Rabid wolf

d rabid wolf
Difficulty	8
Attacks	Bite 2d4 poisonous (constitution)

d rabid wolf
Difficulty	8
Attacks	Bite 2d4 poisonous (constitution)
Base level	6
Base experience	73
Speed	12
Base AC	4
Base MR	0
Alignment	0 (neutral)
Frequency (by normal means)	1 (Very rare)
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	500
Nutritional value	250
Size	Small
Resistances	None
Resistances conveyed	None
A rabid wolf: has no hands. is an animal. is carnivorous. is normally generated hostile. can be seen through infravision. does not appear in Gehennom. may turn against you when tame.
Reference	SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line462

A rabid wolf is a new monster in SLASH'EM. They have slightly more hitpoints than regular wolves, and their bite is poisonous.

Strategy

These are not a huge threat, since they are no faster than a normal player. Take them down with ranged weapons if you lack poison resistance and/or magic cancellation, since their bite does have the potential to cause instadeath. Unlike rabid rats, the corpses of rabid wolves are safe to eat, and in fact provide a decent amount of nutrition.