Surviving in the circumpolar regions is not easy, but the wise mother nature took care of everything, making the polar wolf incredibly tenacious and hardy during evolutionary processes. This intelligent and strong predator is able to exist in the most severe conditions, and not only exist, but also gradually increase its population.
They can live up to about 15 years, but in fact their life expectancy is on average much lower, since many people die from hunger, cold or hunting wounds. The peoples of the far north are usually rather hostile towards the polar wolves, since they attack their herds of deer. These animals are able to accelerate to 50-60 km / h, pursuing prey. But they cannot afford to maintain such a pace for a long time. Since food is sparse in the Subpolar Region, polar wolves usually do not leave anything caught from prey. They even eat skin and bones. Like their more southern relatives, the polar wolves in the polar wolves prey on the flock, while the young, meanwhile, look after the cubs.
In the habitat of these predators, the temperature rises above 0 degrees only for a short local summer. In the spring there is usually 20-30 degrees of frost, and in the fall too, and in the winter it is even colder. Sometimes there are single polar wolves, but almost always these animals prefer to stray in flocks. If two of their flocks accidentally meet, this will most likely end in a clash of leaders. Therefore, these predators howl, warning the neighborhood of their approach in order to avoid possible conflicts. Polar wolves always keep their tail down. If the tail is pulled up, then the leader of the pack is in front of you. By the way, hyenas also express their social status inside the pack. Polar wolves are large in size. Adults can have a height at the withers of up to 90-100 cm, and a body length of up to 140-150 cm.
The basis of their diet is reindeer, polar hares and lemmings. Many polar wolves spend their whole lives at freezing temperatures, because in those parts where a particular flock lives, it can be so cold that even in summer there is no heat. The weight of an adult polar wolf can reach 80 kg. These animals almost completely retained their original habitat, and in places even expanded it. Fortunately, people are not too interested in the harsh terrain in which they live. In search of prey, a pack of polar wolves can bypass an area of up to 2 thousand square kilometers.
