this post was submitted on 06 May 2025
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Because humans hunted wolves nearly to extinction basically everywhere they exist because they were relatively dangerous to us.

We have made them larger in media and paintings and basically anywhere a wolf is imaged.

“Big bad wolf” is the common idea.