ANIMALS DO NOT HAVE HAIR

[jaggers]

The Nature journal recently published a metanalysis showing that only 1.2% of animal species have manes (this including humans

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[jeffreycwells]

Most animals don't have a bipedal gait either, Jaggers.

[kris_schnee]

"1.2% of animal species" though? A biologists' joke is, "To a first approximation, all species are beetles."

If you're adding human features to an animal, why not head-hair?

Also, 0% of species have Minch's alarmingly cute toon eyes.

[marymouse]

I'd be afraid if they did!

[shockwave77598]

The maned wolf -- a fox really -- has a mane. Wolves have a ruff, which is kind of like a mane. Heck, my shelties in RL have manes -- believe me, we just trimmed them and heavens that's a lotta fur

Maned Wolves

[faolruadh]

Maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus) are South American canids that are neither wolves nor foxes. Their closest living relative is the bush dog (Speothos venaticus). See, for example
http://faolruadh.deviantart.com/art/Maned-Wolf-and-Melting-Snow-155117122

[mfwolf]

"I find this disconnect majorly distressing because I don't understand how people can take their animal selves seriously if they're not even anatomically correct."

That's your error. Most of us don't. My animal self is just a silly wolf who tries to brighten people's day. It seems irrelevant to say that my animal self can't grow his head fluff out longer than the rest of his fur when he doesn't really exist in the first place.