User blog comment:Tothemoonandback/Question about vampires feeling pain?/@comment-50.156.175.196-20140608200145

Yes they feel pain all the time from their throats burning.. But actual pain attributed to physical injury can only come from a supernaturally strong creature (Vampire/werewolf) vampires are physically strong enough to tear another vampire apart with their hands (though it is easier using their teeth).. While a werewolf/shapeshifter can only damage them with their teeth which are supernaturally hard and strong like vampire teeth. However, they can only harm a vampire if they use the very limits of their strength and speed, as explained in Eclipse. Also, in addition to shapeshifter being much larger than normal wolves, they are supernaturally stronger and faster too.