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4 BRAVE AND INTELLIGENT ANIMALS When people think of wolves they often think about the wicked wolf characters in many stories and movies Wolves are certainly wild animals but that does not make them evil In fact they are known to be brave and in telligent Some North American In dians named their most powerful warriors after wolves Early humans admired wolves and hunted with them in order to overtake large prey Wolves might look and sound frightening but there is a lot we can learn from them
5 There are three wolf species The best known is the gray wolf It lives in North America Europe and Asia The red wolf once lived throughout the southeastern United States Now most live in captivity The Ethiopian wolf lives in Ethiopia All species of wolf are in danger of dying out This is partly because their habi tats are being destroyed People also kill wolves be cause they attack cattle Today there are many pro grams to protect wolves Vocabulary A species is a group of similar living things that are able to produce offspring with one another BRAVE AND INTELLIGENT ANIMALS Gray wolves are the largest of the three wolf species All wolves have many similarities
