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The gray wolf is the largest wild member of the canid family, with males averaging 43–45 kg (95–99 lb), and females 36–38.5 kg (79–85 lb). [6] It is the most specialized member of its genus in the direction of carnivory and hunting large game. [7]
The largest on record was killed after World War II in the Kobelyakski Area of the Poltavskij Region in the Ukrainian SSR, and weighed 86 kg (190 lb). [15] Larger weights of 92–96 kg (203–212 lb) have been reported in Ukraine, though the circumstances under which these latter animals were weighed are not known.
A "furious" wolf killed and partially ate a woman. [607] June 31, 1814 Unknown†, 8, female: Predatory: Saint-Moré, France: A wolf killed and ate a girl, and injured two other children on the same day. [607] May 26, 1814 Unknown†, 8, female: Predatory: Voutenay-sur-Cure, France: A wolf dragged away and ate a girl, and had bitten an older ...
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A lone gray wolf bolted past a logger last week, on the edge of a clear cut forest in northern St. Louis County. The wolf ran past a giant industrial saw and leaped over felled trees in pursuit of ...
The wolf stopped, stepped back, and attacked at the midsection, still encased in the sleeping bag. Langevin fought it with his hands and arms, and rolled back towards the fire pit. The wolf bit him on the back and head, leaving multiple lacerations and separating a part of his scalp from the skull before being chased away by a group of other ...
An effort is underway to help wildlife safely cross U.S. 64 after at least three wolves, including two fathers, have been killed recently. Nearly 20% of wild red wolves have died on NC roads ...
On January 15, 2009, a male black wolf from "Mollie's Pack" in the Yellowstone National Park's Pelican Valley was weighed in at 143 lbs, making it the largest Yellowstone wolf on record. [20] Adolph Murie was among the first wolf biologists to speculate that the wide color variation in wolves was due to interbreeding with dogs; [21]