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Author : Maddie Gibbs
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781448831456
Learn all about the hyena.
Author : Gloria G. Schlaepfer
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Hyaenidae
ISBN : 0761448381
Young readers will find everything they want to know in these informative books about a wide variety of animals.
Author : Keith Somerville
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000360561
Humans and Hyenas examines the origins and development of the relationship between the two to present an accurate and realistic picture of the hyena and its interactions with people. The hyena is one of the most maligned, misrepresented and defamed mammals. It is still, despite decades of research-led knowledge, seen as a skulking, cowardly scavenger rather than a successful hunter with complex family and communal systems. Hyenas are portrayed as sex-shifting deviants, grave robbers and attackers of children in everything from African folk tales through Greek and Roman accounts of animal life, to Disney’s The Lion King depicting hyenas with a lack of respect and disgust, despite the reality of their behaviour and social structures. Combining the personal, in-depth mining of scientific papers about the three main species and historical accounts, Keith Somerville delves into our relationship with hyenas from the earliest records from millennia ago, through the accounts by colonisers, to contemporary coexistence, where hyenas and humans are forced into ever closer proximity due to shrinking habitats and loss of prey. Are hyenas fated to retain their bad image or can their amazing ability to adapt to humans more successfully than lions and other predators lead to a shift in perspective? This book will be of great interest to students and scholars in the environmental sciences, conservation biology, and wildlife and conservation issues.
Author : Grace Hansen
Publisher : Abdo Kids Jumbo
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Hyenas
ISBN : 1532104197
Learn about one of Africa's most interesting species of animal-- the hyena!
Author : Carl R. Green,William Reynolds Sanford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0896863840
Examines the physical characteristics, behavior, lifestyle, and natural environment of the three species of hyenas.
Author : Mikita Brottman
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781861899415
Hyenas are almost universally regarded as nasty, scheming charlatans that skulk in the back alleyways of the animal kingdom. They have been scorned for centuries as little more than scavenging carrion-eaters, vandals, and thieves. Here to restore the Hyena’s reputation is Mikita Brottman, who offers an alternate view of these mistreated and misunderstood creatures and proves that they are complex, intelligent, and highly sociable animals. Investigating representations of the hyena throughout history, Brottman divulges that the hyena, though shrouded in taboo, has been the source of talismanic objects since the ancient Greek and Roman empires. She discovers that many cultures use parts of the hyena—from excrement and blood to genitalia and hair—to make charms that both avert evil and promote fertility. Brottman also considers representations of hyenas in today’s popular fiction, including The Lion King and The Life of Pi,where they are often depicted as villains, cowardly henchmen, or clowns, while ignoring their more noble qualities. Rightly returning hyenas to their proper place in the animal pantheon, this richly illustrated book will be enjoyed by any animal lover with an interest in the unusual and offbeat.
Author : Julia J. Quinlan
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781448899128
Readers are introduced to the spotted hyena, striped hyena, and brown hyena. These fierce animals are known for their impressive, bone-crushing bites. Readers delve into many fascinating hyenas facts. Particular attention is paid to the spotted hyena clans, in which the fight for dominance starts when hyenas are cubs.
Author : Paige V. Polinsky
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781680797756
Meet the monstrous Spotted Hyena as it wanders the African plains! This book introduces the unique features of this wild animal including habitat, life cycle, physical characteristics, diet, threats, and defenses. Also included are a range map and a food chain diagram. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author : Marcus Baynes-Rock
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780271074061
Biologists studying large carnivores in wild places usually do so from a distance, using telemetry and noninvasive methods of data collection. So what happens when an anthropologist studies a clan of spotted hyenas, Africa’s second-largest carnivores, up close—and in a city of a hundred thousand inhabitants? In Among the Bone Eaters, Marcus Baynes-Rock takes us to the ancient city of Harar in Ethiopia, where the gey waraba (hyenas of the city) are welcome in the streets and appreciated by the locals for the protection they provide from harmful spirits and dangerous “mountain” hyenas. They’ve even become a local tourist attraction. At the start of his research in Harar, Baynes-Rock contended with difficult conditions, stone-throwing children, intransigent bureaucracy, and wary hyena subjects intent on avoiding people. After months of frustration, three young hyenas drew him into the hidden world of the Sofi clan. He discovered the elements of a hyena’s life, from the delectability of dead livestock and the nuisance of dogs to the unbounded thrill of hyena chase-play under the light of a full moon. Baynes-Rock’s personal relations with the hyenas from the Sofi clan expand the conceptual boundaries of human-animal relations. This is multispecies ethnography that reveals its messy, intersubjective, dangerously transformative potential.
