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1)Ā https://www.deviantart.com/hodarinundu/art/Aenocyon-Dire-Wolf-Reborn-848539847
2)Ā https://www.reddit.com/r/Naturewasmetal/comments/jqrcol/the_dire_wolf_aenocyon_dirus/
3)Ā https://www.reddit.com/r/Paleontology/comments/lcqbv4/dire_wolf_aenocyon_dirus_by_julio_lacerda/
5)Ā https://twitter.com/cenosurvivalrbx/status/1316955733049675782
6)Ā https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aenocyon_dirus_restoration_%26_skeleton.jpg
7)Ā https://twitter.com/HodariNundu/status/1349629120133492737
8)Ā https://www.deviantart.com/smerjeevski/art/Canis-Dirus-845795930
9)Ā https://www.deviantart.com/iofryy/art/Aenocyon-dirus-868633303
10) https://www.deviantart.com/smerjeevski/art/Canis-Dirus-816988406
Song Review: Midnight North - āWild Cardā
āWild Cardā is Midnight Northās answer to the Grateful Deadās āDire Wolf.ā
The acoustic number - banjo, piano, brushed drums, a touch of electric and steel guitar and vocal harmonies feature prominently - repeatedly works in the opening riff of the Deadās country-and-western classic as lead vocalist Grahame Lesh pays aural tribute to father Phil.
The song follows āGood Daysā ahead of Midnight Northās forthcoming LP, Thereās Always a Story, which arrives in May.
Lesh sings in harmony with Elliott Peck, who softens his marginal vocals. And while the āDire Wolfā hook is the undeniable, unsubtle bait, the track reveals its unique charm over subsequent spins.
Grade card: Midnight North - āWild Cardā - B-
2/9/21
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Well, Iāve already posted this on Instagram before I started on the non-mammals, so I guess weāll start my mammal series with Aenocyon dirus, the Dire Wolf!
In case you havenāt heard yet, some Dire Wolf DNA was able to be examined and it was found that Dire Wolves are actually not just larger, bulkier gray wolves⦠in fact theyāre not even wolves at all! They belong to their own genus, Aenocyon, and would have probably looked like older species of dog and been more suited for temperate climates rather than tundra.
For this one in particular, I combined coloration of bush dogs, jackals, African wild dogs, and maned wolves. Though it sorta ended up looking like a long-legged wolverine. š
so apparently dire wolves arenāt actually wolves? i donāt think iāll ever be able to see the wotb cast as anything other than slightly bigger grey wolves, but for fun i drew them more like irl dire wolves, with pelts based off of south american canids and jackals, which dire wolves may be more closely related to than wolves. also messed around with shading as a way to destress
from top to bottom+what their pelts were based on: mhairie and dearlea(black backed jackal), the whistler(maned wolf), edme(bush dog), faolan(also black backed jackal)
Dire Wolves in DireĀ Straits
When Asa was a puppy, he decided that one day he would grow up to be a Dire Wolf. Iām still not sure what inspired this belief, that he was one of the fiercest prehistoric carnivores in North America. However, I was always skeptical because I didnāt see Asa exhibit any true wolflike qualities, especially considering his inability to harm even a stuffed animal. Besides, how could something asā¦