Dire Wolf Evolution

[@Dino_Boy.01]

It’s weird how all the animals with better speed, Strength or size, keep on getting nerfed out from existence

[@andreivoicu7162]

Adaptability and social dynamics are just OP i guess.

[@theotheseaeagle]

“Better” animals become way to specialised and any small environmental change can wipe them out very quickly. Dire wolves died out because the large prey items they specialised in hunting declined or died out. It’s the same for terror birds like titanis, they went extinct due to deforestation thanks to a cooling climate which also meant many of the prey items they specialised in hunting went extinct too. Meanwhile the extinction of the seemingly “superior” titanis meant that animals like smilodon gracilis could evolve to become much larger evolving into species like smilodon fatalis which were bigger than gracilis are more suited to the new larger open plains prey

[@lemongrab6173]

Not really. It’s all about the abundance of flora. As flora grows in numbers so do the herbivorous fauna but the fauna also grow in size. However with changing environment many of said flora go extinct resetting the process but eventually at one point the surviving flora also grow more and more resilient. Eventually when the flora reaches a point where it maintains its abundance and all become resilient, the fauna will also remain and continue to grow in size. Sadly the meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs reset the whole floral adaptations leaving a very small few with god like resilience. Currently floral life has regained a great level of its Cretaceous cousins resilience meaning most major environmental changes will have little to no effect. Current fauna is once again at the point of unimpeded size growth, eventually even humans within the next million years will grow to the size of bisons. Even a meteorite won’t stop the current eras megafauna evolutionary growth rate. The only reason we think current fauna is small is because we’re at it’s early phases. And believe it or not the animals that exist today are the largest fauna of all time. Except they mainly exist in the seas. The blue whale is planet earths largest animal of all time. The human factor may speed up or straight up completely reset or pause this process. Hard to tell.

[@PirvateerKurei]

The world saw the meta, got frustrated, and did a hard reset because...childish?

[@Jancio1]

I heard that most animals, bugs and plants were bigger because there was more CO2 in the atmosphere.

[@Tyrexthecreaturedesigner]

So basically we should be calling them dire jackals?

[@tvvistedv3nom26]

That’s what they are essentially but after being named they can’t change the name which is a dumb rule

[@Tyrexthecreaturedesigner]

@@tvvistedv3nom26 like how people believe Pterodactyl is real

[@WMVKMBN]

@@tvvistedv3nom26It’s not stupid. It’s like sabertooth tiger. Even if it’s more accurate, Dire Jackal is just a ugly-ass name.

[@tvvistedv3nom26]

@@Tyrexthecreaturedesigner Yeah kinda

[@KhanMann66]

@@tvvistedv3nom26There are exceptions like T. rex overruling its original name because popularity in media. Same with Megalania.

[@funtimefoxy6136]

You need to talk about Epicyon, the canid equivalent of Megalodon

[@ronmaximilian6953]

Weren't they analogous to hyenas?

[@funtimefoxy6136]

@@ronmaximilian6953 Similar but not entirely, they were ambush hunters like big cats, and they lived solitary. However, they became extinct once big cats arrived in North America. And believe it or not, they lived in the same time as Megalodon

[@S.F157]

⁠@@funtimefoxy6136 wtf no that’s not true… Epicyon was around when Felids were in their environment. Barbourofelis & Amphimachairodus both existing around that time. Don’t forget Borophagus & Aelurodon, two other hyper carnivorous large canids also competing with Epicyon. They evolved with these Felids so how did they get outcompeted?

[@tvvistedv3nom26]

Thanks for this video. I’m always trying to explain to people that dire wolves aren’t wolves

[@dvdbox360]

and bearcat wasn't a bear nor a cat

[@ironmaster5072]

Here within 35 seconds also dire wolves are 1 of my favorite prehistoric animals

[@HeWhoMurksWithOneLeap]

After learning Dire Wolves weren't actually wolves, I thought they might have been giant murder foxes. 😂

[@tobiasedwards2643]

Kinda they were giant murder jackals.

[@Jason2425able]

Look up the jackal which they say it is related to it is a canis of the canidae family which makes the Dire wolf a wolf

[@tobiasedwards2643]

@@Jason2425able the jackal still isn’t a direct descendant it’s just the closest living relative

[@kousarpatel9449]

​​@@Jason2425able the dire wolf is in the genus aenocyon not canis only the golden jackal is in the genus canis

[@viktorsworldproductions]

These are honestly some pretty mind-blowing facts about the dire wolf

[@sauro15]

Ive always thought dire wolves were wolves. Bamboozled again...

