| 单词 | spotted hyena |
| 例句 | An adult female orangutan cannot defeat an adult male spotted hyena. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I am not one to hold a prejudice against any animal, but it is a plain fact that the spotted hyena is not well served by its appearance. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I never thought that finding myself confined in a small space with a spotted hyena would be good news, but there you go. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We looked on as eight spotted hyenas emerged from the shadows to feed from their hands. A Remarkable Rail Journey Into the Horn of Africa’s Past, and Future 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Expect references to Catullus, Eros, Venus, Utamaro and Zeus, alongside spotted hyenas, the ornate bell moth, sloths, slime molds, cheetahs and a great many more. Review | Yusef Komunyakaa again brings his distinctive music to the page 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Also compacted into this archaeological nougat were the fossilised faeces of spotted hyenas. Feral: Searching for Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding by George Monbiot – review 2013-05-24T06:30:12Z The latter demonstrates that any beast can be championed; and having read what matriarchal spotted hyenas have to go through in order to conceive and give birth, this species is certainly deserving of sympathy. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z Perhaps the most fascinating animal is the spotted hyena of sub-Saharan Africa, where the females dominate the clans. Perspective | Narwhals, ruffs and other animals that defy gender stereotypes 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Cooperation isn’t exactly rare in the animal kingdom—animals from social insects to lions, wolves and spotted hyenas, and many primates cooperate; some, such as chimpanzees and bonobos, even do so with nonrelatives. Rival teams of male dolphins form the animal world’s biggest social networks, long-running study finds 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z When residents toss dead chickens, donkeys or cattle into the city’s dump, spotted hyenas come calling. Hungry Hyenas Can Help Human Health 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Samples from a variety of animals at the zoo, including the spotted hyenas, were tested after several lions at the facility became ill, according to the National Veterinary Services Laboratories. Denver Zoo reports world’s first coronavirus cases in hyenas 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Jaguars and spotted hyenas are both meat-eating mammals of similar size, but the population density of hyenas is some 50 times higher. How Many Tyrannosaurus Rexes Ever Lived on Earth? Here’s a New Clue. 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z The African plains boast a diverse guild of large carnivores such as lions and spotted hyenas, as well as a variety of smaller carnivores such as jackals and wildcats. Reintroducing predators doesn’t always rebalance ecosystems 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z But they focus on four individual animals — a king penguin, a spotted hyena, a humpback whale and a gray wolf — as they advance through adolescence. Animal adolescence is filled with teen drama and peer pressure 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z With the loss of their main prey the ferocious predators of the Pleistocene - animals that in some cases were twice as big as today’s tigers, African lions and spotted hyenas - also became extinct. Yellowstone wolf teeth lead to extinction theory 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z That’s pretty good for dinosaur standards, but imagine how little we’d understand if we only had such a sample size for animals like jaguars or spotted hyenas. Is "Scotty" the Biggest T. rex ? Maybe Not. 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z They were all milked by the puppies' mother after the eight cubs - including Siberian tigers, a white tiger, spotted hyenas and an African lion - were abandoned by their mothers, reports said. Unlikely friends frolic at Beijing zoo 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z For example, the middle-level black-backed jackals shied away lions and spotted hyenas but popped up wherever leopards appeared. Reintroducing predators doesn’t always rebalance ecosystems 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The social standing of spotted hyenas in the Serengeti National Park affected the animals’ risk of infection with a deadly virus. High social status is a blessing and a curse for hyenas 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z Social carnivores like spotted hyenas, for example, live in fission-fusion societies, collectively defending their territories against rivals but