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Learning to Howl

July 29, 2009
Blue eyes

Howling is used like echo location to physically locate pack-mates and keep the pack together as they roam vast geographical distances in search of prey. When a wolf may become separated from the packit will start to howl and it may even return to a well-known region where its pack congregates where it will howl continuously until it either locates its pack or they return.

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Canine Language

February 16, 2009
Source: http://www.sxc.hu/pic/m/m/mi/miklosz/703803_dog.jpg

The way in which a canine (wolf or domestic dog) holds itself and the expression on its face can give us an indication of whether the animal is feeling fear, anger or uncertainty. The wolf able to use a diverse range of facial expressions to visually communicate it moods. These signals rang from a very small shift in weight from right to left, up to the obvious ones of standing over a prone wolf with its teeth bared to indicate dominion.

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Origins of the Modern Dog

February 7, 2009
Source: http://www.artofwolves.com/posters.htm

One study undertaken by Eric Zimen, a wolf biologist, recorded a number of specific behaviours, 362 in fact, that are displayed by wolves. He and his colleagues then studied poodles, yep you got it, poodles to determine the number of wolf like behaviours they replicated.

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Wolf Origins – Part 2

February 5, 2009
Source: http://www.defendersofwildlife.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/wolf,_gray.php

Due to the reduction in their natural habitat by the encroachment of man into the wilderness they once claimed as their own, many wolves can no longer find the moose, caribou and deer that they once hunted and many now die from starvation or are forced to hunt smaller animals and scavenge for food.

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Wolf Origins – Part 1

February 1, 2009
Source: unknown

Even with the small variations in the appearance of each sub-species, two main varieties of wolves can be identified. These are the timber and tundra wolf. As could be expected, the timber wolf leaves mainly in forests and their colouring is mainly grey and/or black with pointed ears. The timber wolf’s coat consists of shorter, denser hair with compact foot pads. The tundra wolf has smaller rounded ears, longer coat hair, longer legs and larger feet to enable travel through snow.

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The Howl of Wolves

January 23, 2009
Source: unknown

Hey fellow wolf fans. I have just finished a new article on the wolf. It is about their howl. I have included some very interesting information. However, due to the size of the article and the included video gallery, I had to create a new page on Timberwolf HQ. It is The Howl of Wolves [...]

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A Timber wolf with a future

January 7, 2009
makoda

The Internet is a remarkable place. It gives us access to information, people, places, things and knowledge that was previously available only in books at great cost or through personal experience, again usually at great cost. I started a blog site called Timberwolf’s Howl as a free wordpress blog. On that site I posted an [...]

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Abiding Together

November 23, 2008

Today, Tuesday June 27 2006, I use the wolf in my poem because it is an endangered species also. Especially in Wyoming, Idaho & Alaska. Their slaughter is
never ending & sad. Who are we to say that they don’t have a right to live? This poem is about us all living together…with respect for the other.

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