To understand how we [humans] ended up with such a strange organ..

[Carl]

Away from the human tourists, the Masai Mara is truly special, and the
Hyenas were a personal favorite. I just love the connection Zimmer
reports with social networks and brains in we humans. Zimmer's words
are, IMHO, relevant to this here NeuroSystems Engineering course. But
then, there are so many, many relevant words. Enjoy the NYTimes images
as well.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/science/04hyen.html?_r=1&8dpc&oref=slogin

One of my images, from Tanzania just south of where Holekamp is
watching, is

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceratiidae/2106802327/sizes/l/

My title is "Bone-crunching Hyena jaws or cute ears? You decide."