For what it's worth, Aardwolve's aren't really hyenas, our genetics is different, we're more dog-like whereas hyenas are more feline-like, we eat termites and are insectivores, hyenas are carnivores and scavengers, and I mean if you saw a baby aardwolf, and compare it to a baby hyena, you'd be like "OMG I WANT SEVEN OF THOSE BABY AARDWOLFS!" AND, to top it off, in the US, in 30 states you can own aardwolves, but hyenas in only 5 states.
Some drunk brit explorer saw an aardwolf munching on termites and lazing in the sun in front of an abandon termite mound and was like; "OI CRIKEY GUV'NAH, LOOK, A CARNIVIOUS HYENA! By Jove, I'm a genius, right, now wheres those tribal folk so I can enslave them! Wot wot pip pip tally ho, god save the queen, got any moar tea poppit?"
The more you know.