A presentation by students about wolves

1. WOLVES
By: Brittany
&Stacy

2. Sit back,
Relax,
and Enjoy
the Show

3. What is the alpha male and
female?
An alpha female and male is
the head female and male
of the pack. Also the
alpha female and the
alpha male are the only
ones that are supposed to
mate in the pack. There is
only one alpha male and
one alpha female per
pack.

4. What is a wolf hierarchy?
All wolves have a place
in the hierarchy
starting from the
lowest (subordinance)
and going to the
highest (dominance)

5. Have you ever wondered
about the baby wolves?
Most litters or groups
of young have 5 or 6
pups. But, a litter can
have as many as 12
pups. At birth the
pups can’t see or hear.

6. How long until wolf pups can
walk?
After 2 weeks the pups
can walk, and in about
3 weeks they come
out of their den for
the first time.

7. How do wolf pups find their
place in the hierarchy?
The wolf pups play with each
other, wrestling to be on
the top. This is how they
decide where their place
is in the hierarchy.
However, sometimes
other wolves try to
defeat the leader of the
pack.

8. Have you ever wondered
why wolves howl at the
moon?
Really, they are not
howling at the moon.
They are howling to
communicate with
other packs and to
call back pack
members.

9. How do wolves show sadness
for a lost mate?
They howl to show
sadness at the death
of a mate or the wolf
leader.

10. WHAT DO WOLVES
Prefer?
THEY LIKE LARGE
LIVESTOCK, LIKE
moose and caribou. They
would prefer to hunt
BIG GAME, rather than
a squirrel or rabbit,
but occasionally they
will have a snack!

11. Myth
Wolves will attack all
people.
Not true! They will
attack you if you come
too close, if you hurt
one of their babies or
pack members, they will
also attack if they see
you with a gun. Wolves
are really gentle
creatures.

12. What do wolves eat?
Arctic wolves eat mostly
arctic hares, caribou,
musk oxen, and Dall
sheep. Minnesota,
wolves feed on deer and
moose. Red wolves living
in the south eat rabbits,
beaver, and mice.

13. Who raises the wolf pups?
The whole pack
raises the pups.
When the mothers
ready to hunt again,
one of the pack
members-an older
brother or sister-
stays with the pups.

14. Who brings the pups food?
The entire pack will help
bring the pups food and
defend them, if
necessary. The pups
learn their place on the
pack and how to obey
pack leaders from the
adults. Pups who
misbehave are grabbed
by the scruff of the
neck and carried away
from the pack.

15. Where do wolves build their
dens?
All wolves build their den
under ground not above
ground like in a cave.
The mother wolf digs a
den or uses an old used
one. The dens are
underground and it goes
down in the earth and
then it turns and then
there’s a lot of space
for the mother and the
pups when they are
born.

16. When are pups ready for
solid food?
By around 4 weeks of
age the pups are still
too small to follow
the pack to the kill,
but their teeth are
growing and they’re
ready to eat solid
food.

17. When are the pups too big
to be nursed?
By 8 weeks, the pups
have their teeth and
no longer need their
mother’s milk. She
weans them by
rolling onto her
stomach when they
try to nurse.