The conservationists helping to restore Africa’s wild dog populations

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bryanlarsen•about 2 hours ago

For those who didn't know, to save you the search I just performed: the African Wild Dog is not literally a wild dog. It's not even a Canid, it's a separate genus (Lycaon) from dogs, wolves & coyotes.

Scarblac•about 1 hour ago

That genus is part of the Canidae family though. Dogs and wolves are in the Canis genus in the Canidae group.

Jackals and foxes are also each their own genus, and there are a number more genuses.

everyday7732•about 2 hours ago

They look so similar to hyenas. Maybe they fit the same evolutionary niche.

While the article claims that wild dogs are the most successful predator in Africa, I found a national geographic article which claims the same for hyenas: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/hyenas-my...

colechristensen•11 minutes ago

There are several technical and nontechnical definitions of "successful" making it a pretty meaningless statement

nozzlegear•about 2 hours ago

There's a group of these dogs at the zoo in Sioux Falls, SD. Like all dogs, I think my wife and I were predispositioned to like them. It didn't help that they all started howling when a police car drove by with its sirens on, which was cute.

lolpython•about 2 hours ago

Casualty of HN title mangling again. Original title: Africa’s Wild Dogs Are the Most Hated Carnivores on the Continent. Here’s Why Some Conservationists Are Saving Them Anyway

WalterGR•about 2 hours ago

It’s not mangling. The article’s subtitle doesn’t fit within the character limit.

lightedman•about 1 hour ago

We're in the era of 4k and 8k monitors. That character limit only occupies a tiny fraction of any modern screen.

So odd a site dedicated to future technology companies isn't even caught up with modern display techniques, let alone ones that existed some 2 decades ago.

lolpython•about 1 hour ago

To be fair, on mobile the title lengths staying reasonable really helps HN homepage readability.

micromacrofoot•18 minutes ago

the site is intentionally anachronistic precisely because the people here understand technology

upupupandaway•about 1 hour ago

I wish we could get rid of the "Here's why" and similar clickbait fragments in titles.

The conservationists helping to restore Africa’s wild dog populations

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