Friday, November 4, 2011

Happy Zebra clan and clues to social organization

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Most of the end of October I was in Nairobi and that was long enough. By the time I returned to the Mara the migration activity had begun to...
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Saturday, September 17, 2011

High Season

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At the end of low season the Mara was still a relatively quiet place when I went to bed…and then one morning I wake up and the wildebeest ar...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Migration!

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The migration finally came (on the 23rd of July) to my side of the Mara, and given how high the Mara River was at the time, there were some...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Dreaming of Hyenas

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When you spend many hours a day watching animals like we do out here, it is not surprising that they begin to enter your dreams. So it was q...
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Sunday, July 10, 2011

KOI's Legacy

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Similar to Tracy’s laments of hierarchical difficulties on the East side of the Mara, we’re experiencing some similar challenges over here ...
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Sunday, June 26, 2011

The Search for Queen

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Who’s who in Talek West Let me present Murphy's children, our cast of characters in our search for the new queen. Hyenas have a matriar...
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Echem…hairball?

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Vomiting. There, I said it. Now lets talk about it hyena style. For animals that are known for their bone cracking abilities, and can le...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

New York Times: Scientist at Work

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The first of Kay Holekamp's entries in the New York Times' Scientist at Work series was published on June 20, 2011. Read her story T...
Sunday, June 12, 2011

Cracking the hyena code

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Having spent my first month in the Mara, I’ve decided it is time for me to jump into the blogosphere. I just finished my first year as a PhD...
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Thursday, June 9, 2011

That was my May in the Mara

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I used to have a yellow lab when I was younger. Isaac (my brother) and I had this game we played where we would fish for our dog off the ...
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