were do wolves live and how long are they and how long do they live?
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*Roaming in* For a world map of wolves use http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geupg6B31EVlMBarJXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE3ZnJqNzk4BGNvbG8DZQRsA1dTMQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZANGNzQ4XzE1Nw--/SIG=11hccoq1k/EXP=1149130938/**http%3a//www.kidsplanet.org/www\n\nFor North America wolf populations try http://www.defenders.org/pubs/pfw03.html\n\nSome state maps can be found at http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/search?p=map+of+wolf+population&ei=UTF-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&fr=moz3\n\nWolf weight and size can vary greatly worldwide, though both tend to increase proportionally with higher latitudes. Generally speaking, height varies from 0.6 to 0.9 meters (24 to 35 inches) at the shoulder, and weight can range anywhere from 25 to 65 kg (55-143 pounds), making wolves the largest among all wild canids. Although rarely encountered, extreme specimens reaching 80 kg (176 lb.) have been recorded in Alaska and Canada, though some people claim to have seen even larger anomalous individuals (90+ kg) roaming the Yukon, where some of the largest wolves in North America can be found. Customarily, however, wolves will be of a more typical physical capacity, with the females in a given population weighing about twenty percent less than their male counterparts. Wolves can measure anywhere between 1.3 and 2 meters (51 to 78 inches) from nose to tail tip, with the tail itself consisting of approximately one quarter of overall body length. \n\nWolves in the wild live between 6-9 years, but in captivity can live up to 18 years.\n\nSome great wolf fact sites include\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf\nhttp://www.wolf.org/wolves/learn/basic/faq.asp\nhttp://www.wolfweb.com/facts.html\nhttp://www.alaska.net/~wolfsong/wolf_facts.html
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Dogs like thier ancestors wolves use licking for many purposes....a subservient wolf for example always fawns upon more dominant members of the pack by crawling on the ground licking the muzzle of the dominant wolf to show that they recognize thier leadership, however pups also lick the corners of the mouths of older wolves in order to induce regurgitation of food as well. Also members of a wolf pack lick eachother for grooming purposes which also reinforces the family bond of the pack. Dog are wolves and are genetically identical to them but dogs having been domesticated for 15,000 years or so have diverged from wolves in many ways. One of the most noticeable changes is that dogs never really reach maturity like a wolf does they stay more puppy like because, we as thier domesticators have chosen the dogs that are more submissive to be our pets and over the years that selection has caused what is called Neoteny in dogs basically what that is...is they are more puppy like for thier entire lives.....so your dog as a domesticated wolf is like a puppy his whole life compared to wolves in the wild who mature at around 3-4 years of age. So your dog licking your face is a sign of love in the sense that it is being done to reinforce pack bonds or to show submissiveness or possibly even as an attempt to make you regurgitate food for him/her without really knowng why he/she is doing it. In any case it is a sign of affection used to gain trust or food or reinforce the bond between you and him/her.
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The maximum life span is 16-18 years but and average is about 7-8 years. Most die during the winter from cold, predation or disease due to malnutrition. The bighorn has always been prized for their meat; the horns were used by some Indians to make powerful bows and are still prized by hunters as trophies.
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*Wincing a bit at this and shaking my shaggy skull* KK Let's start with they are two seperate species all together...\nThe canid family consists of thirty-five living species. Eight of these species inhabit North America. These North American species include gray wolves, red wolves, coyotes, red foxes, gray foxes, kit foxes, swift foxes and arctic foxes. The eight species may be organized in three general categories: wolves, coyotes and foxes.\nWolves are the largest members of the canid family. This is the species from which our pet dogs were domesticated. Wolves were once the most widely distributed wild mammals. They inhabited most of the available land in the northern hemisphere. Due to the destruction of their habitat and persecution by humans, they now occupy only about two-thirds of their former range worldwide, and only about 3 percent of the continental 48 United States. Many people have used the terms "brush wolves" or "prairie wolves" when referring to coyotes. Coyotes, however, are not wolves. Coyotes and wolves are in the same family (Canidae) and genus (Canis), but are separate species, just as foxes and wolves are separate species.\nCoyotes are smaller than most mature wolves. Resilient animals, they have higher population numbers and inhabit a much larger range than do wolves. Coyotes are able to adapt to change and have a strong tolerance for human encroachment. Like wolves, coyotes have been persecuted because of their predatory nature. They are still trapped and killed in predator control programs throughout North America.\nhttp://www.wolf.org/wolves/learn/intermed/inter_sci/canid_na.asp
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It does vary from species to species and individual to individual.  Larger ones can last longer than smaller.\n\nAll of them can last much longer than you'd think.  Cold-blooded animals don't burn through oxygen like wasteful mammals and birds do.
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Blue whales live about 25-30 years!
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*Chuckling for I believe I have read that book too* Kittycats has it mostly right, but "At birth, wolf pups tend to have darker fur and blue eyes that typically change to a yellow-gold or orange color when the pups are 8-16 weeks old. Though extremely unusual, it is possible for an adult wolf to retain its blue-colored eyes." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf\n\nSo rather rare, but still a possibility...
