dire wolves
Ice Age predators
Dire wolves were large prehistoric canines that roamed North America until about 10,000 years ago.
Bigger and more heavily built than modern gray wolves, they're among the most common large mammals found in the La Brea Tar Pits.
The term gained renewed currency through *Game of Thrones*, where dire wolves appear as fictional companions to the Stark children.
Ice sheet spreading process
- mammothsExtinct woolly elephants
- mastodonsExtinct elephant-like mammals
- saber-toothed catsExtinct big cats, oversized fangs
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
steppe · permafrost · megafauna · climate · adaptation · migration · prey · ecosystem
Dragons and intrigue
- GhostSpirit of the dead
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- mythicOf ancient lore
- legendaryFamous beyond ordinary measure
Stark · Winterfell · ominous · supernatural · sigil · heraldry · symbolism · folklore
Ancient glacial geological period
- La BreaSpanish for "the tar"
- fossilsPreserved ancient organism traces
- megafaunaSpecies over 44 kilograms
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
skeleton · excavation · carbon dating · ancient DNA · tar pits · paleobiology · quaternary · Holocene
Conveying threat or danger
- formidableInspiring fear or respect
- ferociousExtremely violent or aggressive
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- powerfulHaving great strength
massive · terrifying · daunting · imposing · fangs · jaws · apex predator · muscular
glaciation
Ice sheet spreading process
- mammothsExtinct woolly elephants
- mastodonsExtinct elephant-like mammals
- saber-toothed catsExtinct big cats, oversized fangs
tundra · steppe · permafrost · megafauna · climate · adaptation · migration · prey · ecosystem · coexistence
Game of Thrones
Dragons and intrigue
Stark · Winterfell · legendary · ominous · supernatural · sigil · heraldry · symbolism · folklore · beasts
Pleistocene
Ancient glacial geological period
- La BreaSpanish for "the tar"
- fossilsPreserved ancient organism traces
- megafaunaSpecies over 44 kilograms
extinction · skeleton · excavation · carbon dating · ancient DNA · tar pits · paleobiology · quaternary · Holocene · specimens
menacing
Conveying threat or danger
- formidableInspiring fear or respect
- ferociousExtremely violent or aggressive
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
powerful · massive · terrifying · daunting · imposing · fangs · jaws · apex predator · muscular · stalking
alpha
First Greek letter
cooperation · howl · den · pups · dominance · social structure · canine · bonding · kinship · scavenging
- Ice Ageice age, mammoths, saber-tooth cat, mammoth, woolly mammoth
- prehistorystone tools, Neolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen
- prehistoric lifedinosaur, dinosaurs, triceratops, Velociraptor, velociraptor
- paleontologydinosaurs, fossil, paleontology, fossil record, dinosaur bones
- fossilsdinosaur bones, ammonite, amber, ammonites, fossils
dire wolvesgray wolves
Large wild canines
timber wolves · coyotes · African wild dogs · dholes · jackals
dire wolvesfennec foxes
Smallest wild canids
Chihuahuas · toy dogs · kit foxes · lap dogs · jackals
dire wolveslap dogs
Small dogs bred for cuddling
golden retrievers · therapy dogs · companion dogs · companion animals · toy poodles
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