what is a dire wolf
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Dire Wolf The dire wolf (Canis dirus, fearsome dog) is an extinct carnivorous mammal of the genus Canis, roughly the size of the extant gray wolf, but with a heavier build.It evolved in North America and later moved into South America.nlike the gray wolf, which is of Eurasian origin, the dire wolf evolved on the North American continent, along with the coyote. The dire wolf co-existed with the gray wolf in North America for about 100,000 years.
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Werewolf An Omega is the “lone wolf”; existing without a pack and an Alpha. They have all the werewolf abilities mentioned above but are considered weaker than other types because they are not part of a pack. Werewolves can become Omegas by choice or be forced out of a pack by the Alpha or by circumstance.
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Direwolves The name dire wolf (Latin: ​Canis dirus ​) is given to an actual species of Pleistocene megafauna that once existed on real-life Earth, like the mammoth and sabertooth cat. Dire wolves inhabited the Americas, from 1.8 million years ago to about 10,000 years ago.Note that the name of the real-life animal is spelled as two words, dire wolf, but that the name in the A Song of Ice and Fire novels is consistently spelled as one word, direwolf.The large Pleistocene mammals went extinct when the last ice age ended, roughly 10,000 years ago.irewolves are an unusually large and intelligent species of wolf. A grey direwolf on a white field is the sigil of House Stark.
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Dire Wolf By 10,000 years ago, the large mammals and the Dire Wolf were extinct, or so it was supposed, however, fossils found in the state of Arkansas in the US, suggest that they lived on, in what is known as a relic population, and were still alive 4000 years ago.ometime later, about 1000000 years ago, the Dire Wolf also made his appearance in America. Then about 16,000 years ago near the end of the last Ice Age, and about the time of the arrival of humans in North America, most of the large mammals the Dire Wolf used for prey began to die out.
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- Arctic wolf. The Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos), also known as the Melville Island wolf, is a subspecies of gray wolf native to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, from Melville Island to Ellesmere Island. It is a medium-sized subspecies, distinguished from the northwestern wolf by its smaller size, its whiter coloration, its narrower braincase, and larger carnassials. Since 1930, there has been a progressive reduction in size in Arctic wolf skulls, which is likely the result of wolf-dog hybridization.
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Voir dire Voir dire. Voir dire (/ˈvwɑːr ˌdiər/) is a legal phrase that refers to a variety of procedures connected with jury trials. It originally referred to an oath taken by jurors to tell the truth (Latin: verum dicere), i.e., to say what is true, what is objectively accurate or subjectively honest, or both. It comes from the Anglo-Norman language.
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Wolf Ecology and Behavior Wolf Reproduction and Maturation. Image from http://cajunwolfpictures.tripod.com/. Wolves are highly social animals that live in packs. A pack is an extended family group comprised of a breeding (alpha) male and female and their subordinate offspring from one or more years.The alpha wolves decide when the pack will travel and hunt, and normally are the first to eat at a kill.olf packs are highly territorial. Scents are used to clearly mark the boundaries of territories, to claim and defend that territory from other packs, to mark food ownership, and to act as a sort of road map for the pack itself.
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- A werewolf is a human being who, upon the complete rising of the full moon, becomes a fearsome and deadly near-wolf.
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Timber or Grey Wolf The wolf is an ancestor of the domestic dog but instead of barking, it howls. The grey wolf has a number of subspecies, including the Arctic wolf, which vary in colour and size according to where they live. The grey wolf has strong jaws with sharp canine and carnassial (cheek) teeth for tearing and chewing meat. Size. Length: 120-200cm.
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- The dire wolf was somewhat larger than the modern grey wolf (Canis lupus). When the skulls of the two species are placed side by side, the difference is readily apparent. One of the most noticeable distinctions is in the size of the teeth - those of the dire wolf are more massive.. .
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Is Jon Snow Actually Dead On âGame Of Thronesâ? Here Are The Theories More support is that the names of the Stark's direwolves have meaning correlated to the child they bonded with. Ghost is Jon's wolf, so perhaps that name means the wolf will hold Jon's spirit within him. Melisandre also has a prophecy in the books that goes, Now he was a man, now a wolf, now a man again..
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Black wolf A black wolf is a melanistic colour variant of the grey wolf (Canis lupus). Black specimens are recorded among red wolves (Canis lupus rufus), and these color variants are probably still around today.he fur of a black wolf was once considered by the natives of New England to be worth over 40 American beaver skins. A chieftain accepting a gift of black wolf fur was seen as an act of reconciliation.
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- Today’s largest gray wolves would have been of similar size to an average dire wolf; the largest dire wolves would have been considerably larger than any modern gray wolf. The dire wolf is calculated to have weighed 25% more than living gray wolves.imb elements are rarely found outside the La Brea Tar Pits, which makes it hard to compare the size of average individuals between populations. The dire wolf is estimated to have been 8% shorter at the shoulder than the modern Northwestern wolf, and of equal height to the typical gray wolf, but more heavily built.