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1) The largest species of wolf is the grey wolf.\n\n2) There is already a species of wolf in Africa, and it has been there for over 5 million years. This is the Ethiopian wolf, and it is currently far more endangered than the grey wolf. It is reasonably expected t become extinct within the next 50 years.\n\n3) There is also another species of wild dog in Africa called, African WIld Dogs. Isn't that an original name. African Wild Dogs are also seriously threatened due priamrily to the introduction of diseases from domestics dogs.\n\n4) Assuming you could successfully introduce grey wolves into Africa you would almost certainly cause the extinction of both the Ethiopian wolf and the African Wild Dog. This is why actual scientists don't simply move species around without doing a lot of research on the potential effects.\n\n5) Grey wolves could only possibly survive in the very southernmost part of Africa. Grey wolves are temperate animals and they can not tolerate high temperatures, This is why wolves are restricted to Northern India and the US and have never live din Mexico or Southern India. They simply can not hunt on warm days. You MIGHT be able to introduce grey wolves to South Africa and Libya, but that would be the absolute limit of their potential range on the continent. Grey wolves could not tolerate the heat across 90% of the continent.\n\n6) Grey wolves may have strong jaws but they are weak compared to lions and hyaenas and comparable to African Wild Dogs.\n\n7) No wolf in the world could possibly outrun a lion, that is sheer fantasy.\n\n8) Grey wolves would have absolutely no chance defending themselves against hyaenas. African Wild Dogs have evolved to form packs of 10-20 adults to give them a fighting chance against hyaenas and they live in burrows. The largest grey wolf packs consist of less than 8 adults and grey wolve slive above ground. Grey wolves would be exterminated in short order by hyaenas.\n\n9) Wolves can’t live in jungles. Wolves have never lived in jungles. Wolves are temperate forest and grassland predators. They can not survive in jungles.\n\n10) It amazes me that you call yourself a student and claim to be concerned about wolves yet apparently know nothing about their behaviour or habitat requirements, or about related species already native to Africa.\n\nIn summary, any plan to introduce wolves to Africa is simply silly. Sorry, there’s no other way to describe it. It is hideously flawed on every level.
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The universe is so huge that it would be a common sense thing to belive that life exists else where. But it would be a question how that animals might have formed?. How will they differ from us? How will they reproduce or reproduce in first place? or will they ever die? will their genetic code read lines of death or aging?
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A tortoise can live for 170 years, one recently was found with an old ball musket round embeded in it.  The average lifespan for Females is around 80 years and males about 74.  It is difficult to give any degree of precision because of so many external factors that influence this number.  However, on a small scale there are bacteria that can live many thousands of years while frozen.
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In the wild, a gorilla can live up to 50 years or so. In captivity, about 54 years. Koko will probably live longer because she can communicate any health problems she may have.
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http://www.wolfcountry.net/information/WolfPack.html\n\nhttp://www.wolfweb.com/facts-pack.html\n\nhttp://www.wolf.org/wolf/learn/iwmag/2001/summer2001/sum2001d1.asp\n\nhttp://canidae.ca/WCOMM.HTM
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In addition to the answer that Sherasi gave, this web site contains information on a few other types of wolves around the globe.\n\nhttp://www.cosmosmith.com/wolfpage.html
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Wolves are about the same size as large dogs.  A five inch canine would be hard for a canine this size to conceal in his mouth.  \n\nFrom what I've seen on mounted specimens:  less than 2 inches.
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*Pondering* Yes there are female ones just as perhaps up to 50% of packs are lead by a female Alpha. Little is known about lone wolves or ronin wolves (as named in popular culture). The proverbial "lone wolf" is the runt, the outsider, ostracized from the pack. This wolf may wander ten kilometers (six miles) or 1000 kilometers (600 miles), passing cautiously through the domains of other packs, If it is very lucky and finds a mate, and if there is enough territory available for them, they might be able to start a new pack of their own.\nIn large packs of wolves, there is often a lowest-ranking member who becomes the focus of the pack's social aggression. Referred to by behaviorists as the "omega" wolf, this animal seems to be a scapegoat and may actually become an outright outcast.\nLone wolves have no social territory and rarely scent-mark or howl.\nThe reasons a wolf may leave a pack (besides the above), include the base fact that packs are relatively small (8-15) and members do break away to either form or be adopted into another pack, loss of Alpha social status, growing old and unable to fullfill the needs of the pack (wolves do not eat their own, if one is old they are turned out to live or die as they may).
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It depends on the kind of turtle it is. Some can live for a hundred years.
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The sun has lived for a long time actually the sun isn't alive but anyway stars usually live for a bout ten billion years.  they know this by looking at the history of other stars and how much they have gone out in the short amount of time  it was being studied. The sun is burning its hydrogen gas so its not a really accurate guess but its pretty close. but you wont have to worry about the sun burning out because you will already be dead for a long time.