"Not many animals hold up closely to their romanticized stereotypes when their survival is put into question, but the desperate deer can be the exact opposite of its gentle popular image."

This is exactly, in one neat sentence, how I feel about wolves and their stereotypes (accept replace deer with wolf).

"...it is an alien concept to that some may enjoy..."

Grammar suggestion: I would delete the 'to' for clarity's sake.

I enjoyed that you also added more gross stuff to this essay to balance out the romanticized points. Thanks for sharing it!