why are so many therians canines??? feels fake
"Why are there so many fox/wolf/cat/dog therians?"
Starting off with please do not fake claim any therian. I put my response to this on my instagram.
So, i do have a theory on wolf, dog, cat and fox therians, though! Anon is correct on one thing, and thats that there is an abundance of these therians. Not that theres anything wrong with it! Every one of them is valid, common or not!
Basically, i think theres so many of these therians because of the information present about them. It helps form an explaination of why they feel so close to these animals.
I mean, for example, you know a lot more about dogs than you do tasmanian devils. Therefore, a dog therian is more likely to find out theyre a dog therian than a tasmanian devil therian is, because you can faithfully say that you are, arent, or could be a dog therian, than saying "well.. I havent considered it.." when considering a TD.
in theory, that means theres a lot of therians with lesser known species will have a harder time finding out these things because of their limited info.
Theres also things to note like
Some nonhumans finding out they share the same family (taxonomic rank) as their actual theriotype. For example, someone unconfirms their wolf theriotype when they find out theyre actually a coyote, dhole, maned wolf, etc!!
Some misconceive therian for animalhearted and use the wrong label
Some are younger kids who do not actually understand therianthropy and use the term as well as the most common theriotype
Some are just quadrobicists, and misconceive therianthripy for quads.
These are just guesses however! If someone else has a better explaination, or wish to add anything, feel free to do so.
