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Wolf, not werewolf[]

Why are they only wolves?? They are offspring of two werewolves, shouldn't they be werewolves too??? --DCLM (talk) 09:19, August 5, 2013 (UTC)

According to Pottermore, they are werewolves but they look like babies wolves, they are only more intelligent than wolves. Lady Junky 09:47, August 5, 2013 (UTC)
Shouldn't we rename this page "werewolf pack" instead of "wolf pack" then? --DCLM (talk) 12:06, August 5, 2013 (UTC)
I agree :) Lady Junky 12:08, August 5, 2013 (UTC)
I think subjects like these need three voices, so if a third one agree we can change the name. --DCLM (talk) 12:41, August 5, 2013 (UTC)
Unless, of course, this is a given name on Pottermore. --DCLM (talk) 13:03, August 5, 2013 (UTC)
They are wolves, not werewolves. They were born of werewolves, but they have none of the characteristics of werewolves other than high intelligence. From the text-- "wolf cubs which resemble true wolves in everything except their abnormally high intelligence". Wolves, not werewolves. I agree with the current name. ProfessorTofty (talk) 13:12, August 5, 2013 (UTC)
Then it is set. We're not changing the name. I just don't quite understand how werewolf children are simple wolves. I mean two pure-blood parents doesn't make the child half-blood. I don't understand. Is it possible to explain it? --DCLM (talk) 13:33, August 5, 2013 (UTC)
Another relevant question would be about the birth of the wolves themselves. There has to be a gestational period, and the mother has to give birth. Does the witch simply give birth to a wolf? What happens to the cub in-utero when the mother transforms? Does the birth coincide with a full-moon? Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 19:56, August 5, 2013 (UTC)
I guess it's because they're both transformed at the time that the children end up being wolves? I guess it's just one of those weird things that can happen when you put magic into the equation. It isn't necessarily going to make sense by the normal rules of such things. ProfessorTofty (talk) 22:15, August 5, 2013 (UTC)