in ever-shifting groups of widely roaming members. Many Animals Can Count, Some Better Than You 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z I noticed a spotted hyena wandering around in the distance as we set up our carcass. The Carcass Race 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z They were less like lions – cats with powerful and flexible forelimbs – and more like today’s African wild dogs and spotted hyenas. Nothing but the Tooth 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z It is home to many animal species such as the spotted hyena, hippopotamus and the common genet, as well as several threatened species. UN Announces 23 New Nature Reserves While U.S. Removes 17 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Infectious diseases are a common threat to social mammals such as spotted hyenas. High social status is a blessing and a curse for hyenas 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z Dr. Benson-Amram and her colleagues tested hyena numerosity skills in the field, playing back the recorded whoops of spotted hyenas living in South Africa and Namibia to hyenas in Kenya. Many Animals Can Count, Some Better Than You 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z By comparison, lions bite with about 1,000 pounds; spotted hyenas, which can crack bones, pack about 1,400 pounds. 10-Year-Old Girl Escapes an Alligator in Orlando 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z “It includes a few social and territorial carnivores such as wolves, lions, and spotted hyenas.” How Human Violence Stacks Up Against Other Killer Animals A spotted hyena captures a baby Thomson's gazelle in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park. Hyena Myths Busted: Are They Really Hermaphrodites? So how can a layperson tell female and male spotted hyenas apart? How Can You Tell a Female Animal From a Male? To reach this conclusion, the scientists analyzed more than 50,000 observations of social interactions among spotted hyenas in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve over 20 years. Hyena society is founded on friendship 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Living in a complex social world—one with shifting alliances and competitors—is often cited as the key reason humans, dolphins, and spotted hyenas evolved large brains. Complex social lives gave parrots big brains 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z In Ethiopia, even the spotted hyenas get spring fever. The Best Animal Stories of 2012 2012-12-28T20:45:06.177Z To estimate the hyena population the team played continuous gnu-hyena distress sounds, as well as spotted hyena sounds, through a megaphone at randomly selected calling stations. Hyenas and humans can coexist 2012-10-24T00:24:20Z On the other hand, many primates show inheritance of social position, though my understanding of the relevant science is that this is more common for females and in spotted hyenas. What can the animal kingdom tell us about North Korea? 2011-12-19T17:15:05.437Z The team also captured images of spotted hyenas. In Pictures 2011-08-03T04:49:06Z WOLF, the usual name for the hyena, derived from tijger-wolf, the pure Dutch name for the spotted hyena. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z The estrus period lasts roughly three days in female spotted hyenas, so it is likely that Oakland will mate with Baez multiple times while she is in heat. Scientist at Work: How Spotted Hyenas Mate 2011-07-19T18:05:56Z Mr Yirga explained that it is likely that waste scavenging is one of the most important food sources for spotted hyenas and that the associated cost to people is both marginal and tolerable. Hyenas and humans can coexist 2012-10-24T00:24:20Z Behavioral processes and costs of co-existence in female spotted hyenas: a life history perspective. What can the animal kingdom tell us about North Korea? 2011-12-19T17:15:05.437Z Efficient communication among individual animals is critical for reliable exchange of information in any society as complex as that of the spotted hyena. Scientist at Work: Why Do Hyenas Laugh? 2011-07-11T11:53:02Z Like other mammalian carnivores, spotted hyenas inhabit a sensory world in which these chemical signals contain many different types of information. Scientist at Work: Do Microbes Help Hyenas Communicate? 2011-07-07T11:30:42Z Female spotted hyenas call all the shots when it comes to who will sire their cubs, and they rarely mate with adult natal males who are reproductively mature but have not yet dispersed. Scientist at Work: How Spotted Hyenas Mate 2011-07-19T18:05:56Z An international team of scientists surveyed the population size and diet of spotted hyenas in northern Ethiopia. Hyenas and humans can coexist 2012-10-24T00:24:20Z Two young spotted hyenas engage in a greeting ceremony. Scientist at Work: Male or Female? Good Question! 