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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Monday, May 30, 2011

Did Someone Say Provisioning?

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Spotted hyena moms do sometimes bring food back to the den to get their cubs used to eating meat early on in their lives. Considering meat a...
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Population explosion?

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The Talek West clan is the largest it has ever been right now, after a winter-long baby boom. We suspect the recent baby boom was fueled by ...
Friday, April 29, 2011

The queen is dead.

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On the night of 12 April, 2011, the alpha female of the Talek West clan, Murphy, was killed near the den, along with her constant male escor...
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