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Title seems to imply the hyenas care about the continued possession of thousand year old bones, which I think is not quite true?
by tedunangst 5y ago
Title seems to imply the hyenas care about the continued possession of thousand year old bones, which I think is not quite true?
- dang 5y agoWe edited the title to make it less baity, but the word "hoarded" seems to imply the same thing so I'm not sure the edited title is adding that nuance?
- OJFord 5y agoI think 'hoard' is fine to describe the behaviour without any sort of undue personification. If you really wanted to change it though, the lead guy is quoted as calling them 'avid accumulators' a couple of paragraphs in. (Or 'amassed', 'stashed', 'stowed'; 'collected' and 'stowed' are, to me, more personifying than 'hoarded'.)
- OJFord 5y agoI meant 'collected' & 'stored', missed edit.
- failrate 5y agoMy dog bringa all of her bones to the same place in the yard, her safe spot. When she has devoured the marrow, she typically leaves the bone remnants behind.