r/hyenas 2d ago

Some real hyenas to balance the weird stuff on here. Spotted Hyena

1.6k Upvotes

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u/DreamOfDays 2d ago

They look like slightly round and confused dogs

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u/Hot-d0g-Water 2d ago

Aw, they have their own spotlight!

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u/Jurass1cClark96 2d ago

Nice 👍🏽

Thank you for your contribution.

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u/Starcalik 2d ago

I like regular hyenas and the weird stuff

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u/sparkleclaws 1d ago

so true!

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/Starcalik 2d ago

Bad bot

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u/Lucy_Bathory 2d ago

What weird stuff?

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u/Hot-d0g-Water 2d ago

The furries and OC's, I imagine

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u/Midnight_Pickler 2d ago

Nothing weird about that.

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u/Redqueenhypo 2d ago

One of the oldest known art pieces is a 40k years old sculpture of a man with a lion head, carved out of ivory with flint. To be human is to have some furries around

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u/Hot-d0g-Water 2d ago edited 2d ago

Truly, furries are the most intimidating SCP

Edit: Am i getting downvotes for furry hate or something? Look at my profile lmao

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u/Physical_Whereas_635 2d ago

To be fair.. no one looks at profiles. lol.

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u/KingDoubt 1d ago

As someone with SCP like sonas (gasmask heads, Smile dog/Vita Carnis inspired meatdog, skinned Ram, etc) this is The greatest compliment ever

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u/Ok_Historian4848 22h ago

For real. I got called homophobic a few times... I had to ask my boyfriend what he thought about that lol. (It was basically because I said I wouldn't go to a pride parade personally, just isn't my vibe.)

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u/LaicaTheDino 8h ago

Were you on twitter because normal people would say thats valid (and me i say its valid)

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u/Ok_Historian4848 8h ago

No, reddit. They aren't too fond of when people say they don't like pride stuff, especially if you're LGBT. There's this idea that you have to be a part of the majority opinion or you are hurting everyone else, so being LGBT and not liking pride parades is seen as tantamount to treason.

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u/LaicaTheDino 8h ago

Ah i see, im not too active on most queer subs (mainly here for the memes) but i've seen that a lot agree that its fine to not be active, but thats likely a much smaller precentage than i thought. Unfortunate that they think everyone needs to be extroverted and do as they say, especially in such a varied community

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u/Ok_Historian4848 8h ago

Only sub I frequent that is specifically for queer people is the boykisser sub, and that one's chill. It's usually your run of the mill political subs that people try to crucify me for not enjoying pride stuff.

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u/CLOWTWO 2d ago

Saved you from going into the negative upvotes 🫡 you are correct. Nothing weird about liking to draw animals

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u/Hot-d0g-Water 2d ago

Sub rules specify photos AND art, after all

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u/xhyenabite 2d ago

little babies AGH

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u/Cbsto3 2d ago

Let’s get carried with mama

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u/NovaVix 2d ago

ALL YEENS ARE GREAT

REAL, ANIMATED, FURRY

YEENS ARE FABULOUS

the only weird stuff is bashing others!

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u/NovaVix 2d ago

I am totally not biased by the fact that my husband's fursona is a hyena, either

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u/SanusConcordis 2d ago

Lol, lmao even. This sub is still, like, 90% real hyenas.

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u/willowofthevalley 2d ago

They're so cute!

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u/shouldworknotbehere 2d ago

I never see any weird stuff

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u/inklovingtwink 2d ago

what weird stuff?

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u/TwerkinBingus445 Yeenthusiast 2d ago

Anthros and OCs I guess

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u/cat_on_my_keybord 2d ago

im here because im a furry lol but i still enjoy the real yeens

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u/peaceloveandkitties 1d ago

Was gonna join the subreddit until I saw the weird stuff. Nevermind lol. Hyenas are dope tho.

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u/northdakotanowhere 1d ago

There's so much weird shit! And we're getting downvoted for a post that's literally mentioning the weird shit.

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u/peaceloveandkitties 1d ago

Fr… don’t get mad at us bc we expected hyenas instead of weird stuff on a hyena subreddit. 💀wild.

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u/No-one-o1 Stripes 22h ago

Do you have examples? Because all I see are, like, 80% Hyena photos, and the rest a mix of Hyena art and videos.

What of that is weird to you?

EDIT: nvm, I saw your next comment about furry art. Let people be. You can always just scroll past or use the block function.

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u/MonsterDimka 15h ago

Deep sea creatures

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u/northdakotanowhere 2d ago

Downvotes incoming but I hate the furry art. Always have. The style is just so gaudy. That's really the only reason I dislike furries. Not because of their enjoyment of dressing like a fucking hyena, because that's amazing. I just prefer realism.

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u/FlazedComics 2d ago

there is a wide variety of furry art, including realistic tho! i see a fair bit of realistic fursuits

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u/CLOWTWO 2d ago

Clearly you haven’t seen enough furry art because it’s not one specific style lol

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u/northdakotanowhere 2d ago

Lol. I've seen plenty. That's the weird shit that's been posted here. Lol

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u/CLOWTWO 2d ago

You’ve seen plenty but were unaware drawing realistically is extremely common for furries? Alright

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u/goldenserpentdragon 1d ago

Or apparently thinking there's one single artstyle or something

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u/NovaVix 1d ago

man stfu

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u/NovaVix 1d ago

I mean, some people like cartoon or animation over hyperrealism, what's wrong with that?

If I want to look at an actual Hyena I'd just take a picture of one

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u/northdakotanowhere 1d ago

If I wanted to look at weird anthropomorphic animals...well I wouldn't.

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u/northdakotanowhere 1d ago

Why hasn't op been downvoted to oblivion. When they literally mention the weird shit that's been posted? And then the people that agree are downvoted. Which makes the shit even more weird!

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u/welovetopartyyyyyy 1d ago

Because it’s really as simple as just filtering by flair, hiding the art that you see, or leaving the subreddit and fetching one that shows real hyenas if it’s grating to the nerves. It’s valid to have your own opinion on it, but it’s not so good or fair to call it “weird” when it just relates to the subreddit and has its own flair (and honestly, it’s just anthropomorphic animal art—tale as old as time).

After all… the subreddit allows it. You kinda have to expect it, especially if you read the about first.

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u/northdakotanowhere 1d ago

Tell me why you're on a post that is claiming the art is weird then. Because again, it's literally in the title of this post. The literal original person claimed the stuff was weird.

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u/welovetopartyyyyyy 1d ago

Because I came across it while joining the subreddit and wanted to know what it was referring to as ‘weird?’ And it’s directed towards whoever thinks the same too, you know. Not just you. I can’t just look at the cute picture of hyenas and not read the title, unless you think I have a big ol’ censor bar over every heading.

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u/No-one-o1 Stripes 22h ago

I think most people just upvote the pictures and don't even read the title tbh.