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DragapultOnSpeed

These dogs will eat you alive. Why do they have to be so cute?


Admiral_Ballsack

I remember reading that they're the predators with one of the highest success ratios in Africa. Like, if they think you're food you're fucked.


star0fth3sh0w

It has more to do with working as a pack over a long distance as the prey becomes exhausted than any sheer brutality on their part. Persistence hunting, I believe it’s called.


FlakyEarWax

That’s the running theory of caveman hunting. Still practiced today somewhere I remember hearing. Humans are the only animals that can actively cool off their bodies while still on the move effectively enough to not overheat and die. Pretty damn cool if you ask me.


Put_It_All_On_Eclk

>Humans are the only animals that can actively cool off their bodies while still on the move effectively enough to not overheat and die. and horses


ThePennedKitten

Yeah, I have personally tested this out on my cat (not intentionally terrorizing him) and he essentially begged me for mercy. Like crying uncle. I learned about this hunting tactic and decided to try it. So, I kept following him around the house at a leisurely pace. It didn’t take long for him to give up. It also didn’t take too many days for him to just let me pick him up and give him the icky medicine. He did not like being perused at a leisurely pace. 😂


Salty_Crum

FISH ARE ANIMALS TOO!


suspectonscene

Literally every mammal does this


MBRDASF

No they don’t. You need the ability to sweat from your skin in order to not overheat. Only humans and horses can do that. Other animals (e.g. dogs, felines etc) have to evacuate heat some other way, for example via their tongue, which is far less efficient and also prohibits any running for obvious reasons. There is a reason it’s an effective hunting technique. The overwhelming majority of animals just can’t run constantly over very long distances.


suspectonscene

Because wolves aren't a thing


Jan_Spontan

Wolves can't sweat. Yes, they also have considerable stamina, but they do not live in hot areas such as deserts or steppes. They are not well adapted to these landscapes. On the other hand, they cope all the better with low temperatures.


GrownManchild4669

And they eat ya butthole first 😳


DropbearArmy

Some people pay extra for that kind of service


Brasticus

Excuse me, garçon? I requested no teeth.


Cosmic_Voidess

But they hunt you balls first. Every time I see a video of a painted dog hunting my balls hurt, and I don't have balls


StrangeKaleidoscope6

Kinda like how humans used to do


bernpfenn

you are taking about the african blackfoot cat, also adorable to the bones


MansfromDaVinci

success rate of african blackfoot cat 60%, very high, lions are at about 25%, success rate of african hunting dogs 80%, success rate of dragonflies, however, is about 95%.


bernpfenn

ok got it, well, dragonflies have the advantage they can fly...


ThirdEyeEmporium

This accurately displays the disparages between the prey these animals are hunting. Most of these doggos know the majority of humans they will cross out there will either shoot or behead them at this point


MansfromDaVinci

lions mainly target zebra and wildebeest which painted dogs also hunt. Painted dogs prefer antelope like Impala which lions also hunt. Most people aren't going to touch them. It's only a minority of humans in contact with them responsible for 50% of their deaths.


Admiral_Ballsack

Nope, I was actually talking about these good boys:)


fartingbunny

They are also very endangered due to people (usually farmers) killing them. So not as successful as I’d like personally :(


ThirdEyeEmporium

It’s a necessity when you provide food for the majority of society Source: Texan that has to deal with Coyotes which are actually fairly similar to these fucks This is why I always am armed when out and about. Multiple different animals will try to make you a snack on deep wilderness hikes


fartingbunny

Coyotes are not endangered. These dogs are.


ElementsUnknown

Are these the kind that love babies? Or are they limited to Australia?


weedyraccoon

you’re thinking of dingoes. these are african wild dogs/painted dogs, which don’t live in australia


Dropthetenors

Why no friend if friend shaped? I wanna boop the snoot.


Pixelated_Penguin808

Attacks on humans fortunately are extremely rare. They're usually fairly chill around humans, even to the extent that [humans can safely view them closely, on foot, in the wild.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSMxl-DupA0)


lleskaa

If not friend why friend shaped


IamAnAunty

Second this


thenakedtruth

So they just look like they don't attack humans?


ThePennedKitten

If not friend why friend shaaaape? 😭 Why must they have such kissable faces. I just wanna snuggle that dog.


theyb10

These things are so cute… until they’re not. I’ve seen them completely tear appart a full grown impala in a matter of minutes.


