http://ryouseiteki.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] ryouseiteki.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] askerian 2011-01-06 05:06 am (UTC)

*in bed* (that sounds wrong lol, I'm on my new phone yay internet)

If there's not many of them, and their instinct is to OMG-FORM-A-PACK-NAO, they could have pulled some hyenas in? I mean, they're closer related to felines than canines but they look canine and "...spotted hyenas live in a society just as large and just as complex as a baboon,' Dr. Holekamp said, noting that spotted hyenas live in the largest social groups of any carnivore. 'We’re talking about 60 to 80 individuals who all know each other individually." (NYT (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/science/04hyen.html)) And yeah, the fact that the top-dog in the hyena hierarchy is female whereas wolves tend to have a male in the alpha position can lead to conflict-fun-tiems? *bats lashes*


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