by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
Equus caballus photo © Dagur Brynjólfsson Pacing in ancestral horse as a show for predators No wild equid has ever been recorded fleeing with a pacing gait, the normal gait at moderate speeds being the trot. However, the fact that certain breeds of the domestic...
by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
The ‘toelt’ demonstrated by Equus caballus photo © Dagur Brynjólfsson An unremarked convergence between equine and elephantine The ‘hyperamble’ – in which the footfall sequence of the normal ambling walk is quickened to the point of just achieving...
by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
Lycaon pictus photo © Bernard Dupont No sitting for this hunting dog It is surprising that – unlike the Asian hunting dog, the wolf, and the domestic dog – the African hunting dog ostensibly does not sit. One explanation for this is that competition and mutual...
by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
Wildebeest trotting © Dipali Lath, via Wikimedia Commons Non-parallel gaits in hyena and wildebeest Both the spotted hyena and its prey species the white-bearded wildebeests find it awkward to trot because of their sloping backs with the forelimbs longer than the...
by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) photo © Tony Camacho Spotted hyena: so analysed and yet so enigmatic The niche of any species cannot be fully understood except within a framework of cause and effect. Because such a framework has yet to be hypothesised in the case of...
