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Spotted hyenas and their cousins are super underrated.

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Oddonelynx:
Ah yes my favorite animals, hyenas! I want a shirt of all the members of Hyaenidae! But of course, there are sadly not good shirts of hyenas.. But instead..
WOLF SHIRT HERE, WOLF SHIRT THAT, ANYTHING RELATING TO FREAKING WOLVES!!!!!! WHAT ABOUT HYENAS?! THERE'S ONLY SHIRTS WITH POPULAR ANIMALS!!!!!
Spotted hyena have a terrible reputation... And no matter how much people try to fix their reputation, people never listen, they say stuff like;
"Hyenas deserve to go extinct!"
"Hyenas are evil!"
"Kill all hyenas!"
"Hyenas are weak!"
And if you try educating them sometimes, they'll literally call you dumb. I can be considered a hyena expert, but I still learn new things about them!
Like; they have a cat tongue! How weird is that?
Here are some facts:

There are 4 species of hyena
Spotted hyena
Brown Hyena
Striped Hyena
Aardwolf ( Still a hyena)

Spotted hyenas hunt more than scavenge
I don't see why people hate scavengers, they're like school janitors! Cleaning up so nobody gets sick, or in this case.. A disease.
Lions steal prey from other animals like big bullies, yet everyone calls them "noble" and the "king". Male lions are like big fat cats,
they make the lioness do almost everything for them, and when they take over a pride they just kill the cubs and lay their fat
butts doing nothing most of the time. Spotted hyena get their prey stolen by lions a lot, yet people still like flipping lions.

Hyenas are not canines!!
If you look closely, they actually look nothing like canines at all.
Well they aren't canines either, they are more related to cats,
and mongoose, what is a mongoose? Think of a meerkat with
oval pupils like a goat. Their family is in Feliformia for doggo's
sake, IT EVEN MEANS CAT-LIKE. DOGS ARE IN CANIFORMIA,
WHICH MEANS DOGS LIKE, CANIFORMIA INCLUDES BEARS.

So in conclusion, hyenas deserve way more attention.
I like wolves too, but  grey wolves are fricking overrated and have too much attention.
What about Indian wolves who are fricking cute? Or dholes who are an endangered
canine? We need dhole shirts!

 Okay I'm done.

Ellen11v:
I love hyenas, they are great!
But honestly though,

--- Quote from: Oddonelynx on August 13, 2019, 05:21:19 pm ---people never listen, they say stuff like;
"Hyenas deserve to go extinct!"
"Hyenas are evil!"
"Kill all hyenas!"
"Hyenas are weak!"
And if you try educating them sometimes, they'll literally call you dumb.
--- End quote ---
I've never heard anybody saying stuff like that around the public.
Perhaps the people you've heard this from were only trolling or were sarcastic? If not, then I don't know what to say.
That's really weird if they were genuine. :P

Anyways, yes hyenas are as cool as wolves, and deserve some love. <3

Morqque:
Gonna have to mad agree with you on this one. Hyenas deserve more love. (I didn't know they weren't canines until like a year ago. Yeah oof) They're pretty hardcore animals.

LordSuragaha:
Hyenas are amazing predators and are sadly underrated and stigmatized. It’s a shame that a lot of the negative feelings people have about them steams from ignorance and their portrayal in media like the Lion King. Often times people also just choose to believe nonsense rather than research things for themselves. Wolves are popular because of the primordial kinship we as a species formed with them. They helped us develop as a species and grew alongside us. Wolves gave us our beloved dog companions so we’re so familiar with them and admire them. We don’t share that same relationship with hyenas so it’s understandable. All animals deserve to be respected and appreciated, so it’s nice to see a thread aimed at shining a little light and love for hyenas. <3

Rhakorra:
I can understand your frustration and I am sorry you had to experience undervalued opinions about Hyenas.

Hyenas are quite interesting as some people may think they're not. Females are known to be the dominated ones, while the males are the submissive ones.

BBC and National Geography give insights about Hyenas or any animals in general, so it is a great way for people to educate themselves. Either way, people can have many unpopular reasons why hyena lack attention. Let's be honest...Hyenas aren't the cutest when you first look at them; it looks like they rolled in the mud. Maybe, let's think about the size difference of the male and female: Female is fairly larger than the male. I guess people think their lifestyle is just different from any other mammal... I am sorry if this something you dont want want to hear. And from someone who loves Lion King, I guess everyone can relate not everyone enjoyed the hyenas' throughout the movie. Maybe some don't like them from certain movies.

Either way, you are right; Hyenas do need the attention. Perhaps, if you want to gain the attention for the hyenas, maybe decide to make a group? Making a group will hopefully make you feel better that you're not the only one who likes them.

I like Hyenas them because of their "giggling".

Chin up...I know there are some people who loveesss Hyenas <3333 They are pretty smart mammals.

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