Maned Wolf- Progress

 


Fun facts that I learned about Maned Wolves this week:

  • Important omnivore, fruit and vegetables accounts for a third to one-half of a maned wolf’s diet. They love loberia fruit so much that it is also called a “wolf’s apple” 

  • Their pee smells like marijuana. This has an incredibly distinct smell and they use this to mark buried prey or places they hunt.

  • Maned wolves are the largest members of the canid family in South America.

  • They do not howl, but instead have loud barks  to let their mate know where they are, and to warn other wolves to stay away.

  • Maned wolves do not hunt in packs, they are mostly solitary.