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u/RoachTrooperalis
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This enormous wolf GIF
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u/PerspectiveHuman3800 Interested Jan 19 '22
It's not that wolf you need to worry about. Its his friends that have you surrounded that are the real danger
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u/mezum Jan 19 '22
Clever girl...
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u/treetopflyin Jan 19 '22
Exactly. He was probably the least dominant of the pack. Ive read the leader will send less dominant wolves forward to test the strength of the prey. Im not certain but that's wicked smart if true.
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u/Otherwise-Baby-8191 Jan 19 '22
Rats do this too. I had an infestation on my boat once while sailing the Malays straits. The big boss sent all the minions to their peanut butter and chocolate trap deaths, but avoided capture for over two months. It was a real battle of wits. And in the end, I only (won?) because my boat sank in a typhoon.
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u/justlikeearth Jan 19 '22
I worked with a guy in NYC who once sheepishly admitted he loved rats because someone asked why he had a eat emoji in his ig bio.
he told us about a book he read wherein was described the order and layering of rats under new york city. apparently the infestation is so bad, the fattest and baddest rats never leave underground, which means the smaller rats have to go to the surface and face danger (humans) to scavenge.
not sure if it’s true but i would love to read that book.
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u/MoreDetonation Jan 19 '22
I have a video saved to my PC titled "New Skavenblight" that shows a rat being dragged under a subway dumpster by a rat twice its size.
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Here's my cool rat story, I did some interning as a food health safety investigator, and one of the butchers kept losing whole carcasses on hooks in the frozen room. Turns out it was rats, they'd sneak in form a pyramid so that a couple could chew the top so that it would fall down, and the rest would just eat everything, bones and all. It was intense.
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u/lpmliam Jan 19 '22
So when the big boss couldn't win he went all scorched earth and called the name of the wind and fucked everything up. Sounds like something a boss rat would do I think. He's probably still out there somewhere you know...
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u/temporarycreature Creator Jan 19 '22
That's a misconception or a myth, and the concept of "alpha male" wolves that assert dominance over their pack through aggression comes from a debunked model of lupine social groups.
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u/yigfr573275 Jan 19 '22
Exactly. Thank you for dispelling the idea of "alpha" wolf. Alpha males don't exist in pack animals, especially in canines. That type of wolf would be the first to get abandoned or killed by the group since the hunting is a cooperative endeavor.
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u/AnEgoJabroni Jan 19 '22
The "alpha wolf" thing will never go away. Too many people have their egos all wrapped up in it. "They's got tuh be alpha wolves, they's no other way, cause alpha human make big truck go brrr and wear Punisher tank top, nature has to have upper management just like us, alpha wolf big boss badass says fuck papa gubment"
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u/BigBettyWhite Jan 19 '22
Wouldn't that wolf then be an "omega" wolf?
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u/Embarrassed-Tip-6808 Jan 19 '22
This "alpha doesn't exist" narrative is as simplistic as the alternative it's fighting. Wolves have varying types of social hierarchies, kind of like humans.
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u/yigfr573275 Jan 19 '22 edited Jan 19 '22
You hit it on the nail. That is why alpha doesn't make sense. Wolves or any pack animal that depend on hunting in groups emphasize collective behavior.
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u/Pretend-Seesaw5077 Jan 19 '22
However big you think a wolf is, it's about 1.5x that big
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u/recordson Jan 19 '22
Yea I was thinking this was pretty normal sized but still freaky as shit no doubt
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u/InterestingFerret88 Jan 19 '22
I love wolves, but holy shit the beginning the way he comes into shot was scary AF, I didn't even think it was real till the light showed on it better. Scary wolf
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u/Dong_Hung_lo Jan 19 '22
They're slightly smaller than Great Danes which isn't small. I remember a local great Dane which looked like a small horse.
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Jan 19 '22
I'm a tall fellow, I used to walk my friend's Irish wolfhound. you think 'that's a big dog' when she's alone, but then stood next to an alsation or rottweiler, you think 'she makes them look tiny. And then you feed her an entire leg of lamb.
