Wolves

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Howling With Wolves

Wolves have been both revered and feared by mankind since the dawn of time. Celebrated in lore, adored in art, maligned in the wild, they still remain a popular choice in photography, art, and decor today.

Canis lupis 

The grey wolf or gray wolf (Canis lupus), also known as the timber wolf or simply wolf, is the largest wild member of the Canidae family. It is an ice age survivor originating during the Late Pleistocene around 300,000 years ago.Nowak, R. 1992. Wolves: The great travelers of evolution. International Wolf 2(4):3 - 7. DNA sequencing and genetic drift studies reaffirm that the gray wolf shares a common ancestry with the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris). Although certain aspects of this conclusion have been questioned, including recently, the main body of evidence confirms it. A number of other gray wolf subspecies have been identified, though the actual number of subspecies is still open to discussion. Gray wolves are typically apex predators in the ecosystems they occupy. Though not as adaptable as more generalist canid species, wolves have thrived in temperate forests, deserts, mountains, tundra, taiga, grasslands, and even urban areas.

Though once abundant over much of Eurasia and North America, the gray wolf inhabits a very small portion of its former range because of widespread destruction of its territory, human encroachment of its habitat, and the resulting human-wolf encounters that sparked broad extirpation. Even so, the gray wolf is regarded as being of least concern for extinction according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, when the entire gray wolf population is considered as a whole. Today, wolves are protected in some areas, hunted for sport in others, or may be subject to extermination as perceived threats to livestock and pets.

In areas where human cultures and wolves are sympatric, wolves frequently feature in the folklore and mythology of those cultures, both positively and negatively.

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Furry Rock Ears

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Vigilant Arctic Wolf

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Wolf in the sun

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Take me home wolf

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Timber Wolf

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Timber Wolf 3 points
White Wolf

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White Wolf 3 points
Columbus Zoo

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Columbus Zoo 3 points
Danger of the Wolf

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Snowy Wolf

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Snowy Wolf 2 points
You Can Lead A Horse to Water... Or Wolf... :D

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Arctic Wolf

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Arctic Wolf 1 point
Columbus Zoo

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Columbus Zoo 1 point
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Columbus Zoo

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Wolf! Wolf! Sausages!

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A Man Among Wolves 

National Geographic Channel: A Man Among Wolves Trailer

The trailer for A Man Among Wolves on the National Geographic Channel

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A Fishing Trip 

Wolves Fishing

Wolves Fishing

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Playing With Wolves 

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SilverOnyx wrote

I think the videos are the best thing to this site. I believe that they help to show others how beautiful they really are. They can be dangerous and that goes for any wild animal out there now. I hope it helps people feel a little less endangered by them. They are such amazing beautiful graceful creatures and I would love the chance to be able to spend time with some and learn everything I can about them.

Reply Posted November 18, 2008

Jewelsofawe wrote...

Wolves are cool. Nice lens.

ReplyPosted October 08, 2008

starlitparlit wrote...

Wolves are such beautiful animals. I actually knew people who raised them as pets. That's kinda scary to me, I would never want a wild animal as a pet.

ReplyPosted October 02, 2008

JohannTheDog wrote...

What a great lens honoring my ancestors! Love the video of the wolf fishing for salmon. Salmon is one of my favorite meals! Woofs, Johann

ReplyPosted August 18, 2008

ElizabethJeanAllen wrote...

Great lens! Wolves are beautiful creatures. They fascinate us as much as they frighten us.
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Lizzy

ReplyPosted August 09, 2008