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...
by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) photo © ArtMalou The undignified aristocracy of the spotted hyena Although biologists have avoided these terms, the spotted hyena qualifies as sexist and classist in its behaviour: sexist because one gender (female) systematically...
by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
Crocuta crocuta & Homo sapiens photo © Kevin Richardson Spotted hyena as shadow-self Figure 1. Crocuta crocuta & Homo sapiens [photo © Kevin Richardson] The human species resembles the spotted hyena in having a society combining sexism and classism....
by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
Plotosus lineatus photo © Hectonichus Aposematic parallels between fish and butterfly Both the striped eel catfish and the zebra longwing butterfly rest gregariously in dim light and are so poisonous that they are avoided by predators. Although neither species could...