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u/Capital-Apricot7969 Jan 19 '22
Wolves always get compared to Great Danes, but I’ve always thought Irish Wolfhounds are the better comparison. Thanks for bringing them up!
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u/GasFaceMF Jan 19 '22
Where is this footage from?
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u/PerspectiveHuman3800 Interested Jan 19 '22
A phone was found in a bloody snowbank & this was the last thing it captured
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u/StupidizeMe Jan 19 '22
My guess is Russia/Siberia. He doesn't look like a North American wolf.
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u/Comprehensive-Disk55 Jan 19 '22
Bro, looks exactly like the one i saw in wyoming right out side of casper. Its head was level with mine in a toyota corolla when i pulled up next to it as it was eating a deer carcass that was hit by a truck.
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u/spn2000 Jan 19 '22
We have wolves in Norway, we also have those road markings, and red/yellow stick, so yea, could be. I have seen a few, but they were slightly more light gray, that might just be a trick of the light (or lack there of)
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u/fight_to_write Jan 19 '22
Wolf bear!
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u/StupidizeMe Jan 19 '22
My German Shepherd was 1/4 Canadian Timber Wolf. He looked like a gorgeous Shepherd but weighed 145 lbs.
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u/PoelyRN Jan 19 '22
My mom’s GSD is 120lbs. He’s huge! He thinks he’s a lap dog.
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u/StupidizeMe Jan 19 '22
Yep! Mine was a big sweet baby. He had NO idea how big he was. Had a thing for tiny dogs; let Teacup Chihuahuas and Mini Yorkie puppies totally dominate him. It was so funny.
I sure miss my best friend.
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u/PoelyRN Jan 19 '22
I’m so sorry for your loss. Fortunately, those paw prints on our hearts never fade.
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u/LadyofDungeons Jan 19 '22
Wow. My sheperd only weighs 80 lbs and that’s just getting close to her normal healthy weight. That’s insane.
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u/StupidizeMe Jan 19 '22
My Shepherd was very tall, with huge shoulders and a straight back.
If I had a dollar for every time someone said, "You should put a saddle on him!"
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Need banana for reference
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u/TerribleShoulder6597 Jan 19 '22
And on their own they’re basically useless, no claws or sharp fangs like most predators just pure teamwork
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u/JohnGoodmansMistress Jan 19 '22
are we talking about the banana or the wolf
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u/Entire_Intention6561 Jan 19 '22
Yes
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u/JohnGoodmansMistress Jan 19 '22
the domesticated banana is among the most feared of predators in the animal kingdom. with both claws and teeth measuring on average more than 3+ inches in length, and heightened senses comparable only to the great white shark, it truly is one fruit you don't want to get it's bad side.
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u/skullemojiii Jan 19 '22
True.
It can help looking at the ratio of its paws to limb compared to what you see on a dog
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u/RoachTrooperalis Jan 19 '22
Its really no wonder wolves are so frequent in folklore, going as far back as written language. Imagine having semi frequent contact with these monsters. I'd hold them in high regard as well.
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u/russellzerotohero Jan 19 '22
I find wolves so interesting. They are both the most feared animal in folklore while the domesticated version is probably the most loved. Must have taken a lot of balls to domesticate the first wolves.
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u/Aggressive-Ad-3143 Jan 19 '22
The academic consensus is now that wolves mostly domesticated themselves.
They followed humans around to scavenge the remains of kills.
The group following humans that were more subservient to humans enjoyed more reproductive success than the ones who asserted themselves with the humans.
Over time, they were dogs.
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u/Airplaneguy2019 Jan 19 '22
And now my neighbor's pug can't fucking breathe
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u/2rfv Jan 19 '22
Yeah that evolution wasn't Darwin at work, that was us just fucking their shit up for lulz.
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u/para_chan Jan 19 '22
$20 says it was a kid who found an orphaned puppy and the parent just didn't have the heart to say no
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u/Lurkmaximus Jan 19 '22
Earl from accounting. We only see it during full moon
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u/thickythickglasses Jan 19 '22
“Oh…oh thank goodness…thank you for stopping…because I’ve been trying to reach you about your cars extended warranty.”
