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Like the residents of the animal kingdom, true hypebeasts pursue the latest trends with a primal hunger. At every Supreme drop or sneaker campout, animal instincts take over as each individual taps into their base faculties to ascend to lord status over their fellow beasts. It's a jungle out there, and only the hungriest and most ferocious dudes have the abilities to be true hype-beasts. We ventured out into the wild to snap some photos of the freshest creatures rocking the gear that is without a doubt the mark of the beast. Unlike the subjects of most nature photography, these Hype-Beasts: Animals Dressed in Today's Trendiest Clothes are definitely not camera-shy.
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Rottweiler
This Rott is a reformed fighter who found peace via meditation. However, if you step on his Yeezys he will fucking eat you.
Prairie Dog
Like all well-trained prairie dogs, this is a hypebeast who will dive head-first into dumb trends... As long as all the other prairie dogs around him are doing it. How else could you explain that stupid hat?
Hippopotamus
Despite looking adorable, this hippo is currently in an angsty place in life. This year's grass crop didn't taste that great, and crocodiles have taken over the best watering hole. Tons of DRKSHDW and other drapey black clothes are a reflexion of this hype hippo's anger and shadowy life.
Giraffe
As a kid, the giraffe was picked on for being so tall and gangly. Well now that he always has his pick of the rarest gear since XL never sells out, WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?!?!
Manatee
This manatee is into classic hypebeast gear, since the baggier stuff hides his girth best. His underwater closet is full of BBC gear, and while Kim Kardashian fucked up his floral game for a minute there after starting floral couch memes at the Met Gala, he now rocks his dope Publish jogger pants with pride.
Sloth
Since a sloth never moves more than 2 miles per hour, there's no need for FlyKnits. But dude is a straight influencer, and got his hands on a pair before they hit stores. Unfortunately, his connect at Supreme was out of town, so he could only get his hands on the orange Kate Moss T-shirt.
Otter
Otters are pretty care-free creatures, but when it comes to cracking open shelled prey and neckerchiefs, they don't fuck around. His drop-crotch pants will come and go, but his attempt to make a bandana tied around his neck his signature look will, unfortunately, be around for a minute.
Grumpy Cat
Want to know the real reason why Grumpy Cat is so damn grumpy? He thought he'd be the only one rocking his "rare" Supreme gear, but he went to the bodega for a 40 and already saw three other dudes rocking the same shit. Looks like he'll just have to get used to these #HypebeastProblems.
Polar Bear
If the ice caps are melting, it's only because of the flames this polar bear is bringing to the Arctic circle. Dude is an obvious Kanye-stan, but keeps it classic in his IIIs while stomping around the ice, constantly on the hunt for seals and deals.
Dolphin
Guys all over NYC and L.A. might be rocking the Givenchy shark sweater, but this dope dolphin was the only one in the Atlantic to cop one. V rare underwater stunting means any shark in the sea better not sleep on this dude's steez.