90% hyena, 10% raccoon
Aardwoof
Submitted 2 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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cowfodder@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Punk rock hyena looking ass
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Find yourself someone who loves you as much as Aardwoof loves aardwolwes ❤️
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 months ago
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 months ago
That thing looks like it’s either chill as fuck or a complete spaz. I’m not sure which…
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Both in varying frequencies
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Looks like Honeybadger has evolved.
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Ah yes, hair metal dog
I love this critter
queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Eats insects, apparently.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
I am assuming it is not in fact actually closely related to a wolf/dog?
Also, this has got me very curious what just a “vark” looks like given the suggested naming scheme going on here.
abbadon420@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Both names come from Afrikaans, but the animals are not in any way related. The aardwolf is related to the hyena. It’s the hyenas friendly cousin. It mostly eats termites and it’s not dangerous. The aardvark lmhas a pig like nose and it burrows like a pig, so “vark” means pig in Afrikaans. The aardvark has no other relation to a pig besides the name.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
ah, so “vark” is much like “dog” in english when it is used in animal names like “prairie dog”!
thanks for explaining!
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
The aardvark also mainly eats termites. Both species are nocturnal and rest in dens and burrows during the day. So similar behaviours and ecological niches so very fair to give them similar names.
The hyena family is also closer related to felines than canids. Fun fact there.
happybadger@hexbear.net 2 months ago
Nature designed this creature to receive scritches.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The 80s hairmetal band of the animal kingdom.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Basically an 80s punk dog.
Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Damn, this guy looks like he’s about to sing an 80s power ballad.
radix@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Awww, the leopard-coyote thinks he’s a stegosaurus.
rf_@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Super Saiyan Dog
luciole@beehaw.org 2 months ago
That captive aardwolf is scared though. They’re not ordinarily puffed up like this. A chill aardwolf is a smooth, slender boi.
Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s the most punk looking animal I’ve ever seen.
inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
That Mohawk is fucking sick
Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 months ago
Those are some hackles.
selokichtli@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
aardwoof did it again.
Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Clearly theyve never seen those Pakistani bears.
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Call Apogee say Aardwolf
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If I were establishing a new country and that was a native animal, that bad motherfucker is going on my flag.
idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
More like going extinct /s