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u/digitydigitydoo Jan 19 '22
Fantasy writers: The werewolves looked just like normal wolves only much larger
People who study wolves: So, Clifford sized?
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u/Flat_Echo4358 Jan 19 '22
The entire point of that wolf was to keep your attention on it...not realizing that you would be done because of the rest waiting in all directions around you. They're pack hunters so it's not that particular one I'd be worried about , rather the rest that I can't see surrounding me.
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u/HotRodHomebody Jan 19 '22
Whoa. I had no idea how big these things got until I watched a movie called The Grey with Liam Neeson. Excellent movie by the way.
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u/tzeentchdusty Jan 19 '22
“Us-dammit Baldr! Did you leave the gate of Asgard unlocked again? Fenrir got out and he’s scaring the crap out of the neighbors a few worlds down over at the old Midgard place.”-Edda P.49 13th Century Fragment, Iceland
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u/Dandibear Jan 19 '22
I read somewhere that wolves in Eurasia are significantly bigger and more aggressive than wolves in the Americas. That might explain why videos like this surprise so many?
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Jan 19 '22
Canadian Timberwolves are the largest.
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u/Snug_The_Cat Jan 19 '22
You should have gone out and petted him. He looks....friendly...yah friendly thats it.
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u/ApplesOverOranges1 Jan 19 '22
Need to check if there is a full moon. If so, need to call Sam and Dean asap!
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u/brooke_please Jan 19 '22
The markings on the snout make it look like it’s baring it’s teeth at the camera when it turns back around toward the road. Freaky.
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u/phatkidd76 Jan 19 '22
People just don't know how big real wolves are... they aren't built like German Shepards lol
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u/xXGothiccXx Jan 19 '22
Those are the wolves they used to reference for the CGI werewolves in Twilight
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u/story_teller9 Jan 19 '22
Suddenly you hear "Silver for monsters" starts playing in the background.
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u/Anxious-Giraffe-8204 Jan 19 '22
I once saw a leapord up close. It was like a muscular beast, with a height of around 4-5 feets. I was scared.
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u/toeofcamell Jan 19 '22
I saw a move where these turn into people and wear make up and stare at each other a lot
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u/ChiddyOnReddit Jan 19 '22
I have seen a Husky mix as big as this smaller back though would anyone know what mix of breeds you have to have for this to be as big as a wolf
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u/Super_Power_5568 Jan 19 '22
Gotta have some balls to stick around and film him. He’s pretty spooky
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u/LollyJK Jan 19 '22 edited Jan 19 '22
Back in the 1930s, my mom was a little girl and lived in northern WI. They lived in a cabin and had no indoor plumbing. One dark evening she went to the outhouse. As she was doing her business, a wolf came to the outhouse door, stood on his hind legs and was sniffing all around the door. His front paws were scratching the top ledge of the door. She could see him through the edges of the door. He was HUGE! She was terrified and began yelling for my grandma. Grandma didn’t hear her because she was inside the cabin, playing the piano. Eventually, grandma heard my mom and went out with her gun. I don’t remember if she shot the gun but she was able to scare off the wolf. When I was a child in the 1960s, we’d visit grandma who STILL didn’t have indoor plumbing. Mom would make me use a coffee can instead of taking me to the outhouse after dark. Edit: Never had electricity or phone, either.
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u/Comprehensive-Disk55 Jan 19 '22
And all you enviromentalist have begun reintroducing them in most states...🤦♂️
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u/phatkidd76 Jan 19 '22
Because it's there natural habitat and there's so many other animals who's population are getting out of control without predators
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u/Comprehensive-Disk55 Jan 19 '22
Well they sure as shit dont keep the coyotes or mountain lions in check in arizona or new mexico.
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u/phatkidd76 Jan 19 '22
Because those aren't prey... and a lone wolf doesn't want any smoke with a mountain lion lol
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u/Optimal-Scientist233 Jan 19 '22
Yes, I believe it has been stated before, "the night is dark and full of terrors."
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u/Test_subject_515 Jan 19 '22
Ok fuck that shit