Berkeley Hyenas Face An Uncertain Future

摘要

The foggy, eucalyptus-studded hills above the San Francisco Bay are a world away from the African savanna, but the spotted hyenas that live here seem content. On a recent afternoon, they excitedly jostled one another to get a better look—and sniff—at some visitors passing by their enclosure at the Field Station for the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Reproduction at the University of California (UC), Berkeley. Pink tongues darted through the chainlink fence to lick a keeper's outstretched hand. "These animals really get to you," she says. "It doesn't take long for your heart to be stolen."