Binding: Paperback
Description: Humans and Hyenas examines the origins and development of the relationship between the two to present an accurate and realistic picture of the hyena and its interactions with people. The hyena is one of the most maligned misrepresented and defamed mammals. It is still despite decades of research - led knowledge seen as a skulking cowardly scavenger rather than a successful hunter with complex family and communal systems. Hyenas are portrayed as sex - shifting deviants grave robbers and attackers of children in everything from African folk tales through Greek and Roman accounts of animal life to Disney's The Lion King depicting hyenas with a lack of respect and disgust despite the reality of their behaviour and social structures. Combining the personal in - depth mining of scientific papers about the three main species and historical accounts Keith Somerville delves into our relationship with hyenas from the earliest records from millennia ago through the accounts by colonisers to contemporary coexistence where hyenas and humans are forced into ever closer proximity due to shrinking habitats and loss of prey. Are hyenas fated to retain their bad image or can their amazing ability to adapt to humans more successfully than lions and other predators lead to a shift in perspective? This book will be of great interest to students and scholars in the environmental sciences conservation biology and wildlife and conservation issues.
Title: Humans And Hyenas Monster Or Misunderstood
Author(s): Somerville Keith
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367436414
Pages: 262 Pages, 3 Halftones, Black And White; 3 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 3/19/2021
Series: Routledge Studies in Conservation and the Environment
Category: Zoology: Mammals