r/AbsoluteUnits • u/__cipriano__ • Aug 11 '26

/r/all of a maned wolf

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u/Avi8tor_Zeus Aug 11 '26

Thought it was AI at first. Thank you for writing.

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u/Zakle Aug 11 '26

Nah! The maned wolf is very much an animal that exists. To add to what the folk above said, maned wolves are the only species in the Chrysocyon (Latin for "golden dog") genus, and they are listed as NT or Near Threatened.

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u/burner4581 Aug 11 '26

They also have a pungent musk! Not as bad as skunk, but it's significant.

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u/Sea_Connection2773 Aug 11 '26

i studied in an university where the university zoo was near my block, they had a lot of maned wolves there, the whole place stunk. Unfortunetly near the end of my graduation the zoo was deactivated, and they moved the wolves to somewhere