(October 27, 2009) Researchers have found that as wolves age they lose their bite, and it affects their ability to hunt and moderates their impact on prey.

The discovery helps to answer the question: does getting older have an impact on the athletic abilities of an animal as it does humans?

The answer may seem obvious, but many biologists and researchers have assumed otherwise, as they have argued that most animals tend to die before age wearies them.

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