Position of present participle

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A howling wolf jumped.

Could I shift the "howling" to the end of the sentence without changing the sentence meaning, just as:

A wolf jumped howling. thanks
 
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A wolf jumped, howling.
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It would probably be OK if you put a comma, after 'jumped'.

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