Can I read Among the Bone Eaters: Encounters with Hyenas in Harar (Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures) on EtoBox?

Among the Bone Eaters: Encounters with Hyenas in Harar (Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures) by Penn State University Press.;Baynes-Rock, Marcus;Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall is a travel available to read on EtoBox.

What is Among the Bone Eaters: Encounters with Hyenas in Harar (Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures) about?

Biologists studying large carnivores in wild places usually do so from a distance, using telemetry and noninvasive methods of data collection. So what happens when an anthropologist studies a clan of spotted hyenas, Africa's second-largest carnivores, up close—and in a city of a hundred thousand inhabitants? In Among the Bone Eaters , Marcus Baynes-Rock takes us to the ancient city of Harar in Ethiopia, where the gey waraba (hyenas of the city) are welcome in the streets and appreciated by the locals for the protection they provide from harmful spirits and dangerous "mountain" hyenas. They've even become a local tourist attraction. At the start of his research in Harar, Baynes-Rock contended with difficult conditions, stone-throwing children, intransigent bureaucracy, and wary hyena subjects intent on avoiding people. After months of frustration, three young hyenas drew him into the hidden world of the Sofi clan. He discovered the elements of a hyena's life, from the delectability of dead livestock and the nuisance of dogs to the unbounded thrill of hyena chase-play under the light of a full moon. Baynes-Rock's personal relations with the hyenas from the Sofi clan expand the con

Who reads Among the Bone Eaters: Encounters with Hyenas in Harar (Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures)?

Author

Penn State University Press.;Baynes-Rock, Marcus;Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall

Publisher

The Pennsylvania State University Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780271074047

Category

travel

Subjects

Science, Anthropology, Fiction

Rating

4.07 / 5 (14 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14