Author : Sandra Markle
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780822531944
A look at the world of hyenas, especially brown hyenas.
Author : Aaron Carr
Publisher : Weigl Publishers
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781489626325
Did you know that a hyena makes laughing sounds that can be heard for miles? Hyenas also have one of the strongest bites of any animal. Find out these and more exciting facts in I Am a Hyena.
Author : Hans Kruuk,Senior Principal Officer Nerc Hans Kruuk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1626548528
In this seminal study, Hans Kruuk redefines the image of the spotted hyena, not as a common scavenger, but as a complex matriarchal predator with links to human evolution. "The Spotted Hyena" is the first study to capture the true behavior and ecology of these formidable predators, who instinctively adapt their social structure to meet their ecological needs. Kruuk's research reveals for the first time that hyenas combine carnivorous habits with group territoriality, thus drawing parallels between their existence and that of wolves, lions, and arguably early humans. In addition to being lovable rogues, spotted hyenas are sophisticated hunters that live in complex communities of up to 80 animals. Covering more than broad facts about this species, Kruuk addresses the vital questions concerning hyena behavior such as why females are dominant, why lions scavenge from hyenas, why hyenas hunt zebra and wildebeest differently, and how their social behavior correlates with ecology. Since its original publication, "The Spotted Hyena" has transformed the common perception of the spotted hyena. With nearly 2,000 citations in scientific literature, "The Spotted Hyena" has become a classic work and trailblazer for linking changes in animal behavior with the environment, in addition to its concentration on a large carnivore that shares several characteristics with select primates. Although this is a science book, Kruuk skips the jargon and complicated theory, thus making its conclusions easily accessible to any student of natural history, African predators, or social behavior within animal communities. "The Spotted Hyena" features exciting field notes in addition to comprehensive graphs and tables that have made it an invaluable contribution to behavioral ecology and its methodology. Hans Kruuk studied hyenas while living in the wilderness of Africa's Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater for many years. After completing his doctorate with Nobel Prize winner Niko Tinbergen at the University of Oxford, Kruuk was asked by the former Tanganyika (now Tanzania) National Parks to study predation in the Serengeti. Kruuk focused on the most important carnivore there—the spotted hyena—and co-founded the Serengeti Research Institute in Tanzania to carry out his research. Many years later in 1997, he retired emeritus from his position as Senior Principal Research Officer at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology in Banchory, Scotland. Kruuk has carried out research projects on mammals and birds on all continents, published seven books and over 120 scientific papers. Among his awards are scientific medals from the Zoological Society of London and British Mammal Society, and secondary Doctorate of Science from the University of Aberdeen where he is also Honorary Professor.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780544635111
Author : M. G. L. Mills,Margie Mills
Publisher : Jacana Media
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781770098114
In this fascinating account of scientific study among forbidding wilderness, a husband-and-wife team describe their trek to the Kalahari to study the little-known brown hyena. The details of the scientific inquiry are provided while the daily challenges of living with children 420 kilometers from the nearest town are described. Despite the hardships, the couple becomes so enchanted by these intelligent animals that they stay for 12 years, documenting many hyena clans and observing behavior only a handful of people have ever seen.
Author : Lisa Jackson
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781731606112
GRADES PK–2: This 16-page Spanish title (8’’ x 8’’) introduces early readers to the spotted hyena: how they find food, interact with social groups, and more! FEATURES: Simple Spanish text and vivid photos present fascinating facts about an amazing African animal. Comprehension questions are includes to advance learning. EARLY BILINGUAL LITERACY: Help young learners strengthen their bilingual skills—add the English version of this title into your collection, too. BUILD A LIBRARY: Collect every title from the collection to stock your home or classroom library. Reading together is a great way to bond while fostering communication and a lifelong love of reading.