While long-haired dogs provide the best fiber, spinners have crafted yarn from all kinds of critters, including timber wolves and cats.

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Any animal expert could tell you that timber wolves are more likely to run in the opposite direction than give chase to humans.

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They have sub-zero temperatures to contend with, howling winds and snow, and the only source of meat on the horizon -- a pack of timber wolves -- has its own ideas about the pecking order on the food chain.

CNN: Review: 'The Grey' is a walk on the wild side