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Post by Savina on May 5, 2018 19:44:53 GMT -6
For anyone interested in learning more about wolves, and wanting to base their characters off more realistic wolves, here are some facts that apply to both real wolves and the ones in this mystical world . - Wolves run on their toes, which helps them to stop and turn quickly and to prevent their paw pads from wearing down.
- Immense power is concentrated in a wolf’s jaw. It has a crushing pressure of nearly 1,500 pound per square inch (compared with around 750 for a large dog). The jaws themselves are massive, bearing 42 teeth specialized for stabbing, shearing, and crunching bones. Their jaws also open farther than those of a dog
- A hungry wolf can eat 20 pounds of meat in a single meal, which is akin to a human eating one hundred hamburgers
- Though many females in a pack are able to have pups, only a few will actually mate and bear pups. Often, only the alpha female and male will mate, which serves to produce the strongest cubs and helps limit the number of cubs the pack must care for. The other females will help raise and “babysit” the cubs.
- Unlike other animals, wolves have a variety of distinctive facial expressions they use to communicate and maintain pack unity.
- Wolves usually mate for life.
- Wolves howl to communicate. if alone, a wolf may howl to attract the attention of his pack. Packs howl together to send territorial messages from one pack to another.
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