maddie heizer, gray wolf, zero period
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Gray Wolf
Maddie Heizer
April 28, 2011
Biology 0 Period
Statistics
Common Name: Gray Wolf
Scientific Name: Canis Lupus
Size: They can weigh anywhere from 80- 120 pounds, Alaskans wolfs weigh more usually weighed in at about 175
Color: Anywhere from white to almost black
Speed: 20- 40 miles per hour
Habitat
• Gray wolves live in the U.S, Alaska, Canada, Mexico and Eurasia.
• There is a small amount living in the Abbruzzi mountains in Italy.
Food Source
• Gray wolfs hunt things such as: elk, deer, and moose. The wolfs hunt these while in packs.
• While alone wolfs hunt: birds, fish, snowshoe hares, mice, and rabbits.
Population
• There are an estimated number of 5,320 gray wolfs in North America, and about 4,390 in Europe and Asia.
Human Interaction with Gray Wolves
• People used to hate the wolfs and would kill them whenever they could, years later they realized that wolf are important in the food chain.
• Gray wolfs are eliminated from almost every state, except for Minnesota and Alaska
Picture Cited
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Work Cited
King, Judith: Wild life Fact File.
Pittsburg, PA: International Masters Publishers 1997
Harrington, Fred H. "Gray Wolves." PowerKids Life Science, Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2011. 29 Apr. 2011 <http://www.pklifescience.com/article/274/gra y-wolves>.