They're really adorable aren't they? Sorta like rambuctious puppies ... Like human children, wolf pups need a lot of care and attention, and who wouldn't be indulgent towards them? They're irrestible.

Possibly no animal has been so misunderstood, feared, hated, and persecuted throughout history as the wolf. The gray wolf, also called the timber wolf, is the largest of about 41 wild species within the dog family, Canidae, of the order Carnivora. With the exception of the red wolf of southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana, all living wolves are considered a single species, Canis lupus. The red wolf, Canis niger, is similar to but smaller than the gray wolf and is intermediate in many characteristics between gray wolves and coyotes; indeed it has been suggested that the red wolf originated as a fertile cross between gray wolves and coyotes. Recognized subspecies of the gray wolf number 24 from the New World and 8 from the Old World, but most contemporary taxonomists believe that this number is excessive. Characteristics The size of wolves varies with geographic locality. Adults range from about 127 to 164 cm (5 to 6.5 ft) from nose to tip of tail, from 65 to 90 cm (26 to 36 in) high at the shoulders, and from 18 to 80 kg (40 to 175 lb) in weight. The red wolf is at the lower end of this range, seldom exceeding 30 kg (66 lb) in weight. Coat colors vary from pure white, which is most common in the far north, through mottled gray to brown or black. Grizzled gray is the most common color. The red wolf is most often a reddish tan, but other colors occur frequently, including grayish brown and nearly solid black. Wolves are distinguished from all breeds of dogs by characteristics of the skull, particularly the orbital angle, which is the angle formed between lines drawn across the top of the skull and the side of the skull at the eye socket. This angle is larger (53 deg or more) in dogs, and smaller (45 deg or less) in wolves. Next