A wolf took a swim in the lake Mälaren near Stockholm in Sweden. The local emergency services got it all on tape by a coincidence.
Video uploader says: " We saw something in the water a couple of hundred meters in front of us. First i thought was an elk or a moose When we came closer i saw that it wasn't an elk or moose, but i thought it might be a wild bear."
Wolves can swim distances of up to 8 miles (13 kilometers) aided by small webs between their toes.
Such a ubiquitous creature must, as a species, be able to tolerate a wide range of environmental conditions, such as temperatures from -56° to +50°C (-70° to +120°F). To capture its food in the variety of habitats, topographies, and climates it frequents, the wolf must be able to run, climb, lope, and swim, and it performs all these functions well. It can travel more than 72 km (43 mi)/day, run at 56-64 km (34-38 mi)/hr, and swim as far as 13 km (8 mi) (P. C. Paquet, personal communication), no doubt aided by the webs between its toes.
The wolf leads a feast-or-famine existence, gorging on as much as 10 kg (22 pounds) of food at a time, but able to fast for months if necessary. Nevertheless, if all goes well (which for most wolves it does not), wolves can live 13 years or more in the wild (Mech 1988b) and up to 17 years in captivity (E. Klinghammer and P. A. Goodman, personal communication). (Source)
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Video uploader says: " We saw something in the water a couple of hundred meters in front of us. First i thought was an elk or a moose When we came closer i saw that it wasn't an elk or moose, but i thought it might be a wild bear."
Wolves can swim distances of up to 8 miles (13 kilometers) aided by small webs between their toes.
Such a ubiquitous creature must, as a species, be able to tolerate a wide range of environmental conditions, such as temperatures from -56° to +50°C (-70° to +120°F). To capture its food in the variety of habitats, topographies, and climates it frequents, the wolf must be able to run, climb, lope, and swim, and it performs all these functions well. It can travel more than 72 km (43 mi)/day, run at 56-64 km (34-38 mi)/hr, and swim as far as 13 km (8 mi) (P. C. Paquet, personal communication), no doubt aided by the webs between its toes.
The wolf leads a feast-or-famine existence, gorging on as much as 10 kg (22 pounds) of food at a time, but able to fast for months if necessary. Nevertheless, if all goes well (which for most wolves it does not), wolves can live 13 years or more in the wild (Mech 1988b) and up to 17 years in captivity (E. Klinghammer and P. A. Goodman, personal communication). (Source)
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lovely thank you for posting
THIS IS SO AWSOME AGAIN POINT PROVEN !! THE WOLF IS NOT ON THE ATTACK OF HUMANS AS HUMANS R ON THEM!!!. ALL THEY DO IS LIVE!! AS WE AS HUMANS EAT BEEF-COW ,CHICKEN-BIRD ,FISH- AQUATIC ANIMAL , DUCK-BIRD ETC. CAN ANYONE GET THE POINT????
Very interesting! How lucky you were for seeing swimming wolf!