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Very few wolves live as loners; the pack takes up much of their lives.  The pack consists of about ten animals divided into male and female heirarchies, which are led by the alphas.  Alphas, the oldest wolves in the pack, maintain their status through fighting.

Very few wolves live as loners; the pack takes up much of their lives.  The pack consists of about ten animals divided into male and female heirarchies, which are led by the alphas.  Alphas, the oldest wolves in the pack, maintain their status through fighting.

Wolves use a great deal of recogizable body language, scent, and sounds to communicate with each other.  The position of tails relative to their bodies, lowering and exposure of their necks, the bearing of teeth can indicate submission or dominance to one another.  Territories are marked by urine or feces, and packs will defend them from others.  Howling is done communaly, as a means to assemble, communicate with others, or as a hunting call at dusk.

Wolves use a great deal of recogizable body language, scent, and sounds to communicate with each other.  The position of tails relative to their bodies, lowering and exposure of their necks, the bearing of teeth can indicate submission or dominance to one another.  Territories are marked by urine or feces, and packs will defend them from others.  Howling is done communally, as a means to assemble, communicate with others, or as a hunting call at dusk.

When the pack is on the hunt, prey generally consists of large mammals - deer, caribou, moose - and the pack will cooperate with one another to catch and kill their target, which usually consists of a weak, old, or young animal.  They will also prey on smaller game, such as rodents or rabbit, and sometimes will scavange carrion when no live prey is available.

When the pack is on the hunt, prey generally consists of large mammals - deer, caribou, moose - and the pack will cooperate with one another to catch and kill their target, which usually consists of a weak, old, or young animal.  They will also prey on smaller game, such as rodents or rabbits, and sometimes will scavenge carrion when no live prey is available.

====Reproduction====

====Reproduction====

====Perceptions of Wolves====

====Perceptions of Wolves====

To date there has been no known documented case of a healthy adult wolf killing a human being; normally, a pack of wolves are wary of man and tend to stay away.  Despite this, wolves have been cast as the villain throughout history, with the European legends of the [[werewolf]], the fairy tales of "The Three Pigs" and "Little Red Riding Hood" being a few examples.  Other tales portray the wolf in a more favorable manner: the boy Mowgli being raised by a wolf in Runyad Kipling's ''The Jungle Book'', and earlier, the twins Romulus and Remus saved and sucked by a she-wolf many years before one of the founded the city of [[Rome]].

To date there has been no known documented case of a healthy adult wolf killing a human being; normally, a pack of wolves are wary of man and tend to stay away.  Despite this, wolves have been cast as the villain throughout history, with the European legends of the [[werewolf]], the fairy tales of "The Three Pigs" and "Little Red Riding Hood" being a few examples.  Other tales portray the wolf in a more favorable manner: the boy Mowgli being raised by a wolf in Rudyard Kipling's ''The Jungle Book'', and earlier, the twins Romulus and Remus saved and suckled by a she-wolf many years before one of them founded the city of [[Rome]].

====Wolves in the Bible====

====Wolves in the Bible====

Wolves are mentioned several times in the [[Bible]], where they are typically used as examplars of savagery. When Jesus sends out the [[Apostles]], he says,

Wolves are mentioned several times in the [[Bible]], where they are typically used as exemplars of savagery. When Jesus sends out the [[Apostles]], he says,

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''Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.'' [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 10:16 ([[KJV]])

''Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.'' [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 10:16 ([[KJV]])