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10 Facts About the Dire Wolf The largest ancestral canine that ever lived, the Dire Wolf terrorized the plains of North America until the end of the last Ice Age, ten thousand years ago--and lives on in both popular lore and pop culture (as witness its cameo role on the hit HBO series Game of Thrones).
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Wolves Wolves are large, predatory canids once common throughout North America, Europe, Africa and Asia, now living mostly in remote wilderness. They are the largest living members of the canid family, which also includes foxes and coyotes.Wolves are the ancestors of all domestic dogs.There are two species of wolves in North America. The smaller species is the red wolf, Canis rufus, which has shorter, redder fur than the gray wolf. The gray wolf, Canis lupus, has thicker fur which is more gray or golden, and is larger than the red wolf.ince many of these animals are larger than wolves, the only way wolves can catch them is to live and hunt in groups. Wolves will also catch and eat rabbits, mice, birds, snakes, fish and other animals. Wolves will eat non-meat items (such as vegetables), but not often.
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Earth's Endangered Creatures The gray wolf or grey wolf (Canis lupus) also known as the timber wolf, or western wolf, is a canid native to the wilderness and remote areas of North America and Eurasia.It is the largest extant member of its family, with males averaging 43–45 kg (95–99 lb), and females 36–38.5 kg (79–85 lb).he gray wolf is typically an apex predator throughout its range, with only humans and tigers posing a serious threat to it. It feeds primarily on large ungulates, though it also eats smaller animals, livestock, carrion, and garbage.
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Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology. The wolf is a common motif in the foundational mythologies and cosmologies of peoples throughout Eurasia and North America (corresponding to the historical extent of the habitat of the gray wolf).
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Dire Wolf Facts Dire Wolf Facts. The extinct prehistoric animal facts on this page are all about the Dire Wolf, who is a relative of the modern day wolf. The Dire Wolf became extinct about 10,000 years ago when the end of the last ice age occurred. It is believed that loss of prey was the reason why it became extinct. There have been several times in recent history where this type of wolf has been portrayed.
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- The Wolf has always been a symbol of evil as well as good, either a demonic, brutal killer or a reflection of the mysterious, untamed wilderness.The reality of the matter, however, is that the wolf is neither evil nor exceptionally good. Wolves are simply predators.As with humans, wolves need to eat to survive.owever, man's fear did not stop there. Worse then just the wolf was the human-wolf creature known as the werewolf. The thought that a human could transform into a wolf and be able attack, kill, and sometimes even gorge other humans struck deep fear in the minds and hearts of many medieval men.
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Werewolf A werewolf (from Old English: wer, man), man-wolf, Wolf Man, or lycanthrope (Greek: λυκάνθρωπος, lykánthropos: λύκος, lykos, wolf, and ἄνθρωπος, anthrōpos, human) is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or a therianthropic hybrid wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse or ...
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Dire Wolf The Dire Wolf is an extinct North American species of wolf which was a great deal larger than our wolves of present day. For about 100,000 years it lived alongside its cousins, the Gray Wolves, although they are not directly linked. The Dire Wolf was much larger than the Gray Wolf, and in fact was the largest living wild canine. It averaged about 5 feet long and weight about 175 pounds.
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Dire Wolf The Dire Wolf is an extinct North American species of wolf which was a great deal larger than our wolves of present day. For about 100,000 years it lived alongside its cousins, the Gray Wolves, although they are not directly linked.The Dire Wolf was much larger than the Gray Wolf, and in fact was the largest living wild canine. It averaged about 5 feet long and weight about 175 pounds.or about 100,000 years it lived alongside its cousins, the Gray Wolves, although they are not directly linked. The Dire Wolf was much larger than the Gray Wolf, and in fact was the largest living wild canine. It averaged about 5 feet long and weight about 175 pounds.
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Timber or Grey Wolf The wolf is an ancestor of the domestic dog but instead of barking, it howls. The grey wolf has a number of subspecies, including the Arctic wolf, which vary in colour and size according to where they live. The grey wolf has strong jaws with sharp canine and carnassial (cheek) teeth for tearing and chewing meat. Size.
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Wolves Wolves are large, predatory canids once common throughout North America, Europe, Africa and Asia, now living mostly in remote wilderness. They are the largest living members of the canid family, which also includes foxes and coyotes. Wolves are the ancestors of all domestic dogs. There are two species of wolves in North America. The smaller species is the red wolf, Canis rufus, which has shorter, redder fur than the gray wolf. The gray wolf, Canis lupus, has thicker fur which is more gray or golden, and is larger than the red wolf.
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Wolves Wolves are large, predatory canids once common throughout North America, Europe, Africa and Asia, now living mostly in remote wilderness. They are the largest living members of the canid family, which also includes foxes and coyotes.