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The grey wolf or gray wolf, also known as the timber wolf or simply wolf, is the largest wild member of the Canidae family.
Occasionally, single wolves are found in the wild, though packs are more common. Lone wolves are typically old specimens driven from their pack or young adults in search of new territory. Wolf packs in the northern hemisphere tend not to be as compact or unified as those of African Wild Dogs and Spotted Hyenas, though they are not as unstable as those of coyotes.Normally, the pack consists of a male, a female, and their offspring, essentially making the pack a nuclear family.The size of the pack may change over time and is controlled by several factors, including habitat, personalities of individual wolves within a pack, and food supply.
Packs can contain between 2 and 20 wolves, though 8 is a more typical size.An unusually large pack consisting of 36 wolves was reported in 1967 in Alaska.While most breeding pairs are monogamous, there are exceptions. Wolves will usually remain with their parents until the age of two years. Young from the previous season will support their parents in nursing pups of a later year. Wolf cubs are very submissive to their parents, and remain so after reaching sexual maturity. On occasion in captivity, subordinate wolves may rise up and challenge the dominant pair; such revolts may result in daughters killing mothers and sons killing fathers.This behavior has never been documented in the wild,and it is hypothesized that it only happens in captivity because dispersal is impossible.There are no documented cases of subordinate wolves challenging the leadership of their parents.Instead of openly challenging the leadership of the pack leaders, most young wolves between the ages of 1–4 years leave their family in order to search for, or start, a pack of their own.
Wolves acting unusually, such as epileptic pups or thrashing adults crippled by a trap or a gunshot, are usually killed by other members of their own pack.Asiatic and Middle Eastern wolves tend to be less inclined to socialising with any other member of their species outside their own nuclear family, passing their lives more frequently either in pairs or as social individuals, much like coyotes and dingoes.
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“Pack of timber wolf’s ….....” was featured in Wolves & Wild Kin
Ralph Olsson
Please consider putting this here
Absolute ripper:))
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As good as done thanks for the invitation Ralph and kind comments ! .....
KMorral
Great capture- love how all the wolves are looking straight at you (though I hope you were able to make good an escape!)
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I was at a reasonable safe distance thank you for your wonderful comments Karen ! ........
helmutk
Great shot !
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Hi’ helmuth thank you again my friend ! ........
Tim Denny
Nicely done, look lke young ones
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Could well be Tim’ thank you for your kind comments ! .....
Trudi's Images
Fabulous capture awesome eye contact
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Hi’ Trudi thats what I like to here being the host of the eye contact group thank you so much ! ........ (-;
Virginia N. Fred
Fantastic information, I like the black one, they are realy staring at you arent they, well done with this one…gina
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Thank you gina not sure if they was just a little curious or they were simply thinking lunch lol …...............
Karen Moore
Great shot !!
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Hi’ Karen thank you for your kind comments ! .......
Scott Denny
Well doesnt this make me jealous!!!
Great job!! What a well timed shot. Exposure and lighting are very good as well.
Where ever did you take this shot?
I have been wanting to visit the Wolf Park in Indiana for some time now. They have photo session where they allow you to go into the wooded enclosure with the wolves. It cost like $275 for the day.
I really need on doing a few more portraits sessions and save the money for the Wolf Park.
This one heads to my favs!!
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Hi’ Scott that really is a awesome comment made thank you ! A similar park in England and charge similar rates for photo shoots however in this case I was a little lucky as they wanted a poster image for the park grounds if I could produce this to there liking then I pay nothing’ has luck would have it’ they were delighted with the results ….... Thanks again for the fav my freind !! .......
Martina Fagan
WOW those eyes….......
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A Wow’ is a awesome comment thank you Tina ! ..........
Tracy Faught
Instant fav!!! So beautiful! Great work! ;]
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Thank you for the fav and your kind words Tracy ! ..........
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Heather Rivet...
well done
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Thank you for your kind comment Heather ! ........
Lucindawind
ohhh they are beautiful creatures .. fantastic capture … they are looking right at you too ! :)
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Hi’ Lu they certainly made me hair stand up on the back of me neck that day lol but it was all worth it thank you lovely comments ! ......
parmi
Mate, this is intense and incredible! Really caught them in the moment here. Love your composition. The darkest of the 3 looks mean as hell!!
