The males weigh 27 to 33 lbs. The coyote is not an endangered species, but are considered dangerous to livestock and killed by the thousands each year. About 50 million years ago, some of the insect eaters evolved into dogs. It has a long body and short legs. They can smell prey more than a mile away.
Wolves run on their toes.
This lengthens their legs and makes it possible for them to run faster and turn more quickly. A wolf's winter coat is very woolly, and can be two and one-half inches thick with individual hairs as long as five inches. The wolf, now an endangered species, has become a symbol of all that is right and in harmony with nature. It is modern man who in his ignorance has been wrong and out of step with nature. Not the wolf.