April Fool's prank - Dav

In Europe, hyenas have been extinct for a long time and in most inhabited areas there is no one who fulfills the role of "sanitary", an exception is the Alps region (below the snow line) where there is a remnant population of those who successfully fulfill the role of hyenas 

A number of years ago, a Swiss zoologist (armchair) was traveling with me, when I showed him the tracks of a hyena, he asked how do you distinguish them from the tracks of a wolf or a dog? I showed him one of the characteristics - the noticeable difference in size between the front and back footprints (feet), the Swiss was so impressed that after a few months he sent me the following story:

In Europe, hyenas have been extinct for a long time and in most inhabited areas there is no one who fulfills the role of "sitter", an exception is the Alps region (below the snow line) where there is a remnant population of those who successfully fulfill the role of hyenas, a creature the size of a jackal whose fur is gray with brown tones and Bright spots, local zoologists say that it is a member of the hyena family, its Swiss name Hyena Alpinus is also its scientific name and hints at its closeness to hyenas, its popular name in French-speaking areas. .. Daow, a mythological way of life and a lifespan of decades are attributed to him, the name Daow was given to him because of his special call that reminds of the howl of a jackal. The unique morphology of the dove (below) gave Lamarck one of the impulses to develop his ideas on "inheritance of acquired traits".

The dove lives in hidden dens and is active only on dark nights, therefore few people have been able to see it, it survives by preying on rodents and ground birds and of course laggards and sheep. The dove is solitary, the females meet with the males only for reproduction. Because of its rarity and its "shy" behavior, the time of pregnancy, the number of puppies, and the time of care until maturity are unknown. But it must be assumed that the times are similar to hypocrites.

As with the hyenas, it is difficult to identify and differentiate between the pairs - between male and female according to the reproductive organs, but unlike the hyenas, with the dove there are significant morphological differences that make it easier to identify the pairs (below), the dove is not visible but you can see the paths it creates around The mountains, as is common among mountain dwellers, the hyena's paths run along altitude lines, which prevents unnecessary expenditure of energy on ascents and descents, we mentioned the hyena's closeness to hyenas, and everyone knows that hyenas' legs are not symmetrical, the front legs are larger and stronger than the hind legs, which gives the hyena its special appearance, with the hyena There was a development that resulted from the way it moves - on the paths around the mountains, anyone who tries to walk on a slope and stay on the same height line will feel the discomfort, in order to overcome the discomfort of walking on a height line on sloping slopes, the dove's legs developed so that its right pair of legs are shorter than the left, which allows movement in the direction The watch is comfortable, mating encounters are rare, they only happen on dark nights on the mountain paths, I have already written that the special morphology allows easy mating identification.

I wrote that the right legs are shorter than the left, but this is only for the females, so they walk around the mountains in a clockwise direction, the males have short left legs that are reliable, a situation that is suitable for walking on a slope counterclockwise, so the females always walk in front of the males, therefore a meeting is only possible if a male and a female are walking on the same path , a situation that in good conditions happens once a year, but today the conditions are not good, development and construction damage the slopes of the mountains and the habitats of the Davo, therefore the chances of its survival are zero, in one place the Davo will always survive... in the mythology of the inhabitants of the Alps.