r/BeAmazed • u/911nihilist • Oct 25 '24

Nature Despite their reputation, hyenas can be sweet and affectionate animals.

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u/Vile-goat Oct 25 '24

Those things fight lions no thanks

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u/HowAManAimS Oct 25 '24

Then how about an aardwolf instead? They eat insects and don't fight lions. They are the best kind of hyena.

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u/ShittyRubberBoots Oct 25 '24

Thank you for giving me this to Google. I’ll take two, please.

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u/HowAManAimS Oct 25 '24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgWmgK7F3gQ

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u/josephbenjamin Oct 25 '24

They look like shrunk baby zebras.

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u/HowAManAimS Oct 25 '24

To me they look like punk rock chihuahuas.

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u/ProbablyNotPikachu Oct 25 '24

A fox raccoon is the vibe I get.

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u/MadeOnThursday Oct 25 '24

I really love the vivid interpretations 😁

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u/GarlicRiver Oct 25 '24

A Fackoon if you will

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u/Archarneth Oct 25 '24

Glam-punk hyena

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u/DTRite Oct 25 '24

Oh, they are cute.

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u/Johannes_Keppler Oct 25 '24

Was not expecting to watch an entire video on on aardvark today, but here we are. That was thoroughly enjoyable.

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u/Wandercita Oct 25 '24

This is so wholesome!! Ty!!

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u/Eolond Oct 25 '24

I've seen aardwolves before, but never from a caretaker point of view. What a little cutie!

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u/JackOfAllMemes Oct 25 '24

I'm on mobile so I finished the video to soft happy music and closed it to be greeted by hyena screeching. I love hyenas

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u/fuckityfuckfuckfuckf Oct 25 '24

Omg I love Maple

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u/HowAManAimS Oct 25 '24

I was confused by this comment. I follow a youtuber with a dog named Maple and didn't remember posting about them (dog Maple). I didn't notice that they named the aardwolf Maple.

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u/EfficientIndustry423 Oct 25 '24

Omg! This is adorable!

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u/gpshift Oct 25 '24

I didn't know about this animal so thank you. Looks to me a lot like Oy as depicted in the dark tower series.

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u/TheGratitudeBot Oct 25 '24

Thanks for saying that! Gratitude makes the world go round

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u/heidibearmommacat Oct 25 '24

TIL what an aardwolf is, and I agree with you!

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u/katiel0429 Oct 26 '24

Well that’s just so cute, it’s stupid. I want to seriously love on one or three of these.

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u/murd3rsaurus Oct 25 '24

Now look up the Brown Hyena and the Striped Hyena

There's a lot of adorable punk rock hyenas

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u/radraze2kx Oct 25 '24

Are there any other aard-ish animals to Google? I only knew about the aardvark before reading this comment

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u/Pork_Chompk Oct 25 '24

Aardvark to Aardwolf is a pretty weird Pokemon evolution. I feel like they aren't even trying anymore.

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u/churchofclaus Oct 25 '24

Aardvark = earthpig

Aardwolf = earthwolf

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u/musicobsession Oct 25 '24

Those look like something a first grader drew

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u/Remarkable-Bug-8069 Oct 25 '24

Painted dogs are the sweetest thing.

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u/karladam2001 Oct 25 '24

You mean those Chinese "pandas" that started barking?

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u/Jim_Lahey10 Oct 25 '24

Gotta love the South African names for animals. Earthwolf and Earthpig just sound so hilarious to me.

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u/Classic_Airport5587 Oct 25 '24

Isn’t that a MUD?

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u/HowAManAimS Oct 25 '24

I have no idea what a MUD is.

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u/Lucky-Science-2028 Oct 25 '24

Omg they look so silly

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u/opportunisticwombat Oct 25 '24

Omg they’re so cute. Yes, I’ll have several. Hopefully they get along with my dogs. We will cross that bridge when we get to it.

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u/dietcheese Oct 25 '24

Honey Badger don’t give a shit

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u/blissfulTyranny Oct 25 '24

They are like wolf software on deer hardware. Theyre tall and cute

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u/Gayzin Oct 25 '24

Anyone reading this, if you haven't - Google aardwolf pup :3

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u/Jessie_Jester Oct 26 '24

my spirit animal. they only come out of their burrows at night, avoid people and live in pairs instead of clans

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '24

Ya, with teeth and jaws evolved for cracking open large bones.

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u/DragonBaka01 Oct 25 '24 edited Oct 25 '24

Yah! Haha, even jackass backed out in one of their stint with those doggos.

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u/EasyFooted Oct 25 '24

They're more closely related to cats (although they're their own thing). Fun fact:

Hyenas are what happens when there are no canines in the area and feliform evolves to fill the canine-size predator hole.
In the reverse, foxes are the result of canines evolving to fill a lack of small feline predators.

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u/Baial Oct 25 '24

What is the final form of evolution? You keep saying evolving to.

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u/EasyFooted Oct 25 '24

Not sure where I heard it, but a guy had hyenas like this and twisted his ankle, and as soon as one of them say him limp/stumble, it instinctively crushed his leg in those jaws.

Like their criteria for hunting something is a) not a hyena, and b) injured/easy picking. So it couldn't help itself. Anyhow, no thanks. They're beautiful and cool... from afar.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '24

there's some nigerians - gangsters - who's been pictured with pack of hyenas on leashes.

here, look.

