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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 1675401" data-attributes="member: 177">My point is that it doesn't really have hyena-like structure or hair patterns.&nbsp; The darned thing has pretty much no hair on the back end.&nbsp;&nbsp; That's not hyena like.&nbsp; It makes it look like it has a ruff, but really, it's just that the head and neck are the only places that have hair left.&nbsp; And again, without fur, the body proportions of many normally furry animals look wrong.&nbsp; Go check out a shaved persian, and you'll see what I mean.&nbsp; That &quot;hyena-like head&quot; isn't really all that far from a bull terrier, for example.&nbsp; And most canids actually have reasonably long necks - they just look proportionately shorter if they're covered with thick fur.And, you note how the report says words to the effect that no experts can figure out what it is.&nbsp; Note also how there's no quotes from experts saying that?&nbsp; Dubious reporting style.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 1675401, member: 177"] My point is that it doesn't really have hyena-like structure or hair patterns. The darned thing has pretty much no hair on the back end. That's not hyena like. It makes it look like it has a ruff, but really, it's just that the head and neck are the only places that have hair left. And again, without fur, the body proportions of many normally furry animals look wrong. Go check out a shaved persian, and you'll see what I mean. That "hyena-like head" isn't really all that far from a bull terrier, for example. And most canids actually have reasonably long necks - they just look proportionately shorter if they're covered with thick fur. And, you note how the report says words to the effect that no experts can figure out what it is. Note also how there's no [i]quotes[/i] from experts saying that? Dubious reporting style. [/QUOTE]

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