Warg
Wargs are a canine species similar to wolves in terms of physical characteristics. The main differences between a wolf and a warg are their size and weight. A warg can reach about twice the size and four times the weight of a wolf.
They are much more fierce and aggressive than any other canide, and stronger as well. Skilled tamers have managed to harness wargs on sleds, replacing a whole pack of dogs with a single warg. This operation is however quite risky, and many have lost a limb, or more, while trying.
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Symbiotic and Parasitic organisms
What is truly remarkable, is the ability of wargs to assume the role of chief in wolf packs. It should be noted that, despite their solidarity amongst members of the same packs, wolves are usually hostile towards strangers which could be considered rivals for food. One would expect even more regarding the much bigger creature a warg represents. I was myself amazed at how easy it was for this young warg to be accepted in the pack, but the fact is, I would probably have accepted it in my own pack, had I been a wolf myself, for the simple reason that he brought a gift with him: the still untouched corpse of a fully grown deer. Mistrustful at first, the pack carefully approached the feast offered to them. The one I identified as the alpha stared at the warg defiantly, supported of course by the pack, which soon started eating. After a few bites and no reaction from the warg, the alpha joined them as well, before it finally decided to do the same. From then on, the warg was part of the pack, and a few days later, it seemed it was now the leader. The alpha was naturally fading as part of the herd. More observational work will be needed if we are to understand the dynamics proper to warg packs, but we can already see both wargs and wolves are able to appreciate each other. We can only agree with them, a warg is beneficial for a wolf pack, a powerful hunter to rely upon, and a warg can use a pack as a force of its own to conquer more territory.
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