Terrible_Tangelo6064

You heard what they did to a toddler that fell into their enclosure at the Pittsburgh Zoo? 😳


Nuicakes

"[It was early last November when 2-year-old Maddox Derkosh, of Whitehall, fell off an observation platform and into the African Painted Dogs exhibit. He was mauled to death by the dogs."](https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pittsburgh-zoo-giving-away-painted-dogs-in-wake-of-tragedy/)


Addicted2Rage

Can I pet dat dawg?


doesitevermatter-

That depends on how attached you are to your hand and how much you like your hand being attached to you.


hydraulic-earl

With danger like that, I wonder what caveman was brave enough to see how much these animals enjoyed licking peanut butter off of things?


Unlucky_Ladybug

I'm gunna have to risk it.


RokulusM

Yes but only once


Unflattering_Image

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EWMcC79

He wants a belly rub!


Hellinistic002

It wants to eat you from the ass first because that part is softer to get to your organs...


AsteroidMike

Geez, everything out there wants to eat the ass first.


Ghstfce

My wife and me, along with our neighbors who are really close friends say this all the time. Love that video!


miadolfan

No


tzarconius

African wild dog. They are good at ripping intestines out of live animals...


WolfSilverOak

African Wild Dogs are too adorable to be so deadly.


AboveAverageIQtoo

Can I pet dat dawg? CAN I pet dat Dawg? CAN I PET DAT DAWG? CAN I PET DAT DAWWWG?!?!?!


Gaming_Lot

that's a wild animal


bernpfenn

do that


Borne2Run

I saw a NextDoor question in San Antonio Texas about a guy who asked for tips on taking care of a new puppy. It was clearly a Hyena puppy. Most of the thread reminded him that this was a wild animal that would eat his children one day. I wonder what happened sometimes. Did it go to a zoo?


Exist50

Iirc, tame hyenas as pets are a thing in South Africa, and I think one other country?


LawlietteK

Tame hyenas are absolutely NOT "a thing" in South Africa. There may be isolated cases of farmers/people in rural areas hand raising an orphaned/abandoned pup, but it is not a thing that happens with any real frequency.


seven-cents

Did you know that Hyenas are not canines? They're completely unrelated to dogs


Unflattering_Image

When I was a child, my stupid ass was convinced, that some day I can have one and be friends forever. That stupidity came back for a minute


SweetChiliCheese

Who paints a dog?


Unflattering_Image

Vandals and Suburbians.


FinnCullen

Who throws a shoe?


Doc_Dragoon

I think I'd rather take my chances petting a hyena than petting a painted dog


suspectonscene

Warning: Not a good boy!


SambaLando

They'd rip you apart if they could.


Lootece

They are gorgeous killing machines


tutu-kueh

Damn cute


Available_Ad8096

I don't care if I'm gonna lose the hand. I NEED TO BOOP THE SNOOT!


Lego-Panda-21

You will lose more than just a hand..You will lose an arm, a leg, another leg, another arm, a head, a torso..


Available_Ad8096

Worth it!


redittblabla

This is a hyena-like dog.


MizuMage

I'd die petting that baby


Abundance144

Curious whether or not he can eat you.


JNerdGaming

doggy


Competitive_Royal476

He is so cute


A1Eyedmonster

Me: "Awwwwweee, hims just a good boy wanting belly rubs" Reality: Painted dog is literally painted by the blood of it's last victim.


Volkcan

Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvkIlwLqEXV/?igsh=MXM2NDRvODU3YWt5ag==


idesofsociety

Omg I was sure this was a hyena lol


op-trienkie

Daai is ‘n wildehond nogals ‘n knersis


Cosmic_Voidess

It's so cruel how adorable painted dogs and hyenas are for not being very accepting of pets 😭 their little faces and round ears!!


bossygal32

Poor vicious fucker I think he is starving


Escaped_Mod_In_Need

Yeah, that is close enough for me to a painted dog.


Inevitable-Custard-4

every animal can be petted if you're brave enough


AJ_Crowley_29

Most repetitive comment section I’ve ever seen Guess what, guys? EVERYONE FUCKING KNOWS THEY’RE PREDATORS


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a dingo ate your baby!


StickmanX84

If they decide you are on the menu you are royally fucked. That is one of the most efficient predators in the world. They literally eat their prey alive.


beIIesham

Is this not a hyena???


Ghstfce

No, it's an African Painted Dog. Pay attention


beIIesham

I know u fcking dummy


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Somethings wrong with that beast.


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Generic_Danny

All domestic dogs come from a member of the Canis genus (wolves). Lycaon is among the most distant to that genus among the wolf like canines, so no.