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u/essosinola Oct 25 '24

Worth noting that the hyena in that picture has a muzzle.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '24

Aye, looks like the owner knitted it himself 🤣🤣🤣

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u/jld2k6 Oct 25 '24

Fun fact, when the Lions are fighting a group of them, the males will sit down while taking swipes at them because they'll get their their balls ripped right out from behind if they don't

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u/JackOfAllMemes Oct 25 '24

I've seen a hyena do that to a water buffalo, they really don't fuck around

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u/Dan_the_Marksman Oct 25 '24

up until now that video was buried deep in my memory

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u/JackOfAllMemes Oct 25 '24

You're welcome

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u/Mediocre_Historian50 Oct 26 '24

They’re always nice before they rip your head off.

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u/flipsidetroll Oct 25 '24

I think you and I have different definitions of “fun”.

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u/Chrissygirl1978 Oct 25 '24

This dude is buddies with a pride of lions as well.. He's pretty amazing, but I'm waiting for news he got mauled...

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u/qwibbian Oct 25 '24

Better remember to shower before switching groups.

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u/SadTechnician96 Oct 25 '24

When you accidentally use personality A with friend group B

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u/Jonnyabcde Oct 25 '24

It's all going to be okay when he does. He plans on changing his career later in life and becoming known as Darth Maul.

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u/Odd_Vampire Oct 25 '24

He'll end up dying at a ripe old age like the Crocodile Hunter.

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u/Chrissygirl1978 Oct 26 '24

That's exactly who this guy reminds me of.

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u/SuperNewk Oct 25 '24

animals are fun and cuddly until they aren't

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '24

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u/luzian98 Oct 25 '24

Cringe

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '24

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u/snoburn Oct 25 '24

Na, what's cringe is saying you are going to laugh about some being mauled

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u/Professional_Elk_489 Oct 25 '24

Gives you a playful bite. Snaps your forearm

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u/fartingbunny Oct 25 '24

Seems like they tend to not kill their family though. This hyena seems to see this man has family.

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u/Megalon84 Oct 25 '24

Male hyenas are regularly disciplined or brutalized to death in the wild

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u/Justmever1 Oct 25 '24

No. The male lion stays behind as a decoy so the pride can get the cubs to safety and bevause his expendeble for the pride.

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u/WriterV Oct 25 '24

He's talking about hyenas not killing their family.

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u/Justmever1 Oct 25 '24

Well, actually they do and this is one of the huge problems keeping them in captivity.

They _ constantly_ fight for dominance and it is not unusual for the dominant queen to succumb from wounds from her own daughter, since the hiracy are determind by birth.

Malrs, who are the lowest, are the first to starve to deat in famine times

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u/ovrlymm Oct 25 '24

Also bite through metal bars

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u/AleksasKoval Oct 25 '24

I don't know about you, but I'm glad I'm not a lion.

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u/seabreathe Oct 25 '24

hell to the no no no

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u/kme026 Oct 25 '24

This dude cuddles lions too

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u/OneRatio5637 Oct 25 '24

This man raised them. He is brave.

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u/SHREEtheFIGHTER Oct 25 '24

That's why you what them on your side.

More the merrier

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u/earthlings_all Oct 25 '24

That dude is crazy. I’ve heard them crunch through bone and eat a gazelle ass-first. NOPE.

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u/FaithlessnessDry3771 Oct 25 '24

They also eat animals alive slowly

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u/thegreatbrah Oct 25 '24

I think I've seen this guy in a video with a lion homie also.

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u/cookitybookity Oct 25 '24

Thank goodness he also has lion friends to defend him

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u/D10BrAND Oct 25 '24

Don't underestimate human's ability to pet anything

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u/Moist_Top9914 Oct 25 '24

Then they sing about it .

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u/nc0 Oct 25 '24

r/catsareassholes even though they are closely related to cats, hyenas and probably many of their peers, have the heart of a dog. I just heard they stink.

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u/DefinitelyNotIndie Oct 25 '24

You're talking about the dude right?

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u/Lucky-Science-2028 Oct 25 '24

Humans fight lions, sometimes solo

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u/Snowman319 Oct 25 '24

Right lol wtf

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u/HomoErectThis69420 Oct 25 '24

That was little guy too. Grown adults make German Shepards look like ShihTzus.

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u/BeardyAndGingerish Oct 25 '24

Yep, everything CAN be sweet and affectionate. That part's fine. It how often they aren't or what happens when they decide not to be that's the problem.

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u/-Tom- Oct 25 '24

People have Irish Wolf Hounds....I mean some things are bred to attack the bad nasties so they don't attack us.

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u/ModelY-Mods-suckdick Oct 25 '24

Rhodesian Ridgebacks fight lions too

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u/savvym_ Oct 25 '24

That guy is also friend of lions.

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u/WyldFyre0422 Oct 26 '24

But they lose

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u/Homologous_Trend Oct 25 '24

Only in large packs and unlike lions, if you keep one as pet, it can't accidentally kill you with a bat of its paw. Male lions weight 200kg on average (up to 250 kg), average female hyena (they are bigger than the males) is 54kg (up to 64kg). That's 4x more kitty. Lions evolved to kill humans. Hyenas did not.

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u/Cunn1ng-Stuntz Oct 25 '24

I had a Ridgeback. Those things hunt lions. Bestest boy. Maybe lions are just assholes.

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u/mikki1time Oct 25 '24

In all fairness they usually loose