>>508088506Wait until you find out that chickens are literally tyrannosauruses.
That closest "relatives" of hippopotamus are dolphins and orcas (yes, really, straight up), who are also all technically whales.
That lions actually have patterned spots.
That "black panthers" don't exist (they're mostly jaguars with fur-discoloring recessive gene mutation, and very rarely even leopards as well. It is an illness, thus).
That pumas/cougars are actually NOT panthera (like all other big wild carnivorous cats are), but merely big wild CATS (as in feline, closest to a standard domestic cat), which makes it possible to tame and domesticate a cougar/puma relatively easily.
That hyenas (spotted hyenas) are actually cats/panthera and not canine (the "hyena-like dogs", or "African wild dogs", however, are canines), and their closest relatives are lions (awkward, yes).
That wolves and dogs are actually two completely separate groups and this was recently finally proven. They can cross-breed, but very first dog was NOT a "domesticated wolf". The closest actual confirmed "ancestor" of all ALL dogs is/was...an opossum (not to be confused with a possum).
That tanuki is actually NOT a raccoon, but a raccoon-LARPing skinwalking dog.
That ALL bears are actually genuinely just giant dogs on steroids, completely unrelated to wolves or anyone else. They are dogs. Straight up.