Wolves By Rebecca Harris Introduction Wolves interested me

Wolves By Rebecca Harris

Introduction Wolves interested me because my dog Koda is a “wolfdog”/ Northern Inuit as you can see from this picture of her. Also my Dad has always loved timber wolves. I love Wolves too because there are lots of different types to learn about, there are different types and colours too.

There are eight types of wolves in the wild. Blackpool zoo have an Iberian wolf pack that you can visit. For my science project I am looking at and investigating Timber wolves are mostly found Alaska , Canada and Northern America.

A female wolf’s length is 4. 5 to 6 feet a males is 5 to 6. 5 feet. A wolf’s length of life is 13 years in wild and 16 years in captivity.

Wolves have to fight to get their pray. Wolves live and hunt in packs around six to ten. They do this because they want to keep each other safe.

Immense power is located in a wolf’s jaw, this lets them catch and kill their prey easily.

Wolves try very hard to protect there cubs. They have to fight to protect them. The mum never fights, the dad always has to. The dad always fights because they want to keep the mum safe to protect the five or six cubs. The weight of a wolf cub at birth is one pound.

Wolves love to howl because they can get attention and talk to their families

The red marks are where wolves live.

Wolf dens

Wolves dig really far underground in soft Soil and their dens can be up to 15 feet long or down. They can also live in caves with soft soil at the back. The entrance to the den is about 20 to 28 inches wide and 15 to 20 inches high. Dens may have two or more entrances, both of which are usually marked by a large pile of dirt. Den sites are often near a source of water, and are often elevated so that wolves can detect approaching enemies. The Alpha male is very protective of the den. He will often act as a decoy, leading predators (bears and even eagles may prey on a very your pup) away from the site. Although wolves will often stand their ground against wild predators at the den site, they will usually run away for the approach of humans.

Dens are often reused by generations of wolves; one den in Jasper National Park was used by wolves eight times in fifteen years. One on Ellesmere Island may be even older, since bones dated at 783 years old In a normal den, the birthing chamber lies at the end of a tunnel that may be up to 15 feet long in soft soil. The den is often slightly elevated above the rest of the tunnel, and no den-lining material is used. The birthing chamber is usually about three feet in diameter and about two feet high. Wolves may change dens though the year, moving their pups a mile or more. This may occur because of parasitic infestation of the den or because of a disturbance of the den by humans or other animals

Making my timber wolf den. Ingredients 1. Balloons 2. Paper mache 3. Painting 4. Collecting stones 5. Putting it together 6. Spray foam 7. Finish paining 8. Put stones on 9. Fake grass 10. Adding the wolves

2. Paper mache of balloons for dens and tunnels 1. Blowing up balloons and planning 4. Spraying expanding foam to hold absolutely everything in place. 3. Painting the inside of the dens and tunnels 6. Painting the outside of my dens in the colour black for soil. 5. Oop’s maybe a bit to much spray foam. 7. Very carefully placing the fake grass on top of my wolf den with glue and pins.

My Final Wolf Den. This is the den I have made, out of balloons, stones, cut up newspaper, glue, three different colours of paint, paper mache, expanding foam and with wolves.

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