Rob Keehner posted an interesting comment below. Rob says: A wolf at a trot is very efficient and can cover huge ground in a day. Just because you see a wolf or coywolf once doesnt necessarily mean that you will ever see it again. Stories like that of OR-7 give me encouragement large canids can repopulate the east. We need these other reintroduction sites to help! So, so true!! Wolves travel at a steady, tireless trot, averaging about 5 miles an hour. When chasing prey, they can sprint at 25 to 35 miles an hour. Their big feet and spreading toes support them on snow and help them climb rocky terrain. Look at the photo of the wolf descending the steep hillside at the NC Museum of Life and Science. An old Russian proverb says that the wolf lives by his feet. Wolves are long-distance travelers. They easily travel 10 to 30 miles in a day to hunt, and often they put even more mileage on the wolf odometer. Wolves that have left the family in search of a mate and unoccupied territory travel huge distances, hundreds of miles from their home territories. GPS tracking collars have allowed researchers to document the travels of lone wolves like OR-7 and other wolves that have traveled from Yellowstone to Colorado and Utah and from northern Minnesota to Iowa and Missouri. Photos: Becky Bartel Harrison, Tallahassee Zoo, Tom and Pat Leeson)
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 14:15:31 +0000
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