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ickplant@lemmy.world to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

It's not an aardvark. It's not a wolf. It's an aardwolf: a small, insectivorous mammal, native to East and Southern Africa

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It's not an aardvark. It's not a wolf. It's an aardwolf: a small, insectivorous mammal, native to East and Southern Africa

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ickplant@lemmy.world to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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    Well that’s a baby, they’re not all that small.

    • OfCourseNot@fedia.io
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      The adults are mighty cute as well tho.

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      It’s an aardpup

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    It’s a dire chihuahua

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      That’s the funniest shit I’ve heard in awhile and I will use it as my Lemmy jumping off point for the day.

      Remember to look at a few things that leave you feeling at least kind of ok, Lemmy.

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    Looks like a cross between a chihuahua and a zebra lol

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      Chihuabra

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      Looks like a first attempt at conjuring a direwolf

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    Nothing to do with an aardvark - “aard” means “earth”. “Aardvark” translates to “earth pig.”

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      Earth as in dirt/ground. So Aardvark translates literally to Groundhog.

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    The aardwolf (Proteles cristatus[3]) is an insectivorous hyaenid species, native to East and Southern Africa. Its name means “earth-wolf” in Afrikaans and Dutch.[4][5] It is also called the maanhaar-jackal[6][7] (Afrikaans for “mane-jackal”), termite-eating hyena[8] and civet hyena, based on its habit of secreting substances from its anal gland, a characteristic shared with the African civet.[9]

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardwolf

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    Did you call Apogee?

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    This is my fursona

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    That’s clearly a Shetland Hyena.

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      Teacup Hyena

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    Awwdwolf

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    Nice try Colossal Biosciences

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