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Funny that I thought that when I was standing behind one of the keepers lol Awesome comments thanks mate ! .......
janeymac
wonderful capture and interesting text jon !!!
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Why thank you janey I’m glad you found the text interesting kind comments all round thank you ! ........
RickF
Great capture!
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Hi’ Rick thank you my friend ! ....
roseduggan
Great !!! those eyes are look untrusted and prepare open fire :)).
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Absolutely and could not agree more thanks for them great comments Rose ! ..... (-;
Chris Snyder
Fantastic. Their eyes give a very confident expression. My favorite Yellowstone experiences involved these gorgeous animals.
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Hi’ Chris thank you for your wonderful comments I would love to go to Yellowstone maybe one day ! ...........
Robert Elliott
fantastic capture
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Thank you Rob for your kind comments my best wishes to you my friend ! ......
Steven Agius
Amazing capture !
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Hi’ Steven thank you for your kind comments once again ! ........
francophotos
Wonderful how you have captured a certain ‘enthusiasm’ in their expressions! Well done and congrats with the poster! May I ask which park in UK have these beautiful wolves? Excellent information! :)
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Why thank you Franco some awesome comments there I will mail you the info ! .........
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Brian Carey
Great shot!
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Hi’ Brian hope you are well thank you for your kind comments my friend ! ......
Britta Döll
This is great! I should show this to my dog that sometimes seem to think of itself as a wolf! ;-)
I’d like to invite you to cards: animals and pets to show it there, too. There is also a challenge where this would fit in perfectly! Kindest regards, Britta
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lol thank you Britta all ready joined and entered your challenge thanks for your kind words ! ........
whalegeek
Outstanding image of magnificent creatures. Additionally, your written essay is wonderful. Thank you for all this excellent discourse on wonderful wolves.
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Some really awesome comments on these guys thanks for the fav and kind words ! .........
Barbara Burkhardt
You got me with this – Sensational image
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Well thank you Barbara such sweet comments ! ........
Heavenandus777
Woot Woot This is what Im talking about, What an Entry.Gorgeous
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What lovely comments to make thank you for your kind words ! ...... (-;
Heike Nagel
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Wow’ thank you Heike & Britta for this wonderful feature in this superb group ! ....... (-;
Babbler
congratulations ! great animals and beautiful photo
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Kind comments and thank you for the congrats Babbler ! ...... (-;
Scott d'Almeida
excellent
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Hi Scott’ thank you for your kind comments my friend ! ......
Jindara
This is a Fabulous shot! Love it!!
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This is just awesome ! Thank you Madeleine for kind comments and feature in such a wonderful group ! ........ (-;
SandyK
Wonderful image, I love it!! Congratulations on your feature!
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Thank you kindly Sandy for kind comments and congrats ! ........
copperhead
This is a beautiful shot!
An amazing encounter for you I bet. I cannot imagine not being completely mezmarized. I’m pretty sure it’s curiosity that has them looking at you…as if you were on the menu..you’d never see them before they made their move. (And then..well you wouldn’t know what hit you most likely..they don’t play with their food before they eat it). Congrats on an amazing and beautiful shot. Instant Favorite!
They are amazing creatures no doubt. I do want to mention on the “revolts” that often this happens when a male or female attempts to mate with one of their relatives. With wolves, inbreeding is rare because most Alphas will not allow the other pack members to mate within the pack. This might be why this doesn’t happen in the wild very much because the Alphas keep the population from getting out of control by controlling the breeding cycles.
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I think your right about the curiosity’ Copperhead, and what awesome info you have given here thank you for that’ and all your kind comments congrats and fav ! .........
Sharon Mau
They are beautiful!
Aloha my dear friend, I launched a challenge in the Alaska group and I do hope you will participate! I wish you a lovely day.
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KInd comments as always thank you Sharon ! ...... (-;
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Dawnsky2
Congratulations your image has been

dawndavies
many congrats on your features,dawn
dawndavies
many congrats on your feature,dawn