1 Canker sores are small, painful ulcers on the inside of the mouth, tongue, lips, or throat. 2  Symptoms of canker sores include small, painful, crater-like ulcers.  See a doctor if canker sores are accompanied by fever, last more than three weeks, or the affected individual has difficulty swallowing.
When people think of wolves, one species usually comes to mind: the gray wolf. The gray wolf is the largest wolf and the basis of legends. According to National Geographic, the breed was almost hunted to extinction in the lower 48 states of the United States. Even now, few exist outside Alaska.
Canis dirus meaning Dire Wolf was one of the largest canines that ever lived on Earth, and also one of the largest representative of the subfamily of wolves (Caninae). Dire Wolves were the size of a large modern gray wolf (Canis lupus) and weighed, depending on gender and individual differences, 55 to 80 kg.lthough it was closely related to the Gray Wolf and other sister species, Canis dirus was not the direct ancestor of any species known today. Unlike the Gray Wolf, which is of Eurasian origin, the Dire Wolf evolved on the North American continent, along with the Coyote.