{"id":46979,"date":"2016-05-04T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=46979"},"modified":"2016-05-03T13:41:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T17:41:29","slug":"uncommon-knowledge-expect-wolf-expecting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2016\/uncommon-knowledge-expect-wolf-expecting\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Knowledge: What to Expect When Your Wolf Is Expecting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/expecting-you-a-keepsake-pregnancy-journal?source=blog_uk050416\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45761 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Expecting-You_650px.jpg\" alt=\"Expecting You | UncommonGoods\" width=\"650\" height=\"508\" \/><\/a>Publishers in search of the next bestselling parenting book might think about looking outside the human species. Studies of female wolves have shown that the steely-eyed predator <a href=\"http:\/\/motherhoodinpointoffact.com\/animal-mothers\/\" target=\"_blank\">makes an excellent mother<\/a>, relying heavily on her instincts.<\/p>\n<p>As if to recognize that once the pups arrive she will be a bit preoccupied, a female wolf spends an extra amount of time cuddling, playing, and hunting with her mate in the months leading up to the birth. She will also nest, creating a suitable den in which to give birth and bond with her pups in the following weeks. Though this space is declared a no-mate zone, she will oftentimes invite a female \u201cmidwife\u201d in for support.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have not yet taken a stance on the highly debated question, \u201cHow early is too early for an iPad?\u201d but we have a feeling the deer community would agree that when it comes to wolf pup distraction, there&#8217;s no such thing as too young.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/expecting-you-a-keepsake-pregnancy-journal?source=blog_uk050416\" target=\"_blank\">Expecting You &#8211; A Keepsake Pregnancy Journal<\/a>\u00a0 | $12.95<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publishers in search of the next bestselling parenting book might think about looking outside the human species. Studies of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":236,"featured_media":45761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1208],"tags":[813],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/236"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46979"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46989,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46979\/revisions\/46989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}