Starting to Learn

Hi everybody!

So this is my second day writing this blog. I was really interested in pack behavior today, so I looked up about that. I found some things that I've never even heard; did you know that Pack Territories vary with location? In the Alaskan or Canadian Wilderness the territory for one pack is around 300 to 1,000 square miles, while in the U.S. the territory is between 25 and 150 square miles.
I was wondering, how many pack members can a pack really have? I was trying to find a reliable source (I always check around and search the site on Google to see if they're real) and I found this strange fact; packs can have as little as 2 members or as many as 30 members! An average pack size is 6 to 8 wolves each. I always thought that wolf packs had more than 8 wolves in them, but I guess I was wrong. At least I learned something, though.

Something else sad happened today. I was looking up synonyms for "Dark" and other things so I could make up some cool names for my stories. I happened to search "Wolf" and look what I got...

1. (noun) wolf
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
Synonyms: savage, brute, masher, beast, wild dog

What?! Savage? Brute? Beast? What are they thinking?!
I was so mad. Wolves aren't savage! Well, since I was pretty much arguing with myself, I decided to get some information to back up this claim.
My journey kind of stopped short when I looked up "Are Wolves Savage" on Google. I only got a whole bunch of pages for a Rugby team called the Savage Wolves...
Moving on!

Tomorrow I want to look up hunting behaviours in wolves. I really want to know how they work together in a civilized group to take down their prey!



Learning About Pack Behaviours,
Terra <3