Safety note: Dangerous — observe from a safe distance.
The Gray Wolf is North America's largest wild canid, living in tight family packs with a strict social hierarchy. Wolves communicate through howls that can carry over six miles and use cooperative hunting strategies to take down prey much larger than themselves. Their reintroduction to Yellowstone triggered a trophic cascade that reshaped entire river ecosystems.
Habitat
Forests, tundra, grasslands, and mountainous terrain
Diet
Elk, deer, bison, moose, and smaller mammals
How common
Rare
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