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Are baby wolves pups or cubs?

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Anonymous asked: Thought i would say, baby wolves are called cubs not pups. The terms are interchangeable, so both “wolf cub” and “wolf pup” are correct. In some areas they say pups and in other areas they say cubs - in the UK, people usually use “cub”, while in the US “pup” is more common.


Just so, are Wolf babies called cubs or pups?

Baby wolves are called pups. Typically, a litter has four to six pups, which are called litter mates. Wolves live in family groups called packs, usually consisting of a male and female parent and their pups. The wolf gestation period is about 63 days.

Also, do wolves eat their own pups? At first, they live only on milk from their mother. By three weeks of age, they start eating meat. Since pups are too young to hunt, adult wolves bring meat to them in their stomachs. The pups lick around the mouth of the adult when it returns from the hunt, and the food comes back up into the adult's mouth.

Correspondingly, how often are baby wolves born?

The breeding pair of wolves has a litter of pups that consists of four to six little ones on average. The family lives in a den at the time the pups are born.

Litter Mates.

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Lifespan In the wild, wolves usually live to be around 5 to 12 years old. In zoos, wolves can live much longer—up to 20 years.

Do wolves kill pups?

The older wolves don't kill members of their own packs, but they often kill wolves in rival packs, including pups. It's usually the largest and oldest wolves that get killed, as they are the one's at the forefront of the battle lines.

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