by Anthony | Mar 7, 2016 | Biobullets
Crocuta crocuta photo © Kate Shaw Yoshida Colour-coded cuteness to the maternal spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta photo © René Mayorga Colour-changes with age in the spotted hyena exceed those in other carnivores, providing extreme stimulus to the mother to nurture and...
by Anthony | Mar 5, 2016 | Biobullets
Wildebeest (Connochaetes) © Paul Mckenzie Meta-shading for self-advertisement in wildebeests Links to the images that inspired this bio-insight: Home https://anikiki.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/img_4177.jpg http://l7.alamy.com/ http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/...
by Anthony | Mar 1, 2016 | Biobullets
Crocuta crocuta photo © Tom Harkins Mammary bounty reveals maternal failure in spotted hyena It is easy to assume that those individuals of the spotted hyena photographed with an obvious udder are particularly successful mothers. In fact the opposite is true. It is...
by Anthony | Feb 16, 2016 | Biobullets
Crocuta crocuta photo © AindriúH Habitat specialisation by spotted hyena for treeless grassland The spotted hyena is, worldwide, the only large carnivore specialised for treeless grassland on plains. Its current success in woodlands in national parks and game reserves...
by Anthony | Feb 15, 2016 | Biobullets
Canis familiaris photo © Sofia Olsson The domestic dog is descended not from the wolf – which never features the black-and-tan pattern – but from an extinct and unnamed ancestral species, one colour-morph of which probably looked just like this. The black-and-tan...
by Anthony | Jan 30, 2016 | Biobullets
Acinonyx jubatus photo in the Public Domain Acinonyx jubatus photo © Ashleyflashley The melanistic colour-morph of the cheetah is vaguely reminiscent of the leopard, but with an anomalous patch on the side of the neck. Although not obvious to human eyes, this...
