Comments on: Spotted Hyena: UR DOIN IT RITE

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:30:04 +0000

I havent even been on a safari at disneyland. Looking again at your picture, I’m positive that 30 seconds after it was taken she ate the photographer!

By: J.D.Regent

J.D.Regent — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:17:19 +0000

YES I became obsessed with lady hyenas when I went on a safari in South Africa. I’d love to base a band or a poem cycle on them.

By: BeckySharper

BeckySharper — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:17:10 +0000

@Joe: If one of them got hold of you, the size of it’s pseudophallus would be the least of your problems!

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:13:30 +0000

@Joe: Scared of a little pseudophallus, are you? what if its a big one?

Yes I’ve heard the sound of them alone is enough to chill you in the wild places.

By: BeckySharper

BeckySharper — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:05:12 +0000

@Joe: Scared of a little pseudophallus, are you?

I’d be more scared of the fact that their teeth can crush bones and they eat/attack EVERYTHING. When I was in Africa a couple years ago, hyenas got into our camp one night and totally tore up the place–whooping, giggling, barking, digging up food and trash, etc. We all stayed in our tents and did not come out until they were gone.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:47:07 +0000

I was thinking the one in the picture was kindof cute, but forget it now!

By: mischiefmanager

mischiefmanager — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:43:00 +0000

For God’s sake, don’t let Dockers hear about this, or we’re going to have a series of trousers for male hyenas.

By: BeckySharper

BeckySharper — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:15:31 +0000

@merelyacademic: Right?

@Feminizzle: Yeah, I read that in another piece about them. Yikes. Serious Darwinism at work. I wonder how their mortality rate/pain during labor compares to humans. I’ve always heard that humans experience both at a greater rate than other animals because of our large skulls.

By: MerelyAcademic

MerelyAcademic — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:53:49 +0000

I recognize those recognition rituals …

By: Feminizzle

Feminizzle — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:14:59 +0000

I actually read about them recently… They do give birth through their clitoris, which serves as the birth canal. Because of that, the first birth is incredibly long and painful for the females. Weaker females die in giving birth, so really only the strongest survive and thus pass their “survivor” genes onto their children. Also, it’s almost guaranteed that the female hyenas lose their first baby because it smothers during birth due to the extended length of the birth canal and the fact that it hasn’t been stretched yet to facilitate the exit.