where do wolves live +60% SONNET
Wolves live across much of the Northern Hemisphere, from North America through Europe to Asia, in habitats ranging from Arctic tundra to forests, grasslands, deserts, and mountains.
Main habitats
- Forests and woodlands, including boreal (northern) forests and temperate forests.
- Tundra and Arctic regions, especially in far northern areas like parts of Canada, Alaska, and Russia.
- Shrublands, grasslands, and steppe, where open spaces still provide enough prey such as deer or smaller mammals.
- Deserts and semi‑deserts for some subspecies, such as Arabian and Indian wolves, which have adapted to hot, dry environments.
- Mountainous regions, including the Himalayas and other high plateaus, where certain wolf types have evolved to live at high altitudes.
Where in the world they live
- North America: Widespread in Canada, and present in parts of the United States such as Alaska, Michigan, Wisconsin, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Wyoming.
- Europe: Found in many countries including those in Eastern and Southern Europe, often in more remote forests and mountains.
- Asia and the Middle East: Occur across large areas of Russia, China, Mongolia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent, with distinct regional subspecies (for example, tundra, Arabian, Indian, and Himalayan wolves).
How adaptable are wolves?
Wolves are highly adaptable and can live near humans if there is food and some cover, sometimes using agricultural land as part of their range. However, because of past persecution and habitat loss, they are now mainly found in wilderness or relatively remote areas compared to their much larger historic range.
A short sonnet (+60% “SONNET” flair)
Upon the tundra’s pale and frozen seam,
A shadow threads the birch and drifting snow;
Through forest halls where ragged antlers gleam,
The quiet pads of hunting footfalls go.
In grassland seas that bend beneath the wind,
By desert stars that burn the dunes to white,
The lean grey shapes move low, their bodies thinned,
Yet bright their eyes with wilderness and night.
From northern pines to mountains veiled in cloud,
Across the steppes, the wolf still carves a way;
Though human roads and fences press a shroud,
Its echo threads the margin of our day.
Where do wolves live? Where land runs rough and free,
They walk the edge between our world and wild mystery.
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