Wolf

THE WOLF 

(Canis Lupus)

        

Characteristics:

Wolves are wild animal. 

They are mammals, vertebrate and carnivorous. They are in a top of the food chain, and they don´t have predators. The most enemy of the wolf, there are the human. They use traps and poisons to kill them. Many wolves died every year.

They eat only meat. For example: sheep, chicken, pigs, horses, and others animals. More people, killed the wolves, because they eat his domestic animals in his farmers. 

                                   

Wolves can´t live alone, as a dog can. They live on herds, to fifteen or twenty wolves. They use his urine to mark their territory.

He has a big layer of hair on his body, to protect from the cold. Wolves have a big sense of smell. They use these smell for hunt and communicate. 

                              

As well, they have a big and strong mouth to be able hunt.     

                   


Species of wolves:

The wolves live in the forest and in the mountains, in more parts of de world. There are six species of wolves in the world. 


                      



In Spain, then there are wolves. His name is the Iberican Wolf. Please, see the picture... 

The Iberican wolf 

                                                                                              
Differences between dog and wolf.

The domestic dog, is a similar animal, but is not the same. The wolf is a wild animal, and de dog is a domestic animal.


Legends of the wolves.
Always, the people think that the wolves howl at the moon, but it´s not true. They howl in the night, for gather the herd, to indicate where they are, or as a warning for other wolves, and for found a female to reproduce. Please, see the video.

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