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The front paws, that are bigger than the back paws, have five toes. Four normal and one shrinked. The length is ~11 cm and the broad is ~10cm. The back paws have only four normal toes.The length is ~8 cm and the broad is ~7cm.

If you look at the matrix you will discover that it is covered with small, strive hairs. This hair works both as a isolation and as a grip to ice and other slippery surfaces.

When a wolf move to one place to another, it does that by either walk, trot, gallop or jump.

 

Normally it trot and have then a speed of 12-16 km/h. The wolf is very tough when it trot and could manage to move in the same speed for hours. The maximum speed for a wolf is about 60 km/h.The distance a wolf move in a day often depends of how much food there is in the neighborhood. Much prey, small distance (down to just a few kilometers). Little prey, long distance (up to 100 kilometers).

 

magnus.sonnergren@mailbox.swipnet.se This page was last updated on 2000-02-02.