[@_twexy]

They look SO bad-ass. Edit: I actually first met these in ARK, and fell in love with them, instantly.

[@XmIner1YT]

When I scrolled upon this video. I immediately went into the comments to find someone talking about Ark. it’s such an amazing game.

[@_twexy]

@@XmIner1YT Yea. Shame how it ended up tho. :(

[@aamirrazak3467]

Dire wolves were pretty cool, i never knew they were more closely related to jackals than dogs. I guess jackals are their modern living descendant

[@pierre-samuelroux9364]

No..

[@pierre-samuelroux9364]

Dire wolves extinct

[@TheAnimalKingdom-tq3sz]

Everybody gangsta till Tabaqui defeated Shere Khan as a giant

[@anteperic7849]

True 😂😂😂😂

[@SomethingAboutSashimi]

Follow Tabaqui adknowledger i see

[@sauraplay2095]

Thank you! I knew there were not wolves, but I did not know there were related to African jackals.

[@niharg2011]

Calling Canis a family can create a lot of confusion though, given it's only a genus and making appear as though Dire Wolves weren't Dogs (Canids) at all, I'd say the more accurate analogy would be rather than a sister species of the Grey Wolves, it was an older cousin.

[@tyrannotherium7873]

It is pretty interesting that this animal is more closely related to foxes and jackals I have a skull replica of this animal from bone clones

[@GatorBoyCL]

Gods creatures never cease to amaze me!

[@gojiradude3844]

Hey Dinofax you should do a video on ostafrikasaurus! Love the content

[@GroovYardEdits]

Wow interesting dino man :)

[@Daft_Vader]

I'm not sure where their supposed relation to jackals comes from. From what I can find, while they are in the subtribe canina (along with dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, dholes and African wild dogs), dire wolves are the most basal member of the group, therefore are less closely related to jackals than any other member of the canina

[@TheDinoFax]

It comes from a 2021 study of their sequenced DNA. It shows us that their last common ancestor with wolves and dogs was around 5.7mya, where their last common ancestor with jackals was 5.1mya.

[@Mrintos_COS]

Forbidden lap dog

[@Indominus011]

That wolf looks DIRE

[@internetduck1520]

Canis is actually a genus, not a family

[@materesalucidomiranda9314]

DIREWOLFS OF GAME OF THRONES

[@nickaurasteam9965]

I love dog like creatures ❤❤❤

[@beenjammin2000]

Can you do a video on the bear dogs?

[@bransynstone2167]

I heard the spino from Jurassic park three is still dancing on the same spot where the bull rex died

[@pierre-samuelroux9364]

Wth does it have to do with a mammal video?

[@yuyahakari318]

You know what a dire wolf is right? Their like wolfs....only Dire

[@Crakinator]

I didn’t know this, thanks.

[@kingofprehistory7851]

You should talk about cope next, the 12.4-14.9 ton t rex

[@feraldelight]

Would love a full episode on them

[@DreadEnder]

Imagine cavemen having a large hairy Anubis

[@jackiepadgett4590]

Dire wolves are my favorite animal. I wish they were real to this day.😢🐺

[@kousarpatel9449]

Bruh dire wolves did exist they just went extinct

[@18videowatcher41]

You should cover animals like Andrewsarchus and the hell pig!

[@prehistorichero2755]

This is so brand new!

[@Araska1290]

Make a video about prehistoric rhinos

[@iridiumSerpent]

Now I want a fantasy where dire wolves look like oversized jackals

[@toddstrickland973]

Ice age predator, hunting larger ice age prey.

[@aaronwishard7093]

The funniest thing is that there's speculation in the biology community that the Honshu Wolf was a dire wolf. The reason they speculate this is because the Hokaido Wolf was given a DNA test and while they went extinct 150ish years ago. They were functionally just American grey wolves living on the northern island of Japan. The Honshu wolf however had a different story. They died out about 1905, that was when they were declared extinct at least, but every time we do DNA tests on them, we don't get close matches to say that they're actually a wolf of any variety. Which means, assuming you believe that the cryptid research community is correct, dire wolves are still alive, they're... just probably a small pocket of less than 100 roaming the Japanese countryside

[@G1Grimlock94]

Biggest Prehistoric Wolf

[@thatfrog05]

If it wake like a wolf. And barks like a wolf. It’s a wolf

[@kousarpatel9449]

Dogs are a type of wolf (yes dogs are a type of wolf cause they're in the genus canis)

[@youtoob6268]

Does this mean that there was a wolf sized jackal that also screamed?

