Tuesday, September 30, 2008

An anatomy lesson?

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Here's a baffling scene... Skeletons in the Mara are never this intact; hungry carnivores usually scatter bones over a pretty large area...
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

A scavenging saga

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Who doesn’t like freebies? As we've said, it's a pretty good strategy to get a meal without having to expend any energy hunting or ...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Are you going to eat that?

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We humans usually think of ourselves as pretty smart. One of the intelligent ideas ourancestors happened upon long ago, was the concept of c...
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Friday, September 19, 2008

A week with Animal Planet

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Since we know more than anyone else about one of the most misunderstood animals around, we feel it's our responsibility to help educate ...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Running in Kenya does not a Kenyan runner make

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At an altitude of almost 3,000 ft and under the equatorial sun, I'm not exactly churning out record-breaking times when I go running her...
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Monday, September 15, 2008

Fisi Camp: Luxury or Basic? You make the call.

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Hello from Fisi Camp in the beautiful Masai Mara National Reserve. After a one year hiatus from field work, I am back in the Mara and thril...
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Saturday, September 13, 2008

You can't possibly still think hyenas are ugly

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You can't possibly still think hyenas are ugly (part 2)

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Due to formatting complications, this post had to be in two parts. Part 1 was the photos. This is part 2. So after seeing all these pictures...
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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Hyena paws and teeth

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As you can see from the picture to the left, hyena paws are pretty massive (...although in the interest of full disclosure, I do have freaki...
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Monday, September 8, 2008

How to handle a hyena (don't try this at home...)

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In order to collect some kinds of data, we have to get up close and personal with the hyenas. Since none of us are willing to lose a limb (...
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