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About Wolves Page II
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*About Barking The wolf bark is not like that of a dog,
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could say a wolf dose not bark at all yet when the wolf gives his warning alert
that is known as a the warning bark. The sound is more of a choppy howl, and not a bow
wow or ruff ruff.
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About Wolf Fights! Wolves rarely fight to
the death. The fights are mostly symbolic. There is a lot of growling
and whimpering ; this is part of the wolves language. The
growling being aggression or dominance display, and the
whimpering being submission.
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About Play Some people studying wolves say wolves do not play, while others have used the way in which wolves play and interact with one another,
as a research tool in working with mentally challenged children. In the image above this is the same facial expression a wolf will have while hunting or killing it's prey. Needless to say that wolf is not playing.
In my opinion. I think we must first look at play. I think play in all animals, including mankind, is not just for entertainment. A wolf pup will interact with other members of the pack to learn what it must do to survive as an adult. A human child will do the same. As children we learn team work as we play. As children we also get angry with one another, and it is not, an uncommon site to see children's play soon turn into tears. As adults we continue to play our games
seem to become more competitive. And yes we still continue to get angry with one another.
On the other hand, on many occasions I have seen wolves do things that seem to be just for fun, with no other explanation then a very anthropomorphic one. So perhaps wolves as well as humans, sometimes do thing just because we can and it's fun. |
Art & Data by Karlyn Atkinson- Berg Zimen 1981 Fox 1971 Additional Data by Shoemaker 1988 Shoemaker 2001
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