Priceless :)

Those are so cute!

For being a shy and nocturnal creature, mom's sure got some big, sharp teeth.

Puppies are cute though.

Puppies!

Actually I hate dogs and any mongrel which resembles them.

I hate the drooling, I hate the fast movements, I hate the panting, I hate all the licking, I just hate dogs.

/phobia

Look, Ma! There's a big light in the sky, just like the door to our den.
That's the son, pups. It's the den of the Sky Hyena.


***

We're twins!
We're all twins, stupid. Hyenas always have twins.

*** That's our Ma. She has a face only a puppy could love. Half bat, half dog, haunts the dreams of humans who haven't seen a hyena for 100,000 years.

Sun. Not son. Crap.

And it was the best one.

The female stripped hyena has a pseudo-penis.

This led to the medieval belief that male hyenas give birth. Presumably the pseudo-penis prevents sexual discrimination or allows the female to have more say in who she mates with.

Of course, in civilized species it's not necessarily to have a dick to have a say. It's enough to have the talking-stick. Or a gun.

vodka: J. Frank Parnell: I don't know why people are always hating on Hyenas, just look at those pictures, they're really cute and well behaved canines. But of course the media only reports on them when they eat a child or something, while in reality there are plenty of Hyenas out there which have never eaten a child. It's all just media fearmongering.

Hyenas are not canines.

They are member of the feline suborder. (new window)

brantgoose: The female stripped hyena has a pseudo-penis.

This led to the medieval belief that male hyenas give birth. Presumably the pseudo-penis prevents sexual discrimination or allows the female to have more say in who she mates with.

Of course, in civilized species it's not necessarily to have a dick to have a say. It's enough to have the talking-stick. Or a gun.

That's the SPOTTED hyena, you ignorant slut. Did you even glance at the article? Spotted hyenas over in Africa are a feminist wonder: The female is larger than the male, dominant to him, runs the pack, marks the territory, AND has the babies and does most of the fighting and hunting. And has a long clitoris that looks like a dick.

STRIPED hyenas are monogamous pair-bonded animals that are smaller, mostly eat small mammals and reptiles, and are much shyer and reclusive than their spotted brethren.

Keep your hyenas straight.

Enemabag Jones: Gyrfalcon,
brantgoose: The female stripped hyena has a pseudo-penis.
This led to the medieval belief that male hyenas give birth. Presumably the pseudo-penis prevents sexual discrimination or allows the female to have more say in who she mates with.
Of course, in civilized species it's not necessarily to have a dick to have a say. It's enough to have the talking-stick. Or a gun.
That's the SPOTTED hyena, you ignorant slut. