After watching Game of Thrones or playing DND, you might wonder if Dire Wolves were actually real. Turns out, these were real animals that lived during the last Ice Age, but they weren't actually...wolves? Join Hank Green and learn what these giant creatures really were i this new episode of SciShow!

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