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Hyenas are inverse foxes. Hyenas are dog software on cat hardware and foxes are cat software on dog hardware.
by theluketaylor 5y ago
Hyenas are inverse foxes. Hyenas are dog software on cat hardware and foxes are cat software on dog hardware.
- ttraub 5y agoYes, and weirdly, hyenas didn't get the sharp, retractable claws that all true cats possess. I wonder what advantage this adaptation gave them.
- rightbyte 5y agoYou can probably keep retractable claws sharper? Easier too sneack without hard claws touching ground?
- hellbannedguy 5y agoThey couldn't kill each other easier?
- gweinberg 5y agoRetractable claws stay sharper and make better weapons. The non-retractable kind give you better traction when running.
- m463 5y agowell, except for the whole "run up a tree" bit. :)
- JonathonW 5y agoFor what it's worth, foxes are much closer to dogs and wolves (and other canids) than hyenas are to cats. The relationship between cats and hyenas is more like the relationship between dogs and bears, raccoons, or seals, which are classified as caniforms but are obviously distinct from actual canid species.