By eating them, hyenas gathered 9 Neanderthal skeletons in one cave

Re:By eating them, hyenas gathered 9 Neanderthal skeletons i... by theluketaylor on Thursday May 13, 2021 @06:21PM (#27148236)

Hyenas are inverse foxes. Hyenas are dog software on cat hardware and foxes are cat software on dog hardware.

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Re:By eating them, hyenas gathered 9 Neanderthal skeletons i... by JonathonW on Thursday May 13, 2021 @07:11PM (#27148650)

For what it's worth, foxes are much closer to dogs and wolves (and other canids) than hyenas are to cats.

The relationship between cats and hyenas is more like the relationship between dogs and bears, raccoons, or seals, which are classified as caniforms but are obviously distinct from actual canid species.

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Re:By eating them, hyenas gathered 9 Neanderthal skeletons i... by ttraub on Thursday May 13, 2021 @06:53PM (#27148503)

Yes, and weirdly, hyenas didn't get the sharp, retractable claws that all true cats possess. I wonder what advantage this adaptation gave them.

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Re:By eating them, hyenas gathered 9 Neanderthal skeletons i... by rightbyte on Thursday May 13, 2021 @07:45PM (#27148927)

You can probably keep retractable claws sharper? Easier too sneack without hard claws touching ground?

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Re:By eating them, hyenas gathered 9 Neanderthal skeletons i... by gweinberg on Thursday May 13, 2021 @09:21PM (#27149546)

Retractable claws stay sharper and make better weapons. The non-retractable kind give you better traction when running.

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Re:By eating them, hyenas gathered 9 Neanderthal skeletons i... by m463 on Thursday May 13, 2021 @09:29PM (#27149607)

well, except for the whole "run up a tree" bit. :)

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Re:By eating them, hyenas gathered 9 Neanderthal skeletons i... by hellbannedguy on Thursday May 13, 2021 @07:48PM (#27148946)

They couldn't kill each other easier?

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