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====Reproduction====

====Reproduction====

Wolves are monogamous, and mate for life <ref>[http://www.wolftrust.org.uk/a-reproduction.html Wolf Trust; United Kingdom]</ref> <ref>[http://www.wonderquest.com/animal-mate-for-life.htm Wonderquest; Animals that mate for life]</ref> <ref>[http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/grayWolf.html The Wild Ones; Gray Wolf]</ref>.  The alpha wolves in the pack do the actual breeding, which occurs in the spring; the pups are born two months later.  The average litter size is six, but sometimes more are born.  The pups open their eyes after nine days, with a gradual weaning to regurgitated meat within a month.  The pups stay within the den for their first six weeks, gradually coming out to explore and play at the end of that period; by their third month they learn to hunt, and are fully adult in eighteen months.

Wolves are largely monogamous, and are sometimes considered to mate for life <ref>[http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/grayWolf.html The Wild Ones; Gray Wolf]</ref> though extra pair matings are common events<ref>[http://www.wonderquest.com/animal-mate-for-life.htm Wonderquest; Animals that mate for life]</ref>.  The alpha wolves in the pack do the actual breeding, which occurs in the spring; the pups are born two months later.  The average litter size is six, but sometimes more are born.  The pups open their eyes after nine days, with a gradual weaning to regurgitated meat within a month.  The pups stay within the den for their first six weeks, gradually coming out to explore and play at the end of that period; by their third month they learn to hunt, and are fully adult in eighteen months.

==Value to Man==

==Value to Man==