1. WOLVES!
by:Breanna O'Neill

2. INFORMATION Life Span:6 to 8 years Status: endangered Group name: Pack
Weight:40 to 175 lbs
Height: relative to a six foot man

3. COMMUNICATION
* Wolves are legendary because of their spine- tingling howl, which they use to communicate.
*A lone wolf howls to attract the attention of his pack, while communal howls may send territorial messages from one pack to another.

4. FACTS *Wolves are the largest members of the dog family.
*Adaptable gray wolves are by far the most common and were once found all over the Northern Hemisphere.
*Though they almost never attack humans, wolves are considered one of the animal world's most fearsome natural villains.

5. TYPES OF WOLVES * Gray Wolf * Red Wolf * Timber Wolf * Maned Wolf
* and so many more!

6. DANGER
*In the lower 48 states, gray wolves were hunted to near extinction, though some populations survived and others have since been reintroduced.
*Red wolves live in the southeastern United States, where they are endangered. These animals actually became extinct in the wild in Scientists established a breeding program with a small number of captive red wolves and have reintroduced the animal to North Carolina.