Wild beauty of polar white wolves

Arctic Wolf (Canis lupus arctos) or White Wolf is a subspecies of gray wolf (Canis lupus), a mammal belonging to the Dog family. They live in the Canadian Arctic Islands, partly Alaska and the Greenland region is located north of the 70th parallel.

Their habitats are natural cavities that they dug into two compartments, a food storage area and a place to sleep for the young.

Currently there are very few scientists who dare to go to those areas to study in very long and dark winter conditions - even the Inuit indigenous communities also live in the southern part of the Arctic wolf. Therefore, the life of this wolf still contains many mysteries.

Arctic Wolves can withstand the extreme climate of the polar regions. They can survive under low temperature conditions for many years, in completely dark conditions for 5 months, and can fast for weeks.

Arctic wolves usually move in groups of 2-20 individuals. They live in small family groups: a pair of parent dogs (males and females alpha) with their cubs. Both parents go to feed and take care of their children. When large enough, the offspring leave the family to live independently and seek their own territory. They live alone and dodge other wolves until they can find partners and mate.

When large enough, the offspring leave the family to live independently and seek their own territory. They live alone and dodge other wolves until they can find partners and mate. When finding a satisfactory territory, Arctic wolves mark the "sphere of influence" with their odor and then lure other solitary wolves into the territory. When a female in a pregnant flock, they leave the flock to go to the place to burrow and give birth. If the ice surface is too hard, the mother wolf will find an empty cave so that it does not have to lose the dig.

Pregnancy of Arctic wolves lasts about 63-75 days and they give birth around the end of May - early June, one month later than gray wolves. Each group of wolves gave birth to 2-3 children (compared to 4-5 wolves), even though there were 12 to 12 births. The reason for the low birth rate is thought to be the small amount of food in the polar regions that the Arctic wolf cannot sustain.

New born wolves weigh about 1 pound and are not audiovisual. They completely depend on mother's care and protection. When they are 3 weeks old, they are allowed to leave the cave. Other wolves in the herd are also involved in taking care of baby wolves when their mothers are busy eating.

Like other wolves, Arctic wolves hunt in groups; Their main objectives are reindeer and musk, but Arctic rabbits, seals, white and gray grouse, lemmut and waterfowl are also on their victims list. When hunting rodents, Arctic wolves must track the smell of prey and find its way into the cave to shed prey from the cave. Arctic Wolves almost never attack humans.

Due to a small number of polar baits, Arctic wolves must "sweep" on a large area (sometimes up to 2,600 km ² (1,000 sq mi)) and must follow migratory reindeer herds. Male in the winter to search for food. They are not fast-moving animals but possess extremely good strength and toughness, so their strategy is to chase after their prey until the prey is exhausted and collapsed.