The truth about wolves Part Two
Wolves - one of the most faithful animals, they are very attached to their comrades in the pack
. His sentiments they express facial expressions and body movements. 'Wolf language' unites the flock and helps her act together. In a burst of tenderness wolves lick each other and rub their snouts. The tail needs wolf and to express their feelings. If the tail in the air and the tip slightly bent, which means that the wolf is quite sure of himself. In a friendly mood wolf's tail is omitted, but the very tip of his looks up. A wolf with tail between its legs, or is afraid of something, or so says its sympathy. Mordy wolves are very expressive. Terrified, the wolf back his ears and depicts a smile. Furious wolf showed his teeth, and standing upright ears deploys forward. Sensing danger, he devotes his ears back, showed his teeth and sticks out his tongue. Comrades understand how to behave, to maintain peace in the pack.
Born hunter
Wolves set for hunting by nature. In winter, the wolf in the snow leaving a neat trail in - it puts the hind paw just behind the front. Because of this he had done could run on any terrain and even in deep snow. Weapon wolf - is the teeth. Them in his mouth as much as 42. Ahead protrude four sharp curves of 5-centimeter tusks - two top and bottom. They wolf can bite through tight skin of the victim. A predatory or carnivorous, teeth - the so-called permanent teeth of all predators - adult wolf bite even femur elk. The hunter needs a discriminating ear, and in this respect, the wolves were lucky. Hearing the noise, they are moving its ears and determine the source of the sound. The sound source can be located a few kilometers away from them. Wolves are hunted almost silently, because they run on the tips of his fingers. Just as horses and cats, wolves heel does not touch the ground.
His strong, muscular legs and swinging gait, and he can long escape trot at a speed of 9 km / h, and in pursuit of deer and elk accelerate to 60 km / hour. On the hunting bow, but not the ears or eyes, the first tells the wolves, where to look for prey. In the wind they capture the smell of even the smallest animal, located in 1-2 km away from them when it is heard and not seen. With a sharp sense of smell wolves may follow in the footsteps of the victim. From the frost wolf thick fur protects up to 8 inches.
The closest to the body fur coat - an undercoat, and the outer one formed by a strong, long, black at the ends of guard hairs. They repel water, and the undercoat dry. In such a coat with fur lining the wolf is not dangerous is not the weather.
Flock hunting
Wolves - carnivores (or prey) animals. They hunt in groups. A hungry wolf, to devour, sometimes missing and a small animal - the beaver, rabbit, mouse or bird. But the whole pack is not enough, it needs large prey - deer, elk or sheep. They were not in vain called sanitation - in fact, as a rule, the victims are old, sick or inexperienced animals. With sick animals disappear foci, if old animal was killed, young and strong accrues more food. This biological regulation size contributes to the survival of strong, healthy animals, as among the hunters, and among their potential victims. Although wolves are ruthless, good luck ends only every tenth of their hunting. It happens that, having spent three days on the tracing and prosecution of herds of deer or elk, wolves can kill a few animals.
Why? Footed deer can escape, and elk - rebuff: this 600-kilogram giant with sharp horns and hoofs of the heavy costs nothing to break through the wolf's skull. Wolves can go without food for two weeks, but if the hunt was lucky, they naedyatsya to satiety. With one adult wolf can eat up to 10 kilograms of meat! Sometimes the wolves are hiding some unfinished production in reserve - dragged into a pit and throw something at the top. In the case of an unsuccessful hunt, they return to the hiding-place and dig up the hidden lunch.
Survival pack depends on the size of its hunting grounds, so the wolves to protect them for life and death. The boundaries of the territory (it happens 50-1500 square. Kms depending on what animals to hunt a pack) indicate wolves scented markers - sprayed with urine, stumps and large rocks - and notify neighbors of their rights howl.
Wolf games and amusements
Wolves do not always hunt, and there are ferocious growl. The first thing that will make the wolf, fill the stomach - fold up into a ball and a good vzdremnet. Waking up with a happy frolic. If he wants to play, he would invite to join him and his kinsmen.
Low limping on front paws to the ground, he approached him and, wagging his tail and say: "Oh, please!" No answer? Then that would attract attention, he begins to jump from side to side, just like a dog.
Wolves and People
Who is not afraid of the evil wolf? Since childhood, when we read the fairy tale "The Three Little Pigs," "Little Red Riding Hood" and "The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids", we learn by heart, that wolves evil and terrible. In fact, they will not harm people. But despite this, people kill them.
The truth about wolves Part Two
By: Isabella
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