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Wolves Differentiated Reading Comprehension Ma

Wolves are fast runners, capable of reaching speeds up to 40mph, and are skilled hunters with a keen sense of smell and hearing. They live in packs, primarily hunt carnivorous prey, and can adapt to various habitats across Europe, Asia, and North America. There are two main species, the red wolf and the grey wolf, with distinct physical and behavioral differences.

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Wolves Differentiated Reading Comprehension Ma

Wolves are fast runners, capable of reaching speeds up to 40mph, and are skilled hunters with a keen sense of smell and hearing. They live in packs, primarily hunt carnivorous prey, and can adapt to various habitats across Europe, Asia, and North America. There are two main species, the red wolf and the grey wolf, with distinct physical and behavioral differences.

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Wolves

 Wolves are fast runners. They can reach


speeds of 40mph to chase prey.
Big Facts

 Wolves are amazing hunters and they have a very


keen sense of smell and hearing.
 Wolves live and hunt in groups called packs.
 Most wolves weigh about 40kg.

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 Wolf pups are born blind and deaf

What do they eat? Where do they live?


Wolves are carnivores, they
eat animals. Wolves that The grey wolf comes from
hunt alone catch small remote areas of Europe, Asia
animals like rabbits, hares and North America. Wild red
and squirrels. However, a wolves only live in the United
pack of wolves can catch States of America. Wolves can
very big animals such as live in a variety of habitats
moose, caribou and elk. including woodlands,
They also eat small amounts grasslands, forests and
of fruit and berries when deserts. They can survive in
they are in season. Arctic very cold and hot
wolves in particular have to temperatures, from -50°C to
travel very far to hunt for 40°C!
food.

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Wolves
Similarities and Differences
The wolf is a large predator of the Canidae family. There
are two well-known species in the world, the red wolf and
the grey wolf (known as the gray wolf, timber wolf or
western wolf ), and a third debated species, the Ethiopian
wolf. Red wolves are smaller than most grey wolves, have
pointier faces and a howl that is more screechy and
higher in pitch. Wild red wolves are an endangered
species, but only some types of grey wolves are. There are
then five subspecies of the grey wolf including the
Mexican wolf and Arctic wolf. Arctic wolves are white and
so blend in with snow in their natural habitat.

Wolves are usually black, white or grey but can also be


red, brown and grey-brown. They may look similar to
dogs, but wolves think and act in very different ways.

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Wolves Questions
1. What family do wolves belong to?

2. What are wolves good at?

3. What is surprising about wolf pups when they are first born?

4. Where does the grey wolf come from?

5. What temperatures can wolves survive in?

6. Which animals do wolves hunt alone?

7. Which animals do wolves hunt as part of a pack?

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8. Explain two differences between the grey and red wolf.

9. What colours are wolves?

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