15 True WTF Facts About Wolves

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Feb 18, 2018 1:00 PM EST

Reading these amazing and true facts about wolves will have you seeing them in a whole new light! 

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    Mammal - WTF fun fact #025 Wolves can shape the ecosystem and physical geography of the land they live on. When wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park in 95 after a 70-year absence, trees grew faster, animal populations increased, and rivers even changed their behavior because new vegetation helped reduce erosion. wtffunfact.com
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    Wildlife - WTF fun fact #1217 Wolves being reintroduced into Yellowstone in 1995 caused regrowth of many populations and even saved the rivers from erosion
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    Mammal - WTF fact #45 Germany's Werner Freund was once the alpha male of a real wolf pack. He spent decades walking freely among his sanctuary of 29 wild wolves, which all viewed him as their leader. His goal was to rid people of their negative views of the animal, because he felt 'you are more likely to die from meeting a werewolf than a real one. wtffunfact.com
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    Mammal - WTF fun fact 4151 A black wolf called Romeo who lived on the edge of suburban Juneau, Alaska for six years and made friends with the locals and their dogs. The most unusual relationship formed, allowing three different species to live in harmony. There was even a book written about him. wtffunfact.com
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    Vertebrate - fact #4328 WTF fun When howling together, no two wolves will howl on the same note. Instead, they harmonize to create the llusion that there are more of them than there actually are. wtffunfact.com
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    Adaptation - WTF fun fact #7836 The doctor who popularised the idea of "Alpha" and "Beta" members of wolf packs has spent the rest of his career trying to convince everyone he was wrong.
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    Mammal - WTF fun fact #997 There is no such thing as an 'alpha Ina wolf pack. An early study that colned the term 'alpha wolf had only observed unrelated adult wolves living In captivity. In the wild, wolf packs operate more like human familles: there's no defined sense of rank, parents are in charge until kids grow up and start their own familles, younger wolves don't overthrow the 'alpha' to become the new leader, and social dominance fights are slituational. wtffunfact.com
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    Mammal - ER Biologists have found that wolves will respond to humans imitating their howls Many wolf sanctuaries sponšor "howl nights" so people can howl in the wilderness and hope for an answering howl Photo Courtesy: Aaron Frizzell FAGFS
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    Mammal - WALF A ER e A wolf can run about 20 miles (32 km) per hour, and up to 40 mileş (56 km) per hour when necessary, but only for a minute or two. They can "dog trot" around 5 miles (8km) per hour and can travel all day at this speed. Photo Courtesy: Aaron Frizzell BRCTS
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    Mammal - WTF fun fact 4445 While dogs operate under a strict hierarchy, wolves will actually cooperate and communicate with each other to make decisions as a group. wtffunfact.com
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    Mammal - WTF fun fact # 2563 Dogs bark more than wolves because dogs have evolved into the equivalent of overgrown wolf puppies wtffunfact.com
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    Wildlife - did you know? didyouknowblog.com Where there are wolves, there are ravens. Ravens follow wolves around a lot, mostly because they just seem to like them. They aren't known to follow other predators and they prefer to eat with the wolves instead of alone. didyouknowblog.com Photo Credit: chickenamoothre
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    Wolf - The female wolf appears to hide under the male. She's actually covering his throat from their assailant, whilst pretending to be scared. VIA 9GAG.COM
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    Canidae - WTF fun fact #82 Black Wolf Hybrid wtffunfact.com
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    Mammal - "Today, this wolf is quite literally teetering on the brink of extinction with a total population of only 83 living in the wild. Wildlife biologists believe that, given a chance, the Mexican wolf will improve the environmental health of the Southwest... #SavetheLobo Photo by Lt Shears
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