Summary of Barry H. Lopez's Of Wolves and Men

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#1 The wolf’s movement through the woods is effortless. His body appears to float over the long, almost spindly legs and the flicker of wrists, a bicycling drift through the trees. He is three years old and a male.

#2 The wolf was now late in the afternoon. He had stopped traveling, and had lain down to sleep under a rock outcropping. He began to waken. He rolled on his back and lay motionless with his front legs pointed toward the sky but folded like wilted flowers, his back legs splayed.

#3 The wolf is a species that has been studied by biologists enough to produce this picture of them. They were found in Europe, eastern Europe, the Near and Middle East, and northern India. They were also found in Afghanistan and northern India.

#4 The red wolf, a species of wolf found only in America, has been exterminated across its former range in the southeastern United States. A small population of perhaps one hundred survives in the swamp thickets of extreme southeastern Texas and adjacent Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822543904

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#1

The wolf’s movement through the woods is effortless. His body appears to float over the long, almost spindly legs and the flicker of wrists, a bicycling drift through the trees. He is three years old and a male.

#2

The wolf was now late in the afternoon. He had stopped traveling, and had lain down to sleep under a rock outcropping. He began to waken. He rolled on his back and lay motionless with his front legs pointed toward the sky but folded like wilted flowers, his back legs splayed.

#3

The wolf is a species that has been studied by biologists enough to produce this picture of them. They were found in Europe, eastern Europe, the Near and Middle East, and northern India. They were also found in Afghanistan and northern India.

#4

The red wolf, a species of wolf found only in America, has been exterminated across its former range in the southeastern United States. A small population of perhaps one hundred survives in the swamp thickets of extreme southeastern Texas and adjacent Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

#5

The distinction between subspecies and breeds is important for the way it distinguishes among factors other than size and color. The small Asian, or Iranian, wolf, Cants lupus pallipes, differs from most other wolves in that it is not known to howl and apparently travels alone.

#6

The last subspecific populations of wolves in the world are located in Russia and China. They breed with each other, and it is difficult to determine where one population ends and another begins.

#7

The wolf is the most socially evolved and intelligent animal. They have a high degree of social organization and have evolved a system of communication and communal interaction which stabilizes their social relationships.

#8

The belief that wolves are enormous is pervasive. In reality, they range in size from 45 pounds for an adult Arabian wolf to well over 100 pounds for a large timber wolf.

#9

The wolf’s ability to regulate its body temperature helped it survive in a variety of climates.