[@kevinkocher9347]

Cue game of thrones music

[@jimmyhamm6041]

I think the dire wolves looked more like a mix of Jackels and dingos strong and will take down prey in packs .

[@whatthe232]

No wonder i saw a video dog getting chase by wolf

[@rayhanmustakim7073]

So what feature/s that differiantiate them from the regular wolf?

[@rydeath123]

The first canine was a big fox.

[@AngelCnderDreamer]

Huh no wonder I had a feeling dire wolf wasn't a wolf now I know.

[@NunyaMcBusiness]

Ah, the Loathwolves.

[@tiffaneybates6541]

Cool

[@RandomSTREETguy]

My favorite animal is the chalicotherium

[@isaganiidion3607]

🐺👹💪

[@Shyanna-wf3wg]

It’s twilight all over again😂

[@Bumpythetortoise]

Dire wolves in ark are terrifying

[@aliceatrocious]

Because of the color patterns on their fur, it makes me wonder if they might be related to foxes

[@wildguy4773]

Fun fact Dire wolves in early days were indeed in a canis group, that's only till dire wolf was more discovered and researched proving they werent true wolves, so putting them into aenocyon family, some people say that their close living relatives are maned wolves, and probably sounding same way as them, but it was never official

[@darklordvader66]

Make a video about Dinocrocuta it's a criminally underrated animal @TheDinoFax

[@kevinkocher9347]

Giant forest puppy

[@CarmenGarcia-uu4mn]

FURRIES 🐺

[@activatekruger446]

Would you rather go up against a pack of dire wolves, or a short faced bear?? 😳

[@Still.the.best.2021]

A subspecies of wolf that I don't see anyone talking about, and I can't find any information about it is the Bernard wolf, which always appears in many size comparison videos as the largest among the species and subspecies of existing and extinct wolves, but I don't see a video or any highlighted information that describes it, especially about its size, I would like you to do so make a short about this beautiful canine

[@willowbloomfield4402]

Good to know

[@THECerato]

Dire wolf: huge wolf

[@thelegoyousteppedon]

Technically we do have big ol wolf's

[@gabriellebraswell3306]

I have a fossilized dire wolf tooth ☺️

[@giganotosaurus2240]

Dem Dawgs.

[@Jonah...]

I was here 3 seconds ago when it had 80 Likes now it has 100

[@HunterTrefren]

That's crazy how thos fire wolves could hunt smileadon

[@kousarpatel9449]

Wut

[@henry-thepizzaeater-morgan704]

So... They should be called dire jackals or coyotes instead?

[@Littlekoji-df1cf]

So they should be dire jackal.

[@paolopasaol9700]

Should've been named Jacked-kal

[@atanoxel7427]

Dire wolves are actually different in that they have the same appearance of a wolf and are much heavier and stronger.

[@Mrmilk8982]

I thought that where called canis dirus. I guess i read on a old page.

[@mikro_pizza8632]

convergent evolution is when two animals that have same trates because of the same life style

[@scavingerthesaiyan6689]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@OLBEARDOGOSAUR-ti2kp]

My dog when he sees a cat:😈

[@arunvenkatesh5817]

It said dire wolf have the ability to jump out of any shadow to ambush its prey

[@bugkillintxn]

Neverending story..... that's in the movie

[@blakebassettsrthellcat6038]

Look up the related to on Wikipedia, the dire wolf are in Canis family

[@kousarpatel9449]

No the dire is in the genus aenocyon not canis your source only showed outdated info

[@mrdemon4429]

Canis Canis CANIS CANIS DI-

[@Mikailodon]

Bro really called Canis a family 💀

[@kousarpatel9449]

Well, well, well, if isn't Mikailus the guy who is famous for debunking that one bright side video

[@nodatastored684]

I thought they were smaller than other wolves

[@Ligma-is5cq]

Can you do *dynamotitan?*

[@K.Haaast]

Not real

[@genorrisbrown3714]

They're all in the canine family

[@kousarpatel9449]

Just because its a canine doesn't mean its a wolf

[@K.Haaast]

Yes but only wolves and dogs are in the genus canis

[@vicmariedroz5386]

Is the dire wolf of game of throne bigger or not

[@1994wildchild]

But aren't African jackals are canis also?

