Wolves

 

Wolves

The wolf is known throughout the world as the largest species in the wild canidae family. Fossils conducted by scientists have proven that gray wolves lived on the surface of the Earth more than 300 thousand years ago, specifically at the end of the Pliocene. They are noted to be among the animals that survived an accident. The mass extinction that occurred in the late Ice Age, and research indicates that wolves have a common ancestor with domesticated dogs, and they are predatory animals that cannot adapt to human-inhabited places, unlike other domesticated canids, but they can live in the tundra, taiga, mountains, and lands. Grasslands and some urban places. Wolves have appeared in different cultures throughout history, mentioned positively and negatively at times, depending on each nation’s experience and view of wolves and their characteristics.

 

In many civilizations, the wolf is referred to with good qualities and good characteristics, such as protecting the flock for each other and wolves being loyal to each other, and sometimes with negative qualities such as treachery and predation. Therefore, many phrases are written about it, which are often intended to refer to the actions of some people, and how they should deal with them. With each other,

The wolf is a predatory animal by nature, but despite that, it does not prey on a wolf like it. Rather, it helps its fellow wolf in obtaining one prey. Whoever learns from the wolf to be predatory will learn from him loyalty and helping his fellow man.

 

Wolves use scents for olfactory communication between themselves, as scent marks are used to determine the locations of the herd members’ dispersal, and to clarify the boundaries of their territory and the food within it. This ensures that this area is not exposed to interference from any other packs of wolves. Wolves have scent glands located between their toes, which is why they leave a scent behind them wherever they walk. Also, urination is one of the most common methods of marking scents. Vocal communication between wolves consists of several Sounds, which are as follows: Howling: Scientists believe that howling is used to gather members of the herd, or to claim their area from other herds, or as a means of identifying other wolves. Roaring: This is a sound that indicates the aggressiveness of wolves that dominate other wolves. Moaning: Moaning is usually issued by an adult female wolf when she is inside her den, and is believed to be an emotional sound. Barking: Some experts believe that barking is a means of warning or calling wolves to each other during the chase.

 

Wolves are at the top of the food chain in the environment, and if they do not exist, animals that are lower in the food chain will take their place. Such as goths and foxes, but they will not be able to hunt animals larger than themselves as wolves used to do, and they will rely on medium-sized animals, such as rodents and other small animals. This leads to excessive reproduction among animals that are prey for wolves; such as deer and deer, thus depleting the vegetation cover that these animals depend on for food. With the decrease in the number of carcasses of these animals that are eaten by wolves, birds of prey; Like the vulture and crow that feed on the remains of corpses, they will not find food for themselves and will search for other sources of food

 

The relationship of wolves with humans.

 

Specialists believe that wolves are among the shyest animals in the northern wilderness. They are also afraid of humans and stay away from them even if a human tries to approach them. In 1990, a large herd of wolves moved to one of the regions of Alaska, which is inhabited by more than a quarter of a million people. Any incident of wolves attacking any of the residents is recorded. There have been rare cases in India of wolves attacking children living in the forest, but it is believed that the wolves considered these children as competitors for food sources, and at other times the attack of wolves on humans resulted from mistakes made by humans in dealing with wolves and attacking them.

 

Are wolves in danger?

  The formation of a strong gray wolf population in the northern Rocky Mountains has led to a strong return of once-threatening wolves, but other wolf species remain under threat from international politics, war, and anti-wildlife actions.

 

Finally

If you see wolves being kind to sheep, dogs eating with cats from one bowl, and snakes frolicking with birds, know that you are dreaming and it is time to wake up now.