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|  #1 Posted on 19.7.04 1915.20
Reposted on: 19.7.11 1918.51 | I don't think this is a hoax, (although some of the pictures are rather grainy.)
Apparently, some people in Maryland have spotted a new animal (nbc10.com). They are calling it the hyote, since it looks like a cross between a hyena and coyote.
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| #2 Posted on 19.7.04 1955.19
Reposted on: 19.7.11 1955.31 | | I couldn't really tell from the pic,but if it's real,it almost looks like either a Red River Hog or a hybrid wild boar/domestic pig. I can tell you coyotes and Hyenas definately cannot hybridize.Coyotes are canines (dogs) and Hyenas are viverids (realatives of the mongoose.) At best I would say possibly a coyote-red setter hybrid (unlikely but remotely possible.) If this story itself is at all real, I would think local wildlife biologists would be attempting to trap it and find out what it really is. | girl
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|  #3 Posted on 19.7.04 1958.58
Reposted on: 19.7.11 1959.01 | | I remember as a kid, the local zoo had a zonkey...Now that's an odd combination. | OMEGA
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| #4 Posted on 19.7.04 2133.38
Reposted on: 19.7.11 2133.42 | | I saw that on my local news a couple days ago. Weird. | Eddie Famous
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| #5 Posted on 19.7.04 2151.28
Reposted on: 19.7.11 2151.47 | Originally posted by OndaGrande
At best I would say possibly a coyote-red setter hybrid (unlikely but remotely possible.)
We have a lot of "coydogs" in central Illinois, so why not... | PalpatineW
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| #6 Posted on 19.7.04 2310.13
Reposted on: 19.7.11 2310.13 | Personally, I think it has kind of a horse/pig feel to it. The head and mane of a horse, with the stout body of a pig.
Calls to mind Episode 814 of MST3K.
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(edited by PalpatineW on 20.7.04 0010) | EddieBurkett
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| #7 Posted on 19.7.04 2357.56
Reposted on: 19.7.11 2359.01 | | It only looks like it has the snout of a pig in the first picture. If you look at some of the other pictures (nbc10.com) in the article, it looks more like a dog-type thing and less like a pig. At least, that's what I think. | Grimis
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| #8 Posted on 20.7.04 0620.10
Reposted on: 20.7.11 0621.59 | | Incidentally, a local vet has identified it as a dog with mange. But that's only from the video feed. Nobody has tracked it down yet... | PalpatineW
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| #9 Posted on 20.7.04 0844.46
Reposted on: 20.7.11 0851.08 | Looking at the rest of the pictures (thanks, Eddie) it's hind half looks almost shaven. Perhaps some sort of cruel prank?
Edit: Or, mange. Duh. Thanks Grimis.
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