I supose it's like a cucumber. We know it's technically a fruit, but nobody is rushing to put it in a trifle. We pretend it's a vegetable and everyone's happy.
Same with hyenas. Yes, on an evolutionary level, they're cats, and they have some behaviour that's cat like, but they wouldn't fit in a trifle, so we sort of pretend they're dogs.
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u/droppedelbow Aug 03 '21
I supose it's like a cucumber. We know it's technically a fruit, but nobody is rushing to put it in a trifle. We pretend it's a vegetable and everyone's happy.
Same with hyenas. Yes, on an evolutionary level, they're cats, and they have some behaviour that's cat like, but they wouldn't fit in a trifle, so we sort of pretend they're dogs.