Wolves

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The gray wolf is the world's largest wild canine, and an apex predator that helps maintain healthy ecosystems. Appearance: Gray wolves can grow up to 6 ft long, including their tail, and weigh 70–100 lbs. They are further distinguished from other Canis species by its less pointed ears, being more rounded and blocky muzzle, as well as a shorter torso and a longer bushy tail often black-tipped. This particular pack having thick white fur with shades of grey. Wolf genitalia, like that of other canines, are characterized by a fur covered scrotum, composed of thin, dark colored skin. The scrotum surrounds the testicles and is designed to keep the testicles several degrees cooler than the Wolf's internal body temperature so that the sperm are not damaged by excessive warmth. From the scrotum extending along the lower belly is the prepuce, often called the sheath. The prepuce is a flap of fur covered flesh that sheaths and protects the penis. The penis is a soft fleshy organ which extends from the sheath as it pumps full of blood when the Wolf becomes sexually aroused. The penis contains a bone called the Baculum Bacula (OS penis), which aids in penetrating during copulation. When canines mate the male's erection occurs after penetration, rather then before (to achieve) penetration as in humans. Toward the base of the penis is the bulbus glandis, also called the knot, which swells into the to tie the male together during coitus. The knot prevents the mating pair from parting until after insemination has taken place. Male wolves develop a larger testicle and scrotum size as they reach sexual maturity, between 22 and 46 months, accompanied by increased testosterone production. Female wolves have a vulva and clitoris. True hermaphroditism, where an individual has both ovarian and testicular tissue, has been observed in wolves.

Other stuff: the wolf is most specialized for cooperative game hunting as demonstrated by its physical adaptations to tackling large prey, its more social nature, and its highly advanced expressive behaviour, including individual or group howling. It travels in nuclear families consisting of a mated pair accompanied by their offspring. Offspring may leave to form their own packs on the onset of sexual maturity and in response to competition for food within the pack. Wolves are also territorial, and fights over territory are among the principal causes of mortality. The sense of smell is a Wolf's most developed sense and greatest asset. A domestic canine's nasal cavity has about twenty-five times the number of olfactory receptors and fourteen times the scent receptive surface area of a human being. It has been suggested by experts that a Wolf may have twelve times the ability to detect odors of a domestic canine and a hundred times that ability of a human being. A Wolf's tongue is long and quite soft. It is covered in hundreds of projections called papillae which aid in grooming and with tugging meat from bones. A Wolf also uses the tongue for licking up blood, drinking water, and during certain social rituals where tongue contact indicates respect and/or submissive behavior. The tongue is quite thick, but tapers to a thin tip that can be curved into a ladle-like form, making it especially useful for lapping up water. A Wolf's anal region not only serves the usual function of defecation, but also plays an important role in communication. To the lower left and right of the anal sphincter are the anal scent ducts.