90% hyena, 10% raccoon
Aardwoof
Submitted 1 month ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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cowfodder@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Punk rock hyena looking ass
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Find yourself someone who loves you as much as Aardwoof loves aardwolwes ❤️
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 month ago
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 1 month ago
That thing looks like it’s either chill as fuck or a complete spaz. I’m not sure which…
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Both in varying frequencies
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Looks like Honeybadger has evolved.
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Ah yes, hair metal dog
I love this critter
queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Eats insects, apparently.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago
Nature designed this creature to receive scritches.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The 80s hairmetal band of the animal kingdom.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Basically an 80s punk dog.
Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Damn, this guy looks like he’s about to sing an 80s power ballad.
radix@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Awww, the leopard-coyote thinks he’s a stegosaurus.
rf_@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Super Saiyan Dog
luciole@beehaw.org 1 month 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 1 month ago
That’s the most punk looking animal I’ve ever seen.
inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
That Mohawk is fucking sick
Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 month ago
Those are some hackles.
selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
aardwoof did it again.
Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Clearly theyve never seen those Pakistani bears.
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Call Apogee say Aardwolf
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
More like going extinct /s