[@tvvistedv3nom26]

They are canines but they aren’t related enough to breed with one another. Coyotes, dogs and wolves can all breed together but jackals and foxes can’t breed with them. Edit: Jackals actually can breed with dogs and wolves but foxes can’t and dire wolves weren’t able to breed with wolves either, I guess it was just a farther removed jackal than modern ones

[@beastmaster0934]

They used to be. But now they’re part of their own genus, Lupulella. Well, the side-striped and black-backed jackals at least. Golden jackals are part of Canis still though, although there’s been a recent taxonomic split with them and African wolves, so now golden jackals are a strictly Eurasian species.

[@Daft_Vader]

The golden jackal is part of canis however the black-backed and side-striped jackals are in a separate genus - Lupulella. From what I can find, dire wolves are a separate lineage to wolves, coyotes and other members of the canini

[@theotheseaeagle]

@@Daft_Vader I was about to say that lol but guess I don’t have too

[@novemportis3653]

Dire Wolf: "fuck you bro, I'm a god damn wolf. I don't call you 'technically not a human' so shut your mouth and respect my truth"

[@melizacamba6378]

so they are still alive

[@hanschristopherson8056]

If it looks like a wolf it’s a wolf lol

[@pierre-samuelroux9364]

Then dogs are wolves..wich is true btw

[@Yoyochi_2010]

yooo mrdinoman u gotta talk bout ed cope the trex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pierre-samuelroux9364]

Already done vid on ed

[@13jadenmatthewdonozo71]

In the game ark survival evolved they have a pack buff and can equip hats while you can also ride them without a saddle

[@user-jp6yo1gz8s]

That being said if they're distant relatives of the Jackal then why are they addressed as direwolves it literally has the name wolf in it and because of that Game of Thrones made them look like actual wolves perhaps in their reality they are actual wolves but in this reality is a different meaning to it that being said what do all of you think just curious🤔❓️

[@Indy44636]

Uh dude jackals are still classified as a type of canine or canis.

[@kousarpatel9449]

Only the golden jackal is apart of the canis genus also being a canine doesn't make it a wolf

[@user-ov6rj2ye6p]

Cainine -

[@JustUsCrazyBoyz]

Where's maboi Ghost?

[@MonkDunk_29]

But jackals are a part of the canis family, so they are the same because they are a part of the keen family and if they’re like the same, they are a part of the canis

[@kousarpatel9449]

Thats the golden jackal ya silly all wolves are canines but not all canines are wolves

[@MonkDunk_29]

@@kousarpatel9449 what

[@kousarpatel9449]

​@@MonkDunk_29 hey don't go like that man

[@MonkDunk_29]

@@kousarpatel9449 bro I literally do not understand you bro but jackals are a part of the canis family so basically there wolves are canines

[@kousarpatel9449]

@@MonkDunk_29 but theres a problem with and that is that only the golden jackal is in the canis genus and the african jackal is in the genus lupulella and being a canine is different from being in the genus canis canis is a genus not a family so sorry to break it to ya but canis is not a family but a genus

[@curiousKuro16]

Wait i am confused, are jackles not canids?

[@Kevintherhea188]

Canis and being a canine is different, canis is a group within canidae.

[@curiousKuro16]

@@Kevintherhea188 Ahhh okay. That makes more sense. Thank you Kevin!

[@By_Vee_]

🤦🏻‍♂️ looks like a wolf evolved from a wolf I think it’s so funny how they say it’s different and throw a different label on it yet it all evolved from the same species

[@kousarpatel9449]

Shut up bro its not in the genus canis so its not a wolf

[@kousarpatel9449]

Its not throwing a different label its just overall science and it definitely did not evolve from the same species

[@gatorraid2117]

So call it Dire Jackal not wolf. Yall broke my mind over this 😑

[@charlesdussault6984]

dire wolf is cool

[@Goultardtheiopgod]

2nd

[@Wintergatanaddict]

STOP GREEN SCREEN KIDS

[@kousarpatel9449]

Hes not a green screen kid bruh and you're not able to prove your point because you don't know anything about this guy