Hacker News with Generative AI: Zoology

Spotted hyena found in Egypt for the first time in 5k years (phys.org)
A spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) has been found in South Eastern Egypt, the first recorded instance of the creature in this region for thousands of years.

Wildlife, Egypt, Zoology

97 points by wglb 22 days ago | 54 comments

Let's talk about bird tongues (2014) (toughlittlebirds.com)
You don’t have to look at many birds to realize that they are very variable in appearance: hawks look different from hummingbirds, and both look different from peacocks. You can spend a lot of time looking at birds, though, before you realize that they are hiding a lot of variation inside their mouths: long tongues, short tongues, spiky tongues, curly tongues, forked tongues, frayed tongues, brush-like tongues.

Zoology, Birds, Anatomy, Biology

71 points by quuxplusone 40 days ago | 6 comments

The comb jelly can fuse with another (including nervous and digestive systems) (cnn.com)

Biology, Animals, Zoology, Marine Life

101 points by alok-g 52 days ago | 25 comments

Ethiopian wolves reported to feed on nectar (ox.ac.uk)
New findings, published in the journal Ecology, describe a previously undocumented behaviour of Ethiopian wolves (Canis simensis). For the first time, these have been reported to feed on the nectar of Ethiopian red hot poker flowers (Kniphofia foliosa) – the first large carnivore species ever to be documented feeding on nectar.

Zoology, Ecology, Carnivores, Ethiopia

78 points by thunderbong 89 days ago | 23 comments

The nature of a starfish: 'a disembodied head walking about on its lips' (theguardian.com)

Biology, Animals, Marine Biology, Zoology

8 points by howard941 173 days ago | 0 comments

Social organization in a flatworm:parasites form soldier and reproductive castes (royalsocietypublishing.org)

Biology, Zoology, Animal Behavior, Parasites, Social Organization

10 points by NoRagrets 212 days ago | 0 comments

Footfall patterns and stride parameters of Common hippopotamus on land (peerj.com)