Wolves are overrated

My opponent claims that wolves are in fact overrated, that they, and I quotes, "are definitely not unique, compared to other animal species." As there are really cool species out there, that does not cause wolves to be overrated. Overrated means putting something in a higher meaning than they deserve. According to random history .com, it states that "The Vikings wore wolf skins and drank wolf blood to take on the wolf's spirit in battle." (This is not copying, I added quotation marks for those who think I copy) The bear is the 'champion sniffer'- the best in the apparent mammal species. But the wolf has an amazing sense of smell too- and from the same source as before, "Wolves have about 200 million scent cells. Humans have only about 5 million. Wolves can smell other animals more than one, mile (1.6 kilometers) away." So they can smell things way better than we can, so isn't that worth some kind of praise? "Wolves were once the most widely distributed land predator the world has ever seen. The only places they didn"t thrive were in the true desert and rain forests." As my opponent argues that tigers are "the paintings of the jungles, and also the killers.", my evidence shows that the wolves actually were once "the most widely distributed land predator", so the tiger's would be less important than the wolves at this point. Which animal has the most crushing jaws in the world? The answer is the saltwater crocodile with a PSI of 7700. But the wolf comes in 19, with the PSI of 406, better than the cougar, the African wild dog, tiger shark, and the leopard. "Immense power is concentrated in a wolf"s jaw. It has a crushing pressure of nearly 1,500 pound per square inch (compared with around 750 for a large dog). The jaws themselves are massive, bearing 42 teeth specialized for stabbing, shearing, and crunching bones. " (From random history.com and tail and fur.com) My opponent says that lions could defeat wolves- most likely, but wolves don't live anywhere around lions, and that theory is not plausible if there is no evidence to prove that wolves do in fact fight lions. Panait Cirian from quora.com states that, "everyone says lion although they forget a number things: 1. male lions usually do not hunt; is the lionesses and cubs. 2. they do not have a lot of stamina and often get beaten up by their prey (yes, bulls often beat lions) 3. wolves are much smarter than lions and have more stamina 4. lions are ambush animals ; if the ambush fails a lion will usually just give up; and ambush will not work on wolves. 5. wolves were considered a real threat for humans while the wild forest was untamed. lions may have killed one or two humans but by large they were hunted down with ease especially because they have virtually no stamina. so wolves would win." So in reality, if wolves and lions did come across each other in the wild, the wolves will win and the lions would lose. Wolves are both beautiful and intelligent, just like the foxes. Wolves aren't only wild dogs, they aren't domesticated. Dogs, however, are literally called "man's best friend", because most dogs are trained and they obey practically the humans' beck and call. But the wolves, however, are different. "Wolves howl for a variety of reasons. Pack members will chorus howl to defend their territory and rally the pack together. Most howls heard in the pack are chorus howls (involving three or more wolves). These group "sing-a-longs" may be started by any pack member, or they may be a response to the howling of a neighboring pack of wolves or a coyote. Wolves will even howl in response to something that just sounds similar to a howl, like a train whistle, fire or police car siren or even a human howling! Such howls, though social in nature, also serve to defend the pack"s territory against other wolves." So the howls aren't just a regular howl that people bring it down to. So in reality, it isn't the wolves fault that people make fan-fictions and things like that about them. But they deserve it- the majestic and beautiful wolves are every ounce of the popularity they get. Sources: http://facts.randomhistory.com... http://tailandfur.com... https://www.fws.gov... http://wolfpark.org... (I am not copying because I put quotations, meaning quotes.)