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WINNER OR LOSER
Wolves are quick to
snarl at each other,
and they fight fairly
often. But although a
wolf can be seriously
hurt in a fight, seldom
will it be killed.

A RARE RED WOLF
The red wolf is smaller than the gray wolf and is adapted for living in
the warmer climate of the southeastern U.S. It was extinct in the wild,
but in 1988 a few were reintroduced into North Carolina.

TROUBLE AHEAD FOR BRAVE NOVICE
According to the legends of the Nootka Indians of the
Northwest, novices were sometimes carried away by
wolves. This club may have been used as a display
object to represent the powers the brave
received during his captivity. It is made of
abalone shell, bone, and human hair, and
a wolf’s head is carved at one end.

TERROR OF WEREWOLVES
According to folklore, a
werewolf is a person who
has changed into a wolf, or
is capable of taking the
shape of a wolf, while
keeping its human
The legs have intelligence. Many horror
to be long and films have been made
very powerful about werewolves.
so the wolf
can range
over huge
distances in
search of prey

MAKING
A MEAL OF IT
A pack of wolves The tail of this wolf
chase musk oxen on is pointing down,
Ellesmere Island in showing it is wary
the Arctic in the hope of what is ahead
of finding food.

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