Despite Iglesias Trade Leyland Says Tigers Will Miss Peralta
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The Detroit Tigers acquired Jose Iglesias in a three-team trade last week in
anticipation of this week's Biogenesis suspensions.
Jhonny Peralta was among the suspensions as he received a 50-game ban.
"I will say we will miss Jhonny Peralta and that's the end of it adidas
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to discuss it any further. I do owe you that comment, I think."
Leyland is confident that his Tigers will remain driven and won't be
distracted by Peralta's absence.
"They did a great job of maintaining their focus pretty good on an
uncomfortable day for you and me and the players and everybody else," Leyland
said. "They did a terrific job of keeping their focus on the task at hand
because it was not a fun day, obviously, for baseball."
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frequently seen wildlife is the spotted hyena, yet little is known about them.
In the traditional African society adidas
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one'. This has been due to the way of feeding of the hyena. Known as a
scavenger, the hyena is actually a great hunter and scavenging only makes 5%-
10% of their meals. They rarely leave any evidence especially because they
devour everything. For example they can make a kill in the night and the only
sign will be light blood stains. In the recent years the complexity of the
hyenas has been revealed. Lots of time has been dedicated to studying them. This
article is about hyenas and their survival tactics in the savannahs of Kenya.
They range throughout sub-Saharan Africa in savannah, arid areas, and open
woodlands. So far they aren't present at the coast. There exist three species of
hyenas in Africa. Two species are found in Kenya. The most common being the
spotted hyena, crocuta crocuta. They live in groups called clans and the clan is
under the leadership of the oldest female, the alpha female.
Interestingly adidas
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and are heavier than them. The females genitalia are very masculinized which
contributes to their being aggressive. Such sex dimorphism is not common with
other wildlife. This is due to the presence of higher level of testosterone in
the female's body than that of the males. A distinguishing feature with the
hyenas is the 'haunch-back' and short hind legs. They hold their head low when
they walk. Usually the head has a rounded skull and long ears. They have
extremely strong jaws and a complex acidic digestion system. This is one of the
factors that give them a step ahead for survival. They are capable of ingesting
bones, horns, hooves and the tough animal skins. Only the hair is not digested
and this usually comes out in the form of bolus or locally referred to 'hyena
hair ball'. All this bone matter that they eat is what makes the hyena feces
chalk-white. They hunt in packs in a way that could be termed as ruthless as
they do not have a killing bite. They lack in hunting technique and most cases
they run down their victim to exhaustion. Usually they attack their prey and
tear chunks before their victim dies. It is interesting to know that lions steal
lots of their kills. It is true that hyenas do the final cleaning by chewing the
bones and the skins left by others. In some cases the hyenas have succeeded to
steal from the lions but in most of occurrences the reverse is more common. The
reproduction and life cycle is not seasonal. The females do not however mate
with their members of the clan. They can take any other wandering male for
mating and discard him. Four months is the gestation period and usually give
birth to up to four cubs. These are usually black in color with some others
having small taint of black. A weird thing that happens with the cubs is
competition over who nurses first. This in most cases result in fighting for
dominance. The looser usually starves to death and this is only with the female
cubs. Hyenas, unlike other wildlife take very long to wean their cubs. It may
take between 14-18 months. The female can lactate up to 12 months with milk that
is very high in protein percentage.( 14%). The cubs start following the mother
to the point of kill when they reach 1 year. They do not bring back food to the
den. They eat to their fill on the spot. The female cubs stay in the clan of
their birth but males are kicked out when they reach around 2 years. Apart from
playing with the cubs the male has no role in upbringing of the cubs. One clan
can have between 20-100 members, all on the matriarchal system. All the members
are related. Each clan digs its own den which comprises of deep and long tunnels
to accommodate the clan. They mark their territory through anal sac secretions.
This is a paste that they use to define their boundary and is deposited at the
edge of their territory. That is their home-territory that they protect and
intruders are not welcome. They have a greeting system of sniffing each others
genitalia and also as a way of identification or recognition within members of
the same clan. To the untrained eye, it is difficult to differentiate between
males and females. This is because of the physical resemblance of the female's
genitalia to that of the male. But in any case they are female organs. The
females are not hermaphrodite as some have claimed at first sight. Hyenas have
'toilets' whereby all the members go to deposit their dung. This adds to the
boundary markings of their territory. They communicate in a number of ways: When
about to attack the tail is held high adidas
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back, it is a sign of excitement. And when frightened they hold the tail tucked
between the legs. When there is presence of food, this is the time you hear the
famous 'hyena laughter' especially in the night. This laughter is a call to
other clan members and can be heard up to 3 kilometers a.