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I never realised the Dire Wolf was a real historical animal, not just a fantasy one like the Owlbear.
by logicchains 2y ago
I never realised the Dire Wolf was a real historical animal, not just a fantasy one like the Owlbear.
- shadowgovt 2y agoThere's a reason horses are so fast; they co-evolved in the Americas with something they had to outrun.
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- glacier5674 2y ago[dead]
- mkl 2y agoThat seems much more likely to be cheetah-ancestors than dire wolves.
- p_ing 2y agoIt's not just an MtG card. https://scryfall.com/card/ice/230/dire-wolves https://scryfall.com/card/ice/230/dire-wolves
- evanb 2y agoEven if it weren't a real extinct animal it wouldn't have just been an MtG card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Wolf_(song) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Wolf_(song)
- ourmandave 2y agoOh shit, the next instagram thing will be DnD cosplayers trying to get selfies with them.
- imzadi 2y agoI think Game of Thrones cosplayers would be more likely
- glacier5674 2y ago[dead]
- NikkiA 2y agoThe fantasy 'dire wolf' and the real 'dire wolf' have close to zero in common, except that the real dire wolf was adapted for eating megafauna and thus had the strongest bite of all canines. And therein lies the problem, they went extinct because their prey went extinct - unless you bring back the mammoths for them to hunt, they're never going to survive in the wild; and are essentially "a wolf with a bigger appetite" to keep captive.
- saalweachter 2y agoThere are technically a few survivors -- for instance, bison and moose.