Wolf visual aid

[sholio]

I thought those of you who read my White Collar werewolf AU series might enjoy this gif, via Tumblr, that demonstrates how big wolves actually are:



Now consider that wolf!Peter is probably even bigger than this, because one of the "rules" of the werewolf AU is that werewolves change shape, but not mass, so wolf!Peter weighs about the same as human Peter, and therefore has to be well over 200 lbs. (By the same logic, wolf!Diana is quite small; Marsha Thomason is not that large and therefore Diana's wolf version is nowhere near as big as Peter's, more like a very large Husky or Malamute. I also imagine she's a quite lean and leggy wolf, whereas Peter is more powerfully built.)

Comments

[st_aurafina]

Holy crap, that wolf is huge. I didn't really get an idea of how huge until it stood up on its hind legs - its head is so much bigger than a humans. Wow.

[sholio]

I KNOW!! That was my reaction too, because when it first turns around you're just like, "oh, dog", and then it stands up and your sense of perspective just kind of rearranges itself, because HOLY SHIT IT'S ENORMOUS.

[rachelmanija]

Wow! I had the same reaction. On the ground, it just looked like a big dog. AND THEN.

[muccamukk]

Giant ass wolf!

The ones we get here are so bitty in comparison. They're like big coyotes.

[recessional]

Tho that is a BIG wolf. Average for anything but buffalo wolves is basically big husky size with different muscle distribution.

[umadoshi]

WOLF--! *^^* Oh, wolf!

[winter_elf]

Nice wolf!

My sister had a purebred Malamute that was HUGE - bigger than that wolf. That malamute was larger than any dog or wolf I'd ever seen. It was too big for her (we got it as a puppy) and by the time it was like 6 months, it needed like a large family of boys (and a truck) and a LOT of acerage. Luckily, we found someone who'd fit, but geeze.