SOURCE: The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (1937)

DESCRIPTION:"...Just at that moment the wolves trotted howling into the clearing. All of a sudden there were hundreds of eyes looking at them..." (The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien)

NOTES: Tolkien makes a distinction between wolves and wargs thusly: "But even the wild Wargs (for so the evil wolves over the Edge of the Wild are named) cannot climb trees." The Wargs have a language which they use to communicate with each other and with the goblins. They are led by a lead wolf and have a hierarchical system of leadership. Goblins will often use them as mounts.

HISTORY: Peter Jackson made the Wargs more like hyenas in The Lord of the Rings movies. They also seem less intelligent than the ones in The Hobbit.

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