Wolf Report

Thank you Ola for your answers about grey wolves around you.

We have been learning to take notes from video clips and online text. Our aim was to find out more about the grey wolves of Yellowstone National Park, having read the novel Wolf in the Wardrobe, a NZ novel by Susan Brocker. We have also been thinking about how to describe precisely using the right scientific vocabulary. This led to us learning how to use a colon to introduce a list. Can you find the colons in Jack's wolf report?

Wolves 12/10/16

Wolves are canines like dogs, they look similar to a german shepard but are a lot bigger.

Diet

Wolves eat many different ungulates: caribou, elk, bison and deer. They also eat much smaller prey too, such as rabbit, beaver and otter. They will eat the sick, old or young ones because they are easier to catch.

Hunting

When hunting, wolves will split up and chase their prey from many angles so they can trap it. The wolves will bite the legs of their prey and hold on until another wolf comes and strikes it in the throat. They can run for a long amount of time to catch their prey (at least 1 hour). Wolves are capable of running through water and snow.

Pups

The alpha male and female are the only wolves that breed in the pack. There are usually about 4-6 pups in a litter. When the pups are born, all the wolves in the pack will help to look after them. To feed the pups, the wolves will regurgitate some meat from their stomach for them.  

Communication

Wolves communicate in a few different ways: howling, barking, growling and whining. A wolf from a pack will howl to give the other wolves a warning, or to bring the pack together. Lone wolves will very rarely howl.