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MangaBroski
04/12/24 8:57:32 PM
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Despite looking more like caniformia species, hyenas are more closely related to cats. Its probs just convergent evolution. Remember the time archosaurs evolved phytosaurs in the Triassic and then repeated with crocodilia in the Cretaceous? Uts probs just like that for how hyenas appearance turned out.
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SSJKirby
04/12/24 8:58:09 PM
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you made half of those words up

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MangaBroski
04/12/24 8:58:39 PM
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SSJKirby posted...
you made half of those words up
Tl;dr- I refuse to Google words I do t know
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TheLiarParadox
04/12/24 8:59:12 PM
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MangaBroski posted...
Remember the time archosaurs evolved phytosaurs in the Triassic and then repeated with crocodilia in the Cretaceous?
Yes. That shit was wild.

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sabin017
04/12/24 8:59:48 PM
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MangaBroski posted...
Remember the time archosaurs evolved phytosaurs in the Triassic and then repeated with crocodilia in the Cretaceous?
Uh....no?

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SSJKirby
04/12/24 9:00:07 PM
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MangaBroski posted...
Tl;dr- I refuse to Google words I do t know
did you just tl;dr a single sentence

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Ratchetrockon
04/12/24 9:01:49 PM
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Ok I thought they were just bigger African wild dogs. They both make weird vocalizations too

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BlueKat
04/12/24 9:05:39 PM
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Actually not close to either; they're closer to mongooses and civets

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Irony
04/12/24 9:06:33 PM
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Because of the weird pseudo penis?

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DementedDurian
04/12/24 9:13:57 PM
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Irony posted...
Because of the weird pseudo penis?

Is that why hyena girls are in anime?

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PMarth2002
04/12/24 9:14:53 PM
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Interesting. Didn't know that.

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Baphometa
04/12/24 9:17:07 PM
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You just watch the Clint's Reptiles video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbZu-47YTtw

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Frosted_Midna
04/12/24 9:18:47 PM
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DementedDurian posted...
Is that why hyena girls are in anime?

Yes.

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ellis123
04/12/24 9:18:54 PM
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DementedDurian posted...
Is that why hyena girls are in anime?
Anime is in a constant state of needing a nice feminine pseudo-peen.

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FortuneCookie
04/12/24 9:20:09 PM
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a hyena is fine too
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lilORANG
04/12/24 9:23:58 PM
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Why would I need to remember something I intuitively know?

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GranTurismo
04/12/24 9:31:15 PM
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MangaBroski posted...
Despite looking more like caniformia species, hyenas are more closely related to cats. Its probs just convergent evolution. Remember the time archosaurs evolved phytosaurs in the Triassic and then repeated with crocodilia in the Cretaceous? Uts probs just like that for how hyenas appearance turned out.
when did hyenas evolve? when diverged from dogs and cats?
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masticatingman
04/12/24 9:41:00 PM
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If you start looking at various extinct animals as well, you start to become fairly unfazed by convergent evolution. One of the easiest to cite is something like an Ichthyosaur vs a modern dolphin.

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TommyVercetti
04/12/24 9:43:07 PM
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masticatingman posted...
If you start looking at various extinct animals as well, you start to become fairly unfazed by convergent evolution. One of the easiest to cite is something like an Ichthyosaur vs a modern dolphin.
what is convergent evolution exactly?
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Ar0ge
04/12/24 9:43:47 PM
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BlueKat posted...
Actually not close to either; they're closer to mongooses and civets

They are literally closer to cats than to dogs though.
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CobraGT
04/12/24 9:46:23 PM
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https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/striped-hyena

San Diego Zoo says unique family.

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Revisited
04/12/24 9:50:31 PM
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So... they're the true inspiration for pokemon's legendary dogs/legendary cats/that short lived politically correct pc term "legendary beasts"

It all makes sense. Heck, suicune does look the part... we finally know what she's based on after all these decades.
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Umbreon
04/12/24 10:22:40 PM
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Revisited posted...
that short lived politically correct pc term "legendary beasts"


???

Bro what.

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LonelyStoner
04/12/24 10:24:12 PM
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We are all mushrooms.

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Umbreon
04/12/24 10:28:56 PM
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Also the main thing I knew about Hyenas was the female's... unique physical attribute.

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CobraGT
04/12/24 10:37:02 PM
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Hyena limbs are not as different in length as many people think, the massive neck and shoulder muscles make the front limbs look taller than they are in many photographs, but yes they are longer. The heavy musculature plus the longer forelimbs are all adaptation to make the animal stronger with more leverage, better able to rip apart a carcass and crush bones. They do not need the massive hind limbs of the large cats becasue they do not "pounce", you see the same adaptation in the so called "Fanged Cats" or saber tooth cats they have massive forelimbs. More importantly the massive muscles on the shoulder and neck make the forelimbs less flexible so to get the same arc swing out of the limb, it has to be longer.

https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/57458/explanation-for-hyenas-asymmetric-legs-length

Basically the musculature of the neck and shoulders makes the forelimbs less flexible. The longer length compensates.

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Baphometa
04/12/24 11:24:32 PM
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Umbreon posted...
???

Bro what.
As opposed to the politically incorrect, but accurate, "legendary gerbils."

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Ar0ge
04/13/24 12:45:38 PM
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CobraGT posted...
https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/striped-hyena

San Diego Zoo says unique family.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/cfd243be.jpg

Of course. Nobody is saying they are in the cat family... But they are in the feliformia. There for they are more closely related to cats, who are also in feliformia, than to dogs.
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Shotgunnova
04/13/24 12:47:16 PM
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It's a cat-eat-cat world.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/7199aac2.jpg

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CobraGT
04/14/24 2:21:56 AM
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Having a common ancestor 40 million years ago

is your point. Hyena tongues are similar to cat tongues and their vision is more catlike. I would not rule out that they are more cat like. But

without more details the fact that hyenas have evolved to fill the same niche might have made them more doglike.

More detail


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Dudebusters
04/14/24 2:25:39 AM
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Did TC realize they weren't going to be taken seriously on an alt and hopped on their main like halfway through the topic or what

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evilpresident
04/14/24 2:42:05 AM
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Hyenas are weird lil guys and gals and I am all for that.

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mustachedmystic
04/14/24 2:53:38 AM
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Google says they are neither cats, or dogs, but are of their own family.

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Kradek
04/14/24 3:07:08 AM
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They're actually more closely related to one of my coworkers, she laughs just like them.

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cjsdowg
04/14/24 3:42:19 AM
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Catwoman said it once on a batman cartoon

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Bass
04/14/24 3:44:00 AM
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That's why the hyenas hung out with Scar. Duh.

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MangaBroski
04/14/24 8:28:28 AM
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Dudebusters posted...
Did TC realize they weren't going to be taken seriously on an alt and hopped on their main like halfway through the topic or what
Whos my main?
Ill give you a hint, theyre not in this topic.
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TommyVercetti
04/14/24 1:09:23 PM
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MangaBroski posted...
Whos my main?
Ill give you a hint, theyre not in this topic.
Yeah why does he care?
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Fenriswolf
04/14/24 1:13:01 PM
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This brings into mind my girl Hyena 20. RIP

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cjsdowg
04/14/24 1:58:55 PM
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Man I watched that whole Clint thing to hear him talk about dogs and he was like next time.

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RndmNmber1
04/14/24 2:08:23 PM
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Reminder: so does human.

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