Episode 109 - Hyenas

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

Science, Education, Earth Sciences, Natural Sciences, Science:natural Sciences

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2021

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

Despite their unfortunate reputation, hyenas are really impressive. Modern and fossil, they’re a diverse group with a variety of dietary and social habits, and they are the quintessential example of bone-crushing specialists. In this episode, we discuss what makes hyenas unique and interesting, and we take a look at their surprisingly varied fossil history. In the news: lamprey larvae, octopus diets, nesting dinosaurs, and tyrannosaur bites. Time markers: Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:03:30Main discussion, Part 1: 00:34:30Main discussion, Part 2: 01:11:30Patron question: 01:49:00 Check out our blog for bonus info and pictures:http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/ Find merch at the Common Descent Store! http://zazzle.com/common_descent Follow and Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPCFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcastInstagram: @commondescentpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduwPodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2 The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org. Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Common Descent podcast.
0:18.8	Hello, David. Hello, Will.
0:21.4	And hello, listeners.
0:22.9	Welcome to episode 109 of the Common Descent Podcast.
0:27.2	Today, we are discussing hyenas.
0:29.7	Back to carnivora with the weird ones.
0:33.0	Oh, they're so weird and cool.
0:35.2	Very cool.
0:36.2	Hyenas are one of those groups where just about everything they do is hardcore, and it's great.
0:41.6	And they're a little bit off.
0:43.6	You know, so many of carnivora, especially the big ones fit nicely.
0:47.7	They're either dogs or cats or bears.
0:49.6	And then there's hyenas.
0:51.9	Which are kind of doing their own thing in a lot of weird ways.
0:55.6	So yeah, we're going to discuss hyenas, both the modern and the extinct.
1:00.6	Talk about what is a hyena, what makes a hyena.
1:04.0	There's only four today, so we'll do a little in-depth dive into the four that we have on the planet now.
1:09.8	And then we'll talk a bit about what have
1:12.4	hyena has been. Where have they been found? What's the variety that used to exist? Because they used to be
1:16.9	much more diverse. We have a very small sample compared to what has been. I'm excited to learn about
1:24.3	hyenas because I don't know a ton about them, but I've always, every time I've
1:28.5	seen a hyena bone, I've been very impressed.
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