Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Potter Park Zoo lecture

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To those in the East Lansing area: A Maasai safari guide will be giving a guest lecture on Kenyan wildlife next month at Potter Park Zoo. Yo...
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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Cub cuteness

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Okay, you've earned it. Here's a completely frivolous post that has nothing to do with the harsh realities of natural selection. Enj...
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Monday, August 17, 2009

The shallow end of the gene pool

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As we all know, we are not all equally blessed when it comes to genetic perfection, and our hyenas are no exception. Here are two particular...
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Friday, August 14, 2009

Nancy Drew's lost file: crimebusting, Maasai-style

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There are three things you should know before reading this post: 1. This is easily one of my all-time favorite stories from living in the Ma...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Mara Hazard #712: Loss of phone whilst peeing

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One lovely part of working out here is that we never have to “hold it”—since there are no official bathrooms, everywhere is our bathroom. Wh...
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Saturday, August 1, 2009

Displacement Behavior

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In her recent post, Kay described how conflicted males feel when courting females and how they do what we call "approach-avoid" (...
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Friday, July 31, 2009

NSS Episode Three: Moving Day

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In a land where Elf (the dominant female) is queen, and clashes with lions are the norm, we bring you a clan. Located between the beautiful ...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Courtship -- hyena style

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Although it is perfectly clear that adult male spotted hyenas are sexually interested in adult females who might be getting ready to mat...
Thursday, July 16, 2009

Hyena watching in the western Mara

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Just over one year ago, we set up a new carnivore monitoring station and research camp in the western part of the Masai Mara National Reserv...
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Friday, July 10, 2009

Car woes

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Here's a dilemma: as two of our 4-wheel drive bush vehicles are REALLY on their last legs these days, awhile back I asked our program of...
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