By jlynch on July 5, 2007. ... because hyenas don’t get enough good press. Click to enbiggen. (source) Tags biology Carnivores mammals Log in to post comments More like this I believe the correct technical term is 'embiggen' -- with an 'm'. (Snark-snark -- from a long time Simpsons fan.) Log in to post comments Weirdly the article refers to a single offspring while the picture shows three pups ... Log in to post comments A Cerebus perhaps? Log in to post comments It's a file photo, not of the actual pup. And en- does become em- before labials (embolden, empower). Weird Latinate prefixes ;-) Log in to post comments Just in case anyone's interested, there's a very interesting new paper out on hyena intelligence in the Journal of Mammalogy. I have a discussion of it here. Log in to post comments My gods they are even ugly as newborns! Probably due to their fights in the womb, tough little bastards. I really admire these tenacious buggers. I once read that they were the only major predator whose population was increasing. Can anyone verify? Log in to post comments
I believe the correct technical term is 'embiggen' -- with an 'm'. (Snark-snark -- from a long time Simpsons fan.) Log in to post comments
Weirdly the article refers to a single offspring while the picture shows three pups ... Log in to post comments
It's a file photo, not of the actual pup. And en- does become em- before labials (embolden, empower). Weird Latinate prefixes ;-) Log in to post comments
Just in case anyone's interested, there's a very interesting new paper out on hyena intelligence in the Journal of Mammalogy. I have a discussion of it here. Log in to post comments
My gods they are even ugly as newborns! Probably due to their fights in the womb, tough little bastards. I really admire these tenacious buggers. I once read that they were the only major predator whose population was increasing. Can anyone verify? Log in to post comments
I believe the correct technical term is 'embiggen' -- with an 'm'.
(Snark-snark -- from a long time Simpsons fan.)
Weirdly the article refers to a single offspring while the picture shows three pups ...
A Cerebus perhaps?
It's a file photo, not of the actual pup.
And en- does become em- before labials (embolden, empower). Weird Latinate prefixes ;-)
Just in case anyone's interested, there's a very interesting new paper out on hyena intelligence in the Journal of Mammalogy. I have a discussion of it here.
My gods they are even ugly as newborns! Probably due to their fights in the womb, tough little bastards.
I really admire these tenacious buggers. I once read that they were the only major predator whose population was increasing. Can anyone verify?