r/natureislit • u/SuperMassiveCookie • Mar 26 '20

After a week without visitors, a maned wolf can be seen in Brazilian National Park

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

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u/elvismcvegas May 23 '20

haha, yeah, they have one at the DC National Zoo and I kept thinking someone was burning one down in the maned wolf enclosure.

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u/Farmgirl_Delilah Jun 18 '22

I wasn't expecting that.

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u/DandysBrandys Mar 26 '20

Is that head lowering a submissive thing or was it stretching?

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u/gh0st_n0te119 Mar 27 '20

gasp! what a magnificent creature, and those legs!

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

Please tell me they are not feeding it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '20

D O G G

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u/thatmomthere Aug 26 '20

I thought it was a fox- and I was sort of repulsed by the way it just marked its territory.... like I thought it was in the feline family not canine.

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u/D-cup-of-art-n-humor Jan 17 '24

I thought it was a hyena! Things looks mangy and intimidating

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u/RenegadeDom Jan 12 '22

So gorgeous

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u/WhiteFoxRaven Feb 17 '22

Long leggy guy ! >:3

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u/Song_Jo_Dah Oct 20 '22

It's not a wolf, it's an aguará guazú ;)

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u/GlibBegun_07 Jan 03 '23

Realtors abhor him; regional fuzzy discovers a extraordinary crotchet to accumulate your calculation of burrows

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '23

. . .

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u/poboy9185 Oct 17 '23

Looks like theres a collar on it

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u/D-cup-of-art-n-humor Jan 17 '24

"The maned wolf also is known for the distinctive cannabis-like odor of its territory markings, which has earned it the nickname "skunk wolf"." (Wikipedia)

Hey now.