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amnhnyc · 2 years

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Meet the black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas)! This canid lives in Africa, where it prefers arid and open terrain. Populations of this jackal can be found in eastern and southern regions of the continent, including Kenya, Somalia, Botswana, and South Africa. To take down large prey, like an impala, it works with a pack to single out a target from its herd and take turns tiring it out before taking it down. It also hunts alone or in pairs to pounce on smaller prey such as rodents and lizards. It’s not above scavenging, either. Upon finding a big carcass, it might save bits of meat for a later meal by burying pieces throughout its range. Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, flickr #AnimalFacts #nature #blackbackedjackal #jackal #mammals #dyk #animals #africa https://www.instagram.com/p/CgA5N4ZrJFH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#animalfacts #nature #blackbackedjackal #jackal #mammals #dyk #animals #africa

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lord-allo · 1 year

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Schabrackenschakal | Black-backed jackal, silver-backed jackal

Lupulella mesomelas (Syn.: Canis mesomelas)

[Etosha]

#Schabrackenschakal #Blackbackedjackal #Silverbackedjackal #Lupulellamesomelas #Canismesomelas #Schakal #Jackal #Etosha #Namibia #Afrika #Africa

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tigerlilydrawz · 2 years

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A couple art fight attacks I’ve done! Cinder belongs to https://goosened.tumblr.com/ Siri belongs to @winterfrostdragon

#artfight2022 #digitalartwork #cat art #artfightteamwither #blackbackedjackal #jackaldrawing #artists on tumblr #digitaldrawing #team wither #artfight

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blackbackedjackal · 1 year

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I had no idea jackals were trafficked for exotic pets! I'm from the US, are jackals kind of similar to coyotes as far as the ecological niche? Do they not have the reputation of being a agricultural pest/neighborhood predator? As much as coyotes get treated like garbage in the US, I think in a way it's saved them from any attempts at taming/people keep them as pets on large scale. Like nobody really thinks "I wish I had a coyote!!" like people do with wolves

Jackals are unfortunately pretty easy to find in the exotics trade. There aren't many regulations for them since they're not really seen as an immediate threat to humans. But even accredited zoos can have difficulties keeping jackals properly cared for and not super stressed. Some zoos actually use the same emotional support dogs for their black-backed jackals as they do cheetahs to help them acclimate to their enclosures. When you're a small canid under 20lbs that evolved around lions, crocs, leopards, and hippos, you're kinda born with big nervous energy.

And yes, they fill similar niches. Black-backed jackals are known for being predominantly scavengers but, like coyotes, they will hunt down larger prey (things like springbok). Their family groups are also similar to coyotes, usually a mated pair and pups from the last season or two. The term "American jackal" for coyotes comes from jackals and coyotes being viewed as the same species for a long time. They're only related by being in the same family though. True jackals, the black-backed jackal and the side-stipe jackal, are older species of canids and in a separate genus.

Black-backed jackals have the worst rep between the two jackal species and are commonly hunted down as pest animals in Africa. As with coyotes in NA and red foxes in the UK, they're hunted down year round with no real justification other than "it exists". Their remains are not highly valued either, so most of them are shot and left to rot.

I very much believe the coyote's negative reputation with the general public is what kept them off the radar of the exotics trade for so long. I've found many old records of people having coyotes as pets, but it wasn't nearly as widespread as it's become in the past couple decades. Certain popular social media accounts of people owning coyotes is giving them a lot of bad attention. Nowadays you really only find two kinds of coyote videos at a surfacelever search, someone trying to pass one off as a pet (usually illegally), or people bragging about the horrible ways they've tortured and killed them.

#ask #why do I study coyotes?#cause I don't live where I could study jackals :[#blackbackedjackal actually black-backed jackal posting

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jenniferlinderman · 2 years

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My finished black backed Jackal for today’s ZOOM class. I used Derwent Inktense paint pans, Bleedproof white ink, and colored pencil on hotpress watercolor paper. Did you know Jackals mate for life? 😍 The photo reference was graciously offered to our class by @dxtinthewild Check out their beautiful wildlife photos! 😻 Enjoy the weekend and make some art!! 🌈 . . . . #blackbackedjackals #jackal #jackalart #wildlifeart #canine #onlineartclass #zoomclass #getcreative #learn #followlove #teachingartist #jenniferlindermanart #oaklandartist #wildlifeartist #animalportrait #commissionsopen https://www.instagram.com/p/Chvj3y_pwi-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#blackbackedjackals #jackal #jackalart #wildlifeart #canine #onlineartclass #zoomclass #getcreative #learn #followlove #teachingartist #jenniferlindermanart #oaklandartist #wildlifeartist #animalportrait #commissionsopen

