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GENERAL WEREWOLF BEHAVIOR
From Chat Transcripts: the average pack is 20-30 wolves; they fluctuate depending on how jobs and moving goesChat 2007-05-20 wolf magic doesn't come from the moon, it's internal; part of what makes a werewolf a werewolfChat 2007-11-03 originally the Weres were all Europeans, they came over with the rest of the immigrantsChat 2008-04-05
From Moon Called: packs sometimes take their public name from their leader; more often they find some geographical feature in their territoryMC-42 many as 2 thousand in the US, 5 or 6 hundred in Canada, and about 4 hundred in MexicoMC-34 it's an anomaly to have a pack in the Tri-Cities areaMC-10 packs usually settle in bigger areas where they can hide better, or, rarely, in smaller places where they can take overMC-10 they have a tendency to do well in the military and secret government agenciesMC-10 despite all the physical benefits they gain, the average lifespan of a werewolf from his first Change until his death is ten yearsMC-201 most werewolves died in dominance fights with other werewolvesMC-201 werewolves' instincts are inconvenient–that's why they don't tend to live longMC-04 werewolves are hot-tempered and aggressive, but they aren't evilMC-39 werewolves respect bravadoMC-50 the trick with werewolves is to never confront them straight onMC-10 werewolves don't take to strangers wellMC-11 There’s all sorts of protocols they insist upon when a new wolf comes into someone else’s territory, and something tells me that Mac hasn’t petitioned the packMC-11 some werewolves can tell if a person is lyingMC-165
From Alpha&Omega: a cornered wolf is a dangerous wolfAO-65
From Cry Wolf: as werewolves age they gain abilitiesCW-209
From Hunting Ground: packs only moved into open territory or territory they had killed to takeHG-91 werewolves talk as if they and the wolves they shared their skins with were one; some werewolves had nothing more wolfish about them, even in wolf form, than a nasty temper and a need to kill things that ran from themHG-45
From Blood Bound: wolves communicate well without wordsBB-115 all wolves must wear a collar when they run in the city that identifies them as someone's petBB-05
From Iron Kissed: the pack is always aware on some level of the other pack members; they know when one of their own was in distress; they know when one has diedIK-113
From Silver Borne: wolf play is a simple game with no losers that they do with the ones they love; it didn't often happen in the pack as a whole, but among smaller groupsSB-14 most werewolves have all the change they can deal with the first time they become wolf; other kinds of change are tough to force on themSB-25 fear brings violence out in the wolvesSB-62 werewolves, like their natural brethren, are territorial, and they don't share their hunting ground easily with other predatorsSB-25 some werewolves had trouble driving because they could be a little distractibleSB-48 can take out Kodiak bearsSB-53 showing weakness to another is a sign of trustSB-56 wolf superseding the man usually happens in the middle of a fight, the only thing to do is lie low until the man takes back controlSB-65 wolf instincts them them that direct eye contact is a challengeSB-88 the wolf longs to hunt, to feel blood in its teethSB-110 werewolves tend to lose their human halves when badly injured, but they can be recalled to themselves by a mate or by a more dominant wolfSB-168 wolves are blunt creatures, mostly impatient with the soft-pedaling that the rest of the world considers politenessSB-183
From River Marked: wolves communicate much more clearly than humans do in an emergencyRM-91
From Frost Burned:
From Night Broken:
From Fire Touched:
Night Broken: Werewolf packs hunt at least once a month on the full moon,” I told them firmly. “Around here, we mostly hunt rabbits or ground squirrels. Other places, they hunt deer, elk, or even moose. Just like timber wolves do, though werewolves avoid domestic animals like cattle as a matter of course.”
“When wolves hunt, there is a hierarchy. Someone directs, others follow.