In order to fully understand wolves, it’s important to learn a few basic facts to get started.
A few definitions to help you along:
- Alpha Male: Lead male of a wolf pack – this is the guy that runs things
- Alpha Female: Lead female of a wolf pack – the woman behind the guy that runs things
- Carnivore: An animal that feeds mainly on meat
- Endangered: Faced with the danger of extinction – see below
- Extinct: No single animal of a certain type is alive – gone from the Earth forever
- Habitat: Place where a plant, animal or mineral lives in nature
- Howl: Form of communication between wolves and some dogs
- Litter: Group of baby animals born of the same mother at one time
- Omnivore: An animal that eats both plant matter and meat – what most people don’t know is that wolves eat both grass and berries, but subside on meat
- Pack: Group of animals (usually canines) that run, hunt, live and have fun together
- Predator: An animal that lives by hunting and eating other animals
- Prey: An animal hunted for food
- Threatened: Population of a certain species is being reduced
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