Talk:Jacob Black/@comment-149.254.182.225-20140818230638/@comment-25763921-20141225001103

Actually, no the Quillayute Shapeshifters can only take the form of a giant wolf. This is because when Taha Aki was trapped in his spirit form by Utlapa, he merged himself with the body of a large wolf to kill the mad warrior. The tribe could tell that the wolf was unnaturally intelligent, and so an old man left his body to see who had taken over the wolfs body. Utlapa, scared of being revealed, killed the old man. Taha Aki was so enraged that he transformed himself back into the body of a powerful man. When Edward says in Breaking dawn that it was all chance that the Quillayutes could change into giant wolves, he meant that if another animal was present when Taha Aki decided to merge with another creature, they would be able to turn into a different animal. Normal wolves can't harm vampires. It is explained in the official illustrated guide that in addition to being much larger than normal wolves, Quillayute werewolves are also supernaturally stronger and faster, with extremely strong teeth, which is why they are able to kill vampires.