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trashasaurusrex · 6 months

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I'm a Hex Girl And I'm gonna put a spell on you~

Collab with @blackbackedjackal of our OCs, along with our friends' OCs. <3 Base sketch drawn by me. Linework, colors, and background drawn by Jackal!

June - @blackbackedjackal Lindsey - @trashasaurusrex (me) Phoebe - @thatdogmagic Hester - @ependasketchpad

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kingsneak · 16 days

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@blackbackedjackal They took the head!! fucked up.

#feel like something went wrong with my last system update lol

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thatdogmagic · 7 months

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Two charr and their asura (yes I made Sandra a charr).

Noodle - @trashasaurusrex Nyra - @blackbackedjackal

#gw2 #gw2 asura #gw2 charr #charr #guild wars 2 #thatartmagic #ch: Sandra

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pacificremains · 6 months

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Oddball coyote skull.

These are both lestes subspecies (mountain coyote), from Eastern Washington. They lived within 150 miles of each other.

The pathologies on the smaller coyote are odd and have a few folks thinking there may be dog in its lineage. The stop, the muzzle, the interorbital width, the sagittal crest, the nasal bone shape... none of these are usual pathological features. The healing hole isn't too unusual but it doesn't seem to be from a typical wound.

Coyote experts out there, what do you think? @blackbackedjackal I'd love to hear your thoughts. What do we have here?

#coyote skull #pathological skull #vulture culture #animal skull #oddities #coydog skull?#pacific remains

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restinthewest · 2 months

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Anyone on here who is into vulture culture or otherwise deals with animal bones/carcasses, you have my respect. I’m particularly thinking of you, @blackbackedjackal. Hallow found an elk carcass today and I took the jaw bone home. “It already looks so clean, I’m just going to boil it for a bit, easy peasy!” I thought to myself. Lies. Folly. Why is it so greasy. WHY IS IT SO GREASY. My house is so humid. All of the windows are wide open and it’s like 20f outside.

#I’ve only taken home shed before never bones I’m clueless #I kind of wanted to take the whole skull but it had some flesh and fur still on it #and was still attached to the spine #and I don’t quite have the stomach to deal with that #and thank god I didn’t try because just the jaw bone is so much #like I already found taxidermy/vulture culture to be impressive but jeez I had no idea

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starredforlife · 1 year

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what are some other good werewolf blogs? in the market for the w00fs

good question! here a couple i follow :^)

Looking for some top tier art, consistently about werewolves?

@bisclavaret @saltmalkin @gorgynei @soildweller @wolfskulljack-art @kinerxy @asmeesh @jakubrozalski @nataliedecorsair @thatdogmagic @jubilationsart @oliveoilcorp @notgraysond @squidinu @searift @pansylair @scpkid @werewolf-artfriend @juholaitila @blackbackedjackal @cowtato @mcmadmissile @skullsbesan @trashasaurusrex

Misc (gifsets, aesthetics, exploratory writing, or good art archives)

@losthavenmine @dateamonster @ash-rigby @a-book-of-creatures @ravenlunaticart @goodwerewolfposts @howl-o-weem (and follow their art blog too, @darby-draws)

Finally a shameless lil plug for my own art account, @wolvesbaned, writing blog @wolfmoonblues, and upcoming 2024 debut of @werewolfaday (which. hopefully i'll remember to do by jan 1st lol). most of my stuff is werewolves, but this blog (@starredforlife) curates a lot of non-werewolf stuff on the side too.

thanks for asking! if anyone else has any recs, feel free to drop them in the comments. otherwise, last word of advice is to periodically check the "werewolf" or "werewolf art" tag, and to look through the notes and see who frequently reblogs it. they'll typically have good lycan stuff archived.

#star's asks #again thanks for asking! this is a great ref for me too #art ref #werewolf #oh and hey! on #werewolf wednesday #too!#monsters

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pyrr1c · 10 months

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