How ferocious are wolves? Can an adult man holding an iron stick fight a wolf?

Although wolves are basically harmless to humans nowadays, ancient people were certainly likely to be attacked by wolves in the wild. Wolves belong to the Canidae family and are close relatives of dogs. If an adult man holding an iron rod can defeat a vicious dog, can he defeat a wolf?

In the classic novel "Water Margin", there is a wonderful scene of Wu Song fighting a tiger. Now, if there is no legitimate reason, it is not advisable to fight a tiger or a wolf. If you want to know whether an adult man can fight a wolf, you can only analyze it theoretically.

Many people have never seen a wolf, but you can refer to the size and appearance of a native dog or wolfdog. Because they are very closely related, closer than humans and chimpanzees, dogs are domesticated from gray wolves. Although the ancestors of pet dogs are also wolves, after artificial improvement, the size of these dogs is very different from that of wolves.

Tugou refers to Chinese rural dogs. The shoulder height of an adult Tugou is about 25-55 cm and the weight is about 10-30 kg. The shoulder height of a male wolfdog is 50-80 cm and the weight is 30-50 kg. Wolfdogs are not only larger than Tugou, but also much more ferocious than Tugou.

Wolves come in different sizes, and their fighting abilities vary. In nature, the fittest survive. In the struggle for survival, food chains are formed. You can see that even predators at the top of the food chain don't dare to attack animals that are one level larger than themselves.

Therefore, when discussing the fight between humans and wolves, we must first compare their body sizes. After all, if the body size is too small, the attack power will not be that great.

The largest wolf in the world is the North American gray wolf. An adult male wolf can reach 1.8 to 2 meters in length, with an average weight of 50 to 80 kilograms. The largest can even reach 90 kilograms, and the shoulder height can be about 90 centimeters.

The smallest wolf in the world is the Arabian wolf, with an average adult male weighing 18 kg and a female weighing less than 15 kg.

In short, the average weight of a wolf is smaller than that of an adult man, and even the largest wolf is not as heavy as some strong men. Therefore, from the perspective of weight alone, a single wolf cannot gain any advantage against a human being, and a human being can stand upright on two legs, so his posture is not inferior to that of a four-legged wolf.

If it is a wolf of similar size to a local dog, you can subdue it with your bare hands as long as you are not afraid of getting hurt.

The North American gray wolf is the largest canine on Earth, and its fighting power is estimated to be no less than that of a lion. If it is a top predator like the North American gray wolf, an adult strong man cannot defeat it with his bare hands. Even wolf dogs and Tibetan mastiffs can only flee when they encounter a North American gray wolf.

Dogs are omnivores, while wolves are carnivores. Wolves usually move in groups and prey on medium to large mammals. There are usually only 5 to 11 wolves in a pack, and no more than 30 at most. Since wolves have to survive on the edge of a knife all year round, they are definitely stronger and more ferocious than dogs. Many people are afraid of dogs, and their legs may go weak when they meet wolves, let alone fight them.

Wolves are mostly active at night, and their sense of smell and hearing are very sensitive. They are not only fast but also have great endurance. If you encounter a wolf, don't think of running away, because you can't outrun it. Wolves have the same endurance as humans and can travel long distances at a speed of about 8 kilometers per hour. When chasing prey, they can even reach a speed of 60 kilometers per hour in a short period of time.

When fighting a wolf, what is needed is not endurance, but flexibility and courage. As long as you are careful not to let the wolf bite the neck or other fatal parts, an adult man should have a chance to defeat a large wolf with an iron stick. After all, wolves are different from cats. Cats have both sharp claws and teeth, while wolves only have sharp teeth.

There was a Colosseum in ancient Rome, and perhaps slaves really fought against hungry wolves at that time. If you don't have tools at hand, it is basically difficult to win against a larger wolf.

In fact, wolves probably won't fight with humans, after all, compared with a full meal, life is more important. If the situation is not good, wolves will run away.

In real life, wolves usually live in groups and act in groups. If a healthy adult man only holds an iron stick and faces an attack from a wolf pack, he may be in great danger of death. However, wolves generally do not attack humans unless they are extremely hungry.

Wolves were once widely distributed around the world, but now their population is very rare, and many subspecies are at risk of extinction. In my country, due to the reduction of habitat, the number of wolves has also dropped sharply, and they have become a national second-class protected animal. Now wolves can only be seen occasionally in the forests and grasslands in the north. Wolves are now unlikely to pose a threat to humans, but instead need our protection.