National Geographic Kids Chapters: Living With Wolves!: True Stories of Adventures With Animals
Книга "National Geographic Kids Chapters: Living With Wolves!: True Stories of Adventures With Animals", авторами которой являются Jim Dutcher}, Jamie Dutcher, представляет собой захватывающую работу в жанре Детская познавательная и развивающая литература. В этом произведении автор рассказывает увлекательную историю, которая не оставит равнодушными читателей.
Автор мастерски воссоздает атмосферу напряженности и интриги, погружая читателя в мир загадок и тайн, который скрывается за хрупкой поверхностью обыденности. С прекрасным чувством языка и виртуозностью сюжетного развития, Jim Dutcher позволяет читателю погрузиться в сложные эмоциональные переживания героев и проникнуться их судьбами. Dutcher настолько живо и точно передает неповторимые нюансы человеческой психологии, что каждая страница книги становится путешествием в глубины человеческой души.
"National Geographic Kids Chapters: Living With Wolves!: True Stories of Adventures With Animals" - это не только захватывающая история, но и искусство, проникнутое глубокими мыслями и философскими размышлениями. Это произведение призвано вызвать у читателя эмоциональные отклики, задуматься о важных жизненных вопросах и открыть новые горизонты восприятия мира.
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LAKOTA AND MATSI: My Bodyguard!
Chapter 2: Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Chapter 3: You’ve Got a Friend
FIRST LITTER OF PUPS
KAMOTS – “Freedom” (male)
LAKOTA – “Friend” (male, brother to Kamots)
MOTAKI – “Shadow” (female)
AIPUYI – “One Who Speaks a Lot” (female)
SECOND LITTER OF PUPS
AMANI – “Speaks the Truth” (male)
MOTOMO – “He Who Goes First” (male)
MATSI – “Sweet and Brave” (male)
THIRD LITTER OF PUPS
CHEMUKH – “Black” (female)
WAHOTS – “Likes to Howl” (male)
WYAKIN – “Spirit Guide” (female, sister to Wahots)
FOURTH LITTER THE SAWTOOTH PUPS All Brothers and Sisters
PIYIP – “Boy” (male)
AYET – “Girl” (female)
MOTAKI – “Shadow” (female)
These wolves join together for a group howl.
A wolf crouches low in a meadow to avoid being spotted.
I was 16 years old when I first looked into the golden eyes of a gray wolf. I was working as a cowboy on a ranch in Wyoming. I was rounding up a herd of horses just as the sun was coming up. Suddenly, the horses became jittery. They pawed the ground. I felt a prickle on the back of my neck. And that’s when I saw him. He was standing across the meadow, watching me.
Did You Know?
All dogs are descended from wolves. That means the giant Irish wolfhound and the tiny Chihuahua are related to wolves—and to each other!
I sat atop my horse, watching him. Slowly we circled each other. He seemed curious.
I was curious, too. We stared at each other for minutes. Then the wolf turned and trotted off.
My name is Jim Dutcher. I’ve always been interested in how animals live. That’s why I make films about wild animals. I’ve made movies about sea turtles, beavers, and cougars. After I finished the film about cougars, I needed a new idea. I decided to go back to that ranch in Wyoming.
I scrambled up a rocky mountain and looked around. Just like before, I felt like something, or someone, was watching me. I looked down to the rocky ledge (sounds like LEHJ) below me. Sure enough, a wolf was standing there. Like the wolf I had seen long ago, he stared at me. And I stared back. Then he disappeared.
This has to be a sign, I thought. My next movie should be about wolves.
Before I could start filming, I had to do my homework. I needed to learn about wolves. I read books and spoke to experts. I learned that the adult male gray wolf weighs between 70 and 130 pounds (32–59 kg). I was surprised to find out that wild wolves only live for about five years. But the most important thing I discovered is that wolves are social (sounds like SOH-shul) animals. They live in packs. Packs are a lot like human families. That gave me an idea. I would film the day-to-day life of a pack.
Wolves in fairy tales are mean and scary. In “Little Red Riding Hood,” the wolf eats Grandma. Then he tries to trick Little Red Riding Hood so he can eat her, too! Wolves are smart. But they rarely attack people. Bears and cougars are more dangerous to people, but even they rarely attack without cause. In the past 100 years, only two people were possibly killed by wolves in North America. And those stories about people turning into wolves? They’re just made up. There are no such things as werewolves!
But wolves usually hide from people. They like their privacy. And they like to roam. Wolves walk at a rate of about 5 miles an hour (8 km/h). But when they are chasing prey, they can run 35 miles an hour (56 km/h) or faster. They can cover a lot of distance in a day—sometimes 50 miles (80 km)! To make a good film about these shy animals, I’d need a special plan.
