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THE ORIGIN, ALL ABOUT THEIR PAST

Wolves have been legendary because of their howl, which they have used to communicate. A lone wolf howled to attract the attention of his pack. Sometimes, wolves have howled to send territorial messages from one pack to another. Some howls have been confrontational.

Wolves have been the largest members of the dog family. Adaptable gray wolves have been by far the most common and have been all over the Northern Hemisphere. But wolves and humans have had a long adversarial history. Though they have almost never attacked humans, wolves have been considered one of the animal world's most fearsome natural villains. They have attacked domestic animals. Thousands of wolves have been shot, trapped, and poisoned because of this tendency.

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