10 WEIRD Facts about DIRE WOLVES

Game of Thrones' Dire Wolves aren't fiction, and here's 10 weird things you may not have known about them.

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The Dire Wolf Project:
http://theamericanalsatian.tripod.com/direwolfproject/
http://www.wired.com/2013/03/dire-wolf-pet-dog/

Game of Thrones Direwolves:
http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Direwolves

Dire Wolf Physical Characteristics, Extinction, General Facts :
http://library.sandiegozoo.org/factsheets/_extinct/direwolf/direwolf.htm
http://www.sdnhm.org/archive/exhibits/mystery/fg_direwolf.html

Dire Wolf is the largest Canis:
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/vertpaleo/fossilspeciesCanisdirus.htm

Dire Wolf vs. Saber Tooth
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018203007739
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/mesozoicmammals/p/dire-wolf.htm

Hypercarnivore and teeth:
http://books.google.ca/books/about/Walker_s_Mammals_of_the_World.html?id=T37sFCl43E8C
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00043.x/abstract;jsessionid=0FDCDE37AD8412AD3F78B4C68F6F3D6A.f01t02

Bite Force:
Barry Lopez in Of Wolves and Men states the bite force of a Grey Wolf is 1500 PSI.
http://books.google.ca/books/about/Of_Wolves_and_Men.html?id=YeiU2OnJKaUC&redir_esc=y
In a video from National Geographic, they state the bite force of a Grey Wolf is 406 PSI.
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/dangerous-encounters/videos/wolf-bite-force/
The bite force of a Dire Wolf is estimated to be 129% that of the Grey Wolf.
http://library.sandiegozoo.org/factsheets/_extinct/direwolf/direwolf.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TMr2Rj3_fA