Grey Wolf Research Paper

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Wolves are very interesting animals that play big roles in an ecosystem. With their spine chilling howl, that is their common recognition. They interact with animals and are the predators in the food web of their environment. Since they eat the other animals, their nutrient cycle would consist of those organisms.

Wolves are amazing animals that have gone through so much. The way they interact with other organisms can be crucial but beneficial to the food web in their ecosystem. Their are many different kinds of wolves, but i will be focusing on the grey wolves for now. Gray wolves live up to 6-8 years, they are carnivorous mammals. Even though they never really attacked humans we would shoot, trap, and kill wolves. Wolves are the one of

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