Here's a real mind-shocker: in Japan, when it rains but the sun is out, it's called a "fox wedding," kitsune no yomeiri. It is believed you should go indoors, because if you stay outside and accidentally enter the wedding site uninvited the foxes will put a curse on you. But in Kenya, when it rains and the sun is out, they call it a fox wedding, and believe you should go indoors because if you stay outside and accidentally crash the wedding site, the foxes will put a curse on you. Coincidence?
There had to have been, since the definitions came after the fact. So whatever the taxonomists decided (or decide in the future, in the case of changing information and perspectives) was the base gets that label.
Affray
darkwingduckInaMiniSkirt
Spiffytown
aShogunNamedMarcus
"This is just your memory. I can't give you any new information."
brandsilven
preyingmanti
Sus.
dreyfusslugado
PinkyTheUnicorn2
Trankia12
Icanassureyou
Did he snack a spicy fly?
stuffedcake
I now need to look up a Dik Dik chewing.
rocketdonkey
The Arabian sand boa of the east
fformulaa
It also looks like it doesn't really trust your decisions
InfocalypseRising
“You really think a third glass of wine is a good idea, Rebecca? Whatever, I’m not your dad.”
heyletsbefriends
thats fair
Badgerbadgerson3
I don't trust my decisions. And given my track record, that's not gonna change.
AtsaMattaForMe
Noevilgifs
It looks like my 5th grade charcoal drawing of a wolf
haggerton
They used to burn them. https://journals.openedition.org/emscat/3782
cosinewave
Looks like a cartoon dog in real life
herrcane
FlyYouFLCL
She's Hot. But also she's not hot. She's a sexy dichotomy.
surroundedbytwits
WeMistbornsNeedNotMakeSense
They look stoned
Weirdscenesinsidethegoldmine
In Tibet they believe that they have magical power...
ProfessionalArceus
Its pretty common in asian countries to see foxes as mystical or messengers of gods
OliverOtter
Here's a real mind-shocker: in Japan, when it rains but the sun is out, it's called a "fox wedding," kitsune no yomeiri. It is believed you should go indoors, because if you stay outside and accidentally enter the wedding site uninvited the foxes will put a curse on you. But in Kenya, when it rains and the sun is out, they call it a fox wedding, and believe you should go indoors because if you stay outside and accidentally crash the wedding site, the foxes will put a curse on you. Coincidence?
ProfessorMatt
The Glen Powell of the animal kingdom.
swedeonamoose
One of those "looks fake but is real" animals.
Fawin
Like a maned wolf
ExTechOp
A bit like the Arabian sand boa (Eryx jayakari) /gallery/wcMlAQL
CorGoBrrrr
Californiajackson
Looks like a taxidermy fail.
itdoesntmatternoneofthismatters
Pallas cat
ATastyCorpsesicle
Shoebills! They look more like something from Labyrinth than a real animal.
ryry1237
Those things are straight up dinosaurs.
PubMed12927120suckssobad
Yes. Yes they are.
Lance4lot
...and he looks at us like he's judging us for letting that happen.
meganical
There are basically no “pure” wolves anymore since they all have ancestors mixed with jackals and coyotes
HeraldOfTheBadger
It's a fox
NPPEEPEE
That kind of begs the question. Was there ever such a thing as a pure wolf, and if so how could there have been?
IceWeaselX
There had to have been, since the definitions came after the fact. So whatever the taxonomists decided (or decide in the future, in the case of changing information and perspectives) was the base gets that label.
NPPEEPEE
Right you are. Didn't think of that, thanks.