#skull size

[indizombie]

Wolves have the intelligence to learn to adapt to the situations around them. A wolf’s skull and brain is larger than that of any other canid, and their ability to remember details and think through problems verges on the uncanny. In fact, researchers have a difficult time trapping wolves and their close relatives because once captured in a trap of any kind, these animals will remember the event for the rest of their lives and are highly unlikely to enter another trap ever again.

Karen Bukowick, 'Truth and Symbolism: Mythological Perspectives of the Wolf and Crow'

[postorbital]

At age 11, once their skulls were estimated at full size, the settlers took chondrocyte-altering drugs to stop their skeletal growth, and redirect it to skeletal repair. Few adults were taller than five feet. They ate very little and kept their ceilings low.