#Lemurs, #cheetah, hyena, lion and even #rhino using #scentmarking as a form of communication. The #wolves have scent glands located on their anus, genitals, and face. #Paintedwolves don’t just communicate with hoo-calls but scent-marking too. Photograph by award-winning, Nicholas Dyer Photography. Help create awareness for the plight of the painted wolf by participating in #PaintedWolfWednesday. There has been no recorded attack on humans by a painted wolf in the wild.
While painted wolves might share a name with the cruel lupine king, they themselves are not wanting killers but empathetic, caring and tender to their pack mates. Ever wonder were the #werewolf myth comes from?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ To punish Lycaon, Zeus turned him into a half-man, half-wolf-like creature. Lycaon, the sadistic King of #Arcadia, who lost favour with #Zeus after he tied to feed the God of Lightning human flesh at a banquet.
The name Lycaon comes from King Lycaon from Ancient Greek #mythology. #Paintedwolves are the only living species of the genus Lycaon, most other #canines, like grey wolves, are #canis.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ĭemystifying the ‘myth’ that is #Lycaon in the painted wolf’s Scientific name: #Lycaonpictus!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Ī painted wolf’s scientific name is Lycaon pictus translating to wolf-like creature in #Greek, and ‘pictus’ meaning painted in #Latin.
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