Territories are marked by 'pasting', [24] during which the hyena deposits secretions from its large anal gland, which is located below the base of the tail and produces a black and white paste, on vegetation and boulders. [14]

Nov 12, 2013 · A pasting hyena extrudes its scent pouch outwards and drags it across a stalk of grass, leaving behind a thin layer of secretion in its wake.

Despite their very different lifestyles, spotted and striped hyenas both commonly exhibit a conspicuous chemical signaling behavior called “pasting,” a form of scent marking in which a hyena deposits an odorous secretion, called “paste,” from its subcaudal scent pouch on a …

Pasting was facilitated by the immediately preceding pasting activities of other hyenas, as has been reported to occur in nature, and olfactory investigation was the most common behavior preceding pasting.

Aug 30, 2012 · Scanning electron micrographs of spotted hyena scent pouch secretions (called ‘paste’). Panels A and B reveal rod and coccus-shaped bacteria embedded in the paste substrate. The arrow indicates an apparent division ring on a rod-shaped bacterium, and asterisks indicate presumed lipid droplets.

Dec 17, 2012 · We investigated the effect of sex, social status and life-stage on three behaviours (pasting, dry-pasting and pawing) associated with olfactory communication in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Pasting is a behaviour used to place a …

Jul 8, 2011 · Unlike many other carnivorous species, spotted hyenas do not mark their territory by lifting their legs and peeing. Instead, the animals produce a yellowish paste in their scent glands located above their anuses. The paste accumulates in adjacent pouches, which the hyenas then rub on grass stalks.

Jan 1, 2008 · We investigated the effect of sex, social status and life-stage on three behaviours (pasting, dry-pasting and pawing) associated with olfactory communication in the spotted hyena (Crocuta...

Nov 11, 2013 · Hyenas smear paste from their scent glands on grasses to communicate with one another. These excretions are produced by microbes, and not the animals themselves.

Nov 12, 2013 · Hyenas regularly communicate by smell: They mark territory by rubbing a rancid substance called “paste” from a large scent gland beneath their tail on stalks of grass that they walk over, the...