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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 ........ by jdmphotography
Pack of timber wolf's ........ by jdmphotography
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    “Pack of timber wolf’s ….....” was featured in Wolves & Wild Kin

  • Ralph  Olsson

    Ralph Olsson

    Please consider putting this here

    Absolute ripper:))

  • jdmphotography replied

    As good as done thanks for the invitation Ralph and kind comments ! .....

  • KMorral

    KMorral

    Great capture- love how all the wolves are looking straight at you (though I hope you were able to make good an escape!)

  • jdmphotography replied

    I was at a reasonable safe distance thank you for your wonderful comments Karen ! ........

  • helmutk

    helmutk

    Great shot !

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    Hi’ helmuth thank you again my friend ! ........

  • Tim Denny

    Tim Denny

    Nicely done, look lke young ones

  • jdmphotography replied

    Could well be Tim’ thank you for your kind comments ! .....

  • Trudi's Images

    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

    Virginia N. Fred

    Fantastic information, I like the black one, they are realy staring at you arent they, well done with this one…gina

  • jdmphotography replied

    Thank you gina not sure if they was just a little curious or they were simply thinking lunch lol …...............

  • Karen  Moore

    Karen Moore

    Great shot !!

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    Hi’ Karen thank you for your kind comments ! .......

  • Scott Denny

    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!!

  • jdmphotography replied

    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

    Martina Fagan

    WOW those eyes….......

  • jdmphotography replied

    A Wow’ is a awesome comment thank you Tina ! ..........

  • Tracy Faught

    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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    “Pack of timber wolf’s ….....” was featured in Cards: Animals and pets…

  • Heather  Rivet  IPA

    Heather Rivet...

    well done

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    Thank you for your kind comment Heather ! ........

  • Lucindawind

    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

    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

    janeymac

    wonderful capture and interesting text jon !!!

  • jdmphotography replied

    Why thank you janey I’m glad you found the text interesting kind comments all round thank you ! ........

  • RickF

    RickF

    Great capture!

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    Hi’ Rick thank you my friend ! ....

  • roseduggan

    roseduggan

    Great !!! those eyes are look untrusted and prepare open fire :)).

  • jdmphotography replied

    Absolutely and could not agree more thanks for them great comments Rose ! ..... (-;

  • Chris Snyder

    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

    Robert Elliott

    fantastic capture

  • jdmphotography replied

    Thank you Rob for your kind comments my best wishes to you my friend ! ......

  • Steven  Agius

    Steven Agius

    Amazing capture !

  • jdmphotography replied

    Hi’ Steven thank you for your kind comments once again ! ........

  • francophotos

    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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    “Pack of timber wolf’s ….....” was featured in phoDOGraphy

  • Brian Carey

    Brian Carey

    Great shot!

  • jdmphotography replied

    Hi’ Brian hope you are well thank you for your kind comments my friend ! ......

  • Britta Döll

    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

  • jdmphotography replied

    lol thank you Britta all ready joined and entered your challenge thanks for your kind words ! ........

  • whalegeek

    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

    Barbara Burkhardt

    You got me with this – Sensational image

  • jdmphotography replied

    Well thank you Barbara such sweet comments ! ........

  • Heavenandus777

    Heavenandus777

    Woot Woot This is what Im talking about, What an Entry.Gorgeous

  • jdmphotography replied

    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

    Babbler

    congratulations ! great animals and beautiful photo

  • jdmphotography replied

    Kind comments and thank you for the congrats Babbler ! ...... (-;

  • Scott  d'Almeida

    Scott d'Almeida

    excellent

  • jdmphotography replied

    Hi Scott’ thank you for your kind comments my friend ! ......

  • Jindara

    Jindara

    This is a Fabulous shot! Love it!!

  • jdmphotography replied

    This is just awesome ! Thank you Madeleine for kind comments and feature in such a wonderful group ! ........ (-;

  • SandyK

    SandyK

    Wonderful image, I love it!! Congratulations on your feature!

  • jdmphotography replied

    Thank you kindly Sandy for kind comments and congrats ! ........

  • copperhead

    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.

  • jdmphotography replied

    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

    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.

  • jdmphotography replied

    KInd comments as always thank you Sharon ! ...... (-;

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  • Dawnsky2

    Dawnsky2

    Congratulations your image has been

  • dawndavies

    dawndavies

    many congrats on your features,dawn

  • dawndavies

    dawndavies

    many congrats on your feature,dawn

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