Through the Grey

Wolfs Eyes
The Life of a Grey
Wolf

What colors
do Grey
Wolves vary
in?
Grizzled
Gray
Black
Brown
All White

Physical Description of the

Grey Wolf!
Canines with long bushy tails
thatare often black-tipped

Size: Wolves vary in size

depending on where they live.
Wolves in the north are usually
larger than those in the south.
The average size of a wolf's body
is 3-5 feet long. Their tails are
usually 1-2 feet long. Females
typically weigh 60-100 pounds,
and males weigh 70-145 pounds.
Typical Lifespan: In the wild,
they live 8-13 years, sometimes

Physical Description of the

Grey Wolf!

Did you
Fun
Fact!?!
know

The gray wolf is the

ancestor of the
domestic dog,
resembles German
shepherds or
malamutes.
Wolves are the

Where do Grey
Wolves live?

Gray wolves were once common

throughout all of North America,
but were exterminated in most
areas of the United States by the
mid 1930s.
Now they live mainly in:
Canada
Alaska
The Great Lakes
Northern Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Asia
Few live in Europe

Did you know ?!

The grey wolf has always
been feared by man and has
probably been persecuted
more than any other animal.
Did you know that centuries
ago, wolves were tried by
people and burnt at the
stake?
However its intelligence and
flexibility have saved it from
extinction! Unfortunately

What kind
of habitat
do grey
wolves
live
Plains
Forests
in?
Tundra

What does the Grey

Wolf
eat?
Diet:
Carnivore

Eat large hoofed

mammals, like elk, deer
and moose

As well as beaver,
rabbits, other small prey
and fruit

Wolves are also

scavengers and often
eat animals that have

Did you know ?!

Fun Fact!!
Wolves are not particularly
fast, with a top speed of
about 28 mph.
They instead rely on its
hearing and sense of smell to
detect prey.
They have remarkable
powers of
endurance and are known to

Special Grey Wolf Behavior!!!

Wolves live, travel and hunt in packs of 7 to 8 animals on average.
Packs include the mother and father wolves (called the alphas), their pups
and older offspring.
The alpha female and male are typically the pack leaders that track and
hunt prey, choose den sites and establish the pack's territory.
Wolves develop strong social bonds within their packs.

Did you
know ?!

Fun Fact!!
The alpha
female and
alpha male
wolves of a
pack usually
mate for life.

ow does the Grey Wolf communicat

Wolves have a complex
communication system
ranging from barks and
whines to growls and howls.
While they don't actually
howl at the moon, they are
more active at dawn and
dusk, and they do howl more
when it's lighter at night,
which occurs more often
when the moon is full.

Did you
Fun Fact!!
know?!

Wolves have unique howls, like

fingerprints, that scientists (and
other pack members) can use to tell
them apart!
YouTube howling video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Reproduction of the
Grey Wolf!

Mating Season:
January or February.
Gestation: 63 days
Litter size: 4-7 pups

Breeding season occurs once

a year late January through
March.
Pups are born blind and
defenseless.
The pack cares for the pups
until they fully mature at
about 10 months of age
when they can hunt on their
own.
Once grown, young wolves
may disperse. Dispersing
wolves have been known to

Did you
Fun Facts!!
know?!

Wolves feed their young by carrying chewed-up food in their stomachs and throwing
up, or "regurgitating", the food for the pups when they come back to the den.
Wolves develop close relationships and strong social bonds. They often demonstrate
deep affection for their family and may even sacrifice themselves to protect the
family unit.

Grey Wolves are amazingly

The
grey wolf hasanimals
been the
beautiful
notorious villain of fables and
fairy stories for centuries, yet
this highly intelligent and
sociable animal has done
little to deserve its terrifying
reputation.

The
End

I hope you enjoyed my

presentation on the life of the Grey
Wolf. I hope you learned a lot
about them and was able to fall in
love with their beauty just as I
have.
For additional information of these
fascinating animals you can visit:
http://www.onekind.org
http://www.defenders.org/gray-wo
lf/basic-facts
https://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wil

Reference
Page
http://www.onekind.org

http://www.defenders.org/gray-wo
lf/basic-facts
Google Images
https://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=cUASRXAUBnk