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Got me reading up on Carnivora. Interesting, I never knew that walruses and seals are so closely related to canines and felines! Then again, I never studied bio
by jaza 4y ago
Got me reading up on Carnivora. Interesting, I never knew that walruses and seals are so closely related to canines and felines! Then again, I never studied biology, so there are no doubt plenty more similarly well-known fauna family ties that I never learned about.
- samatman 4y agoAnyone who has met a sea lion up close knows that the name 'sea dog' was wasted on sharks. An error which has been corrected in the mascot of a few minor sports clubs.
- jerrre 4y agoseals are called "sea dog" in many Germanic languages
- jobigoud 4y agoAnd hyenas are closer to cats than to dogs.
- DiggyJohnson 4y agoHyenas are big cats, no? Is this not a commonly known fact?
- fluoridation 4y agoThey're not big cats, they're only feliforms. Big cats belong to felidae. But no, it's not commonly known that hyenas are more closely related to cats than to dogs.
- DiggyJohnson 4y agoThis blew my mind, we all walk around with some hilariously wrong assumptions. Thanks for the info.
- SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago> Hyenas are big cats, no? No.
- DiggyJohnson 4y agoThis is blowing my mind. Thank you for the clear answer.
- SideburnsOfDoom 4y agoI always thought of Hyenas as more like "big dogs" - compare with these canids: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_wild_dog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_wild_dog But in reality, Hyenas are neither cats nor dogs.