tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post311205251394185713..comments2024-02-20T16:10:31.948-07:00Comments on First Nerve: Scent of the Hyena ClanAvery Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-7095754651532707952014-05-20T05:29:24.032-07:002014-05-20T05:29:24.032-07:00Another animal where female masculinization occurs...Another animal where female masculinization occurs performs similar scentmarking behaviour: the fossa. On http://www.explorebioedge.com/bio-bullets/item/70-the-fossa-s-exceptional-clitoris-proves-the-rule.html, I found the following interesting information: 'in maturity as in infancy, the clitoris is small, but at the juvenile stage the erect clitoris is as long as, and more complicated than, the human penis. Because the full-size clitoris of the fossa is not involved in copulation but is well-designed for scent-marking, it shows in extreme form an adaptive principle that the mammalian clitoris is used for social scenting more consistently than for sexual stimulation.' I wonder the same is the case for hyenas?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-33155515741137090662012-09-27T22:08:41.288-07:002012-09-27T22:08:41.288-07:00Interesting! I wonder how stable these differences...Interesting! I wonder how stable these differences are over time. Do the proportions of bacteria and consequently the smell of the clan persist over months, years, or even generations? Hmm I never thought I would be so curious about the hyena's butt. TheCellularScalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18379669883853001278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-30742252015069495982012-09-26T08:21:21.421-07:002012-09-26T08:21:21.421-07:00Olfacta:
Heh.
I scent mark my backyard all the t...Olfacta:<br /><br />Heh.<br /><br />I scent mark my backyard all the time. Doesn't seem to impress the groundhog.Avery Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-19375816507905716502012-09-26T05:09:59.729-07:002012-09-26T05:09:59.729-07:00My parents had a dog like that once.My parents had a dog like that once.olfactanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-21940364246537863512012-09-25T10:58:39.503-07:002012-09-25T10:58:39.503-07:00TheCellularScale:
Excellent question. Here's ...TheCellularScale:<br /><br />Excellent question. Here's how the authors answer the reverse question: how do clan members come to have similar bacterial communities?<br /><br /><i>Group-specific microbial communities—and consequently odor profiles—among social animals could be a product of shared environments (e.g. cross-infection), host genetic similarity (e.g. family groups), or, a product of repeated interactions between these two mechanisms. Spotted hyenas frequently scent mark the same grass stalks as their clan-mates (i.e. overmarking), and<br />they often do so in rapid succession to one another. For hyenas, therefore, overmarking appears to be a viable pathway for the transmission of bacterial communities among members of hyena clans.</i><br /><br />[References omitted.]Avery Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-60636396348970937832012-09-24T20:03:43.081-07:002012-09-24T20:03:43.081-07:00So why do the different clans have different propo...So why do the different clans have different proportions of bacteria species? TheCellularScalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18379669883853001278noreply@blogger.com