaffirms them, is unknown.\nWe do know, however, that howling keeps packmates together, physically. Because wolves range over vast areas to find food, they are often separated from one another. Of all their calls, howling is the only one that works over great distances. Its low pitch and long duration are well suited for transmission in forest and across tundra, and unique features of each individual's howl allow wolves to identify each other. Howling is a long distance contact and reunion call.\nTypes of Howls\nPups howl for just about any reason as they learn the social skills of a pack. Indiscriminate howling is usually not a dangerous proposition for young pups, since they tend to be stuck at a rendezvous site that is relatively far from the neighbors, who likely have pups of their own to raise. More importantly, replying to an adult that howls often leads to a meal, since packmates returning with food frequently howl as they near the home site. \n\nLonesome howls are locators so the hunters can find the main pack. When a wolf howls, not only can its packmates hear it, but so can any other wolf within range. These other wolves may be members of hostile adjacent packs that are competitors for territory and prey. Howl too close to these strangers, and they may seek you out, chase you, and kill you. So howling has its costs (running into the opposition) as well as its benefits (getting back with the pack). Consequently, wolves are careful about where and when they howl, and to whom they howl.\n\nConfrontational howls are when a stanger gets in the territory of another pack. This behavior points to the second main purpose of howling: helping to maintain spacing between rival packs. When one pack howls, others nearby may reply. Very quickly, all the wolves know each other's location. By advertising their presence, packs can keep their neighbors at bay and avoid accidentally running into them.\n\nBut the use of howling in spacing is fraught with difficulties. If one pack howls, all its neighbors (within range, of course) now know its location. What if they choose to keep quiet, sneak up, and attack the howlers? Deliberate attacks by one pack on another have been seen, so there are costs to advertising your location. These risks have to be balanced with benefits. An example of this trade-off is sometimes seen during winter, when packs are traveling nomadically within (or even outside) their territories. A pack sitting on a fresh prey kill is very likely to stake its claim and howl, particularly if a stranger howls nearby. As time passes and the kill is consumed, the wolves become less invested in the site and are less likely to reply. Eventually, they may respond to a stranger's howling by silently moving away.\n\nChorus howls are howling with the pack together. \nPack of wolves howling Rather than using howls with a single pure tone, wolves howling in a chorus use wavering or modulated howls. The rapid changes in pitch make it difficult to follow one individual's howls if several others are howling simultaneously.\n\nSo it all boils down to howling is the way that wolves communicate over long distances...\nhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wolves/howl.html
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Wolves are about the same size as large dogs.  A five inch canine would be hard for a canine this size to conceal in his mouth.  \n\nFrom what I've seen on mounted specimens:  less than 2 inches.