4 comments

  • bryanlarsen 1 hour 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 36 minutes 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 1 hour 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...

  • nozzlegear 1 hour 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 1 hour 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 1 hour ago
      It’s not mangling. The article’s subtitle doesn’t fit within the character limit.
      • lightedman 44 minutes 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 33 minutes ago
          To be fair, on mobile the title lengths staying reasonable really helps HN homepage readability.
          • kakacik 11 minutes ago
            Also even though new such hardware is cheap for our western standards, its a mistake to think this is valid for entire world for various reasons
    • upupupandaway 49 minutes ago
      I wish we could get rid of the "Here's why" and similar clickbait fragments in titles.