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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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jackalspirited · 6 months

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Class was as boring as you think. I was studying to be a Private investigator, kind of like Colette who was a free agent and did work for SIN

Supernatural Investigation Network

The only reason I know about it is cause of Colette and the run ins the group had with them when I stayed in Asheville. I had worked my first case as a PI a year ago, a nice old lady who had ghosts living in her house.

I got them to leave and finally rest for the rest of time. Snow had started to fall outside, apparently Boone gets more snow then Asheville. With class over I needed something to eat, something to take my mind off everything.

Depression is a fickle thing, I think. You never want to see a god depressed.

Still thinking about it? My eyes drifted to the wall, seeing...

"I am going to call you Specter." He raised a brow.

I am you

"I know." I walked past him. No one else could see him from my understanding. He pushed himself from the wall and followed

Maybe you should head home for a day

"I've got a big test in a few days. I can't just leave." I glanced behind myself. Specter was gone and now in front of me again, sitting on some stairs.

Before I could speak again, I felt an aura. A shiver ran up my spine. Three people walked down the stairs Specter was sitting on, walking though him. He crossed his arms and rolled his eyes.

"So anyways the girl thought she could resist my ol' charm." The one I was guessing was kind of the main guy was saying to the other too.

"Vampires." I said to myself and Specter nodded. They stopped and looked at me.

"Ahh the fresh blood." That was creep as fuck. I steeled myself and checked just to make sure I had my staff. I had finally learned how to summon it. He took a step towards me. He stood slightly taller then me with pale skin and unsettling crimson eyes he passed off as contacts. He wore modern day clothing, I was going to guess he was the same age as me.

"Born or bitten?" I raised a brow at the question. Most of the time that was something you'd ask a werewolf. He was right in front of me now, flanked by the other two vampires. "Didn't think some low life would still be alive, where do you get your blood?"

That's the thing, I have never tasted actual blood. Hemo-hero, a blood substitute that Colette ships to me weekly. I could drink it in my jackal form. Something was strange about that, I didn't get the hunger in that form, a saving grace sometimes.

"Kind of rude not to introduce yourself." I finally said, Specter standing behind him mocking him.

"A vampire of such blood line does not have to introduce himself first. As a young blood you should know that." Well I didn't, I grew up around werewolves and gods, not other vampires.

Thankfully.

"I don't care about whatever system there is." I pushed by them and started down the hall. Specter glared at them, even if they couldn't see them.

#History and Magic [Robin]#A friend in my head [Specter]

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