2011-06-29T11:28:43Z Brown and striped hyenas do not produce giggle or whoop calls, or in fact many vocalizations at all, so the giggle truly appears unique to spotted hyenas. Scientist at Work: Why Do Hyenas Laugh? 2011-07-11T11:53:02Z Like other mammalian carnivores, spotted hyenas inhabit a sensory world in which these chemical signals contain many types of information. Scientist at Work: Do Microbes Help Hyenas Communicate? 2011-07-07T11:30:42Z Anyone who enjoys brain-teaser crosswords or whodunit mystery novels will find spotted hyenas intriguing. Scientist at Work: Why Study Hyenas? 2011-06-21T20:59:20Z Africans themselves view spotted hyenas as greedy and lazy, and hyenas figure importantly in their beliefs about witchcraft. Scientist at Work: The Land of Dik Diks and Pangolins 2011-06-20T20:40:52Z In contrast to a vast majority of mammals, including other hyena species, female spotted hyenas are substantially more aggressive than males, and they are also socially dominant over males. Scientist at Work: Male or Female? Good Question! 2011-06-29T11:28:43Z A new study by Michigan State University researchers, which appears in Proceedings of the Royal Society, revealed this as well as defined a new way to measure spotted hyenas’ size. Larger Female Hyenas Produce More Offspring 2011-03-25T14:49:00Z They studied adult female spotted hyenas, Crocuta crocuta, in a large female-dominated social group in Kenya. Hyenas persuade friends to help 2011-01-10T10:07:34Z That is the question my mother asked me when I first told her back in the mid-1980s that I was planning to move to Kenya to study spotted hyenas. Scientist at Work: Why Study Hyenas? 2011-06-21T20:59:20Z Kay E. HoleKamp, a zoologist at Michigan State University, writes from the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, where she is studying the behavior of spotted hyenas. Scientist at Work: The Land of Dik Diks and Pangolins 2011-06-20T20:40:52Z In these and many other respects, spotted hyenas appear to violate many of the accepted “rules” of mammalian biology. Scientist at Work: Male or Female? Good Question! 2011-06-29T11:28:43Z However, among spotted hyenas, females dominate, holding a higher rank than all other males, whatever their age. Hyena laughs and giggles decoded 2010-03-30T01:55:00Z Hyenas 'greet friends' to ask for their help Research has revealed how the very sociable spotted hyena engages its "friends" in group activities. Hyenas persuade friends to help 2011-01-10T10:07:34Z When he came to the fire, a glance showed him that he had killed a full-grown spotted hyena. Into the Primitive My favorite large carnivore is the spotted hyena, which many people consider clunky and unattractive. Scientist at Work: The Land of Dik Diks and Pangolins 2011-06-20T20:40:52Z Kay E. Holekamp, a zoologist at Michigan State University, writes from the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, where she is studying the behavior of spotted hyenas. Scientist at Work: Male or Female? Good Question! 2011-06-29T11:28:43Z The scent of him soon attracted a spotted hyena, which threw him on his back, and carried him away to Sable Mountain, thinking him a corpse, and consequently a fair prize. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom The grocery man said that he had rather have a spotted hyena, and the boy stole a melon and went away. Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa 1883 Why, one of the profs I worried the most, when I was a cross between a Sophomore and a spotted hyena, is as glad to see me nowadays as though I owed him money. At Good Old Siwash Disney’s movie “The Lion King” portrayed spotted hyenas as sleazy villains, one of which was named “Shenzi,” which is the Swahili word for “barbaric” or “uncouth.” Scientist at Work: The Land of Dik Diks and Pangolins 2011-06-20T20:40:52Z A cutaway view of the reproductive tract of a pregnant spotted hyena. Scientist at Work: Male or Female? Good Question! 2011-06-29T11:28:43Z Knowing that on such occasions boldness is always the best policy, I rode forward, and in a short time distinguished three spotted hyenas stealing up towards the body of the eland. In the Wilds of Africa In fact, one of the closest imitations of a human laugh is that of the “spotted hyena.” The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family The looker wasted no second glance on the rude trousers of spotted hyena skin or the big lean body of the castaway. Out of the Primitive In a short time we caught sight of a gigantic tiger-wolf, or spotted hyena, sitting under a bush, and growling fiercely at us. In the Wilds of Africa One of the most peculiar things about spotted hyenas is the fact that both the behavior and the morphology of females are very heavily “masculinized.” Scientist at Work: Male or Female? Good Question! 2011-06-29T11:28:43Z |
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