how do wolves hunt?
A wolf body is made for chasing large animals and bringing them down. To do this, they have excellent senses to for bringing them down and they have muscles and long legs for running fast.They have very strong jaws and teeth for holding prey. The leader in the pack is usually the biggest and strongest. He is like a king. The other wolves in the pack usually do what the lead wolf says to do.During a hunt, howling may be used to signal the location of each wolf to other members of the family. Most adults in the pack will work to find food for the pups and will fight to defend the pups. Wolves hunt a wide variety of animals and some of their prey is rather small. Beavers can be an important source of food. Some wolves hunt rabbits and squirrels. Others chase ducks, geese and other birds. When prey is really hard to find the wolves may even eat mice. When they can get it, Wolves seem to prefer larger prey like deer, elk and mountain goats. Most of these animals are hard to catch – they can
