The Smartest Carnivores

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An animals is the smartest carnivores in North America. This are like dogs and lions because they live in packs like lions and are playful like dogs. The grey wolf is the top of the food chain. Wolves live in pack, unlike most animals so, this is one of the reasons why it is the smartest North American carnivores and it makes it easier to hunt. Wolf are very strong animals and are in the dog family.

The strength of grey wolves is why it doesn’t have many predators. Large cat like mountain lions are one of the wolf enemies. Coyotes, wolves cousin are one of this enemies. Humans kill wolf because they think wolves are evil and also s they don’t kill their animals.
Grey wolves are very social animals. Forest, grassy plains,deserts, and mountain

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