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Subject: Hyenas Give Up Scavenging For Lent
http://www.livescience.com/19490-hyenas-scavenging-lent.html
Humans aren't the only ones who give up certain foods for Lent. In the 55 days before Easter in Ethiopia, hyenas are forced to turn from scavenging to hunting to make up for Christians' fasting traditions.

Members of the Orthodox Tewahedo Church give up meat and dairy during the Lent period in Ethiopia. Now, a new study of hyena droppings finds that local hyenas, deprived of butcher scraps during this time period, supplement their diets by hunting donkeys for food instead.

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Subject: Hyenas Give Up Scavenging For Lent
I want to study hyena poop for a living but nobody will fund my research.

 

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