Birth
This is the time of year at which wolf pups are born.
What is the Spring (April/May)?
This is the maximum number of wolves typically found in a pack
What is 20?
This is the likely top speed of a wolf
What is 28 mph?
This is the number of North American gray wolves in 1600
What is 2 million?
This world dictator was fascinated with wolves and often used wolf based nicknames for himself and military headquarters
Who is Hitler?
(Herr Wolf)
When a wolf hacks up food to feed a pup
What is disgorging or regurgitating?
This is what a subservient wolf will do when it is ready to submit
What is lie on the ground, side and belly exposed, and whimper?
This is the maximum number of pounds of meat a wolf could consume in one sitting
What is 20 lbs?
(akin to a human eating 100 hamburgers)
This is the number of North American gray wolves today
What is 65,000?
This is the typical life expectancy of a wolf in the wild
What is 6-8 years?
Wolves are typically born without which sense.
What is sense of smell?
These birds often follow wolf packs to feast on leftovers and tease the wolves
What are ravens?
This is the number of scent cells that a wolf has
What is 200 million cells?
(vs 5 million in humans)
This is the year (in the 1900's) when the US government enacted a wolf eradication program
What is 1915?
These founders of the city of Rome are said to have been suckled by a she-wolf when they were young
Who are Romulus and Remus?
This is the name of the pair that produces pups in the pack
What is the Alpha pair?
This type of wolf typically does not howl since it does not rely on social interactions
What is a lone wolf?
Its jaw is twice as strong as that of a German Shepard measuring up to this much PSI
What is 1500 PSI?
This is the year that wolves were placed on the endangered species list
What is 1973/74?
This is the number of species of wolves
What is 3?
the gray wolf (Canis lupus), the red wolf (Canis rufus), and the Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis)
This is the typical eye color of a wolf at birth
What is blue? (Note: after 8-12 weeks it usually turns gold/orange)
This is the number of miles in a typical pack territory
This is the maximum number of miles a wolf can hear
What is 6-10 miles?
This city in Michigan is home of the Howling Timbers Animal Sanctuary
What is Muskegon?
This is a human disease that literally means "wolf redness'
What is Systemic Lupus Erythmatosus?