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If a dog ever had the face of a wolf, this girl today at the park was it. She was fascinated with Ouzo - here she was waiting for him to come onshore. She wasn't a big dog, but her face screamed wolf to me. Not her tail, of course :)
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Mexican Wolf
Canis lupus baileyei
Also known as "el lobo", the Mexican wolf is the smallest subspecies of the North American gray wolf. Wolves live in family groups called packs. The wolf parents are the leaders of the pack, called the alpha pair. The rest of the group includes their sons and daughters and possibly a few other close relatives. The wolf family eats, sleeps, travels, plays, and hunts together as a team. By hunting cooperatively, wolves can bring down prey much larger than themselves such as elk. While wolves may occasionally take down unprotected livestock, they much prefer wild prey. Once exterminated from the wild, Mexican wolves are being reintroduced into their former range in Arizona and New Mexico.
A wolf's howl can be heard more than five miles away.
A wolf's sense of smell is about 100 times better than a human's.
Dogs are descendents of wolves domesticated over thousands of years.
Fact File
Where to see them: Wolf Woods
Height: 4.5 to 5.5 ft
Weight: 60 to 80 lbs
Lifespan: 12 to 15 yrs in captivity
Habitat: Mountain and forest
Diet: Elk, deer, peccaries, rabbits, rodents, and carrion
Risk Status: Species at Risk (Endangered—U.S. Endangered Species Act)
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In 1959 Wolf Suschitzky was commissioned to photograph the new towns that were being built around London. Crawley Museum, in conjunction with Brighton University, has put on an exhibition of the photographs he took in Crawley.
A photo I took at the UK Wolf Conservation Trust at one of their visit Wednesdays in September 2016.
The Wolf Spider.
Wolf spiders are usually brown, grey, black or tan, with dark body markings — most commonly stripes. Their colouring is effective camouflage, helping them catch their prey and keep safe from predators. They range from a quarter of an inch to over an inch (6.4mm to 3cm) long, with males typically smaller than females.
Wolf spiders’ eight eyes are arranged in three rows, with two medium-size eyes placed to the sides of the top row, two large eyes in the middle row, and four smaller eyes in the bottom row. They have excellent night vision, and primarily hunt in the dark.
Wolf spiders are solitary creatures that roam alone in the night, stalking prey. They typically live on the ground, though some are known to climb partly up trees or dive into water to catch their prey. Some species hide in vegetation or leaf litter, while others dig tunnels or use other animals’ tunnels. Some wolf spiders hunt in a set territory and return to a specific place to feed, while others wander nomadically with no territory or home.
Wolf spiders eat mostly ground-dwelling insects and other spiders. Especially large females might eat small vertebrates. Some species chase down and grab their prey, while others wait for it to walk by and ambush it. Wolf spiders often jump on their prey, hold it between their legs and roll over on their backs, trapping their prey with their limbs before biting it.
Wolf spiders use their keen eyesight, camouflage colouring, speedy movements and high sensitivity to vibrations to be aware of and keep safe from predators. They will bite when threatened.
After mating, female wolf spiders lay several dozen eggs or more and wrap them in silk, creating a large egg sac about the size of a pea. The female keeps the egg sac close; if she is a nomadic species, she will carry it with her under her abdomen everywhere she goes. Tunnel dwellers leave their egg sacs in the tunnel when hunting, but bring it outside during the day because the warm sun helps the eggs develop faster. If the female is separated from the egg sac, she will search furiously for it. Mothers are known to exhibit aggressive behaviour when carrying their egg sacs.
This maternal behaviour doesn’t stop after the eggs hatch. After the babies are born, they crawl onto the mother’s back. She carries them there for several weeks or longer until they are large enough to venture off on their own.
Taken during a Ray Barlow photography workshop at the Muskoka Wildlife Centre - controlled conditions.
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Lobo de Alaska. FotografÃa tomada en el zoo de Madrid.
FotografÃa propiedad de Jérôme González (www.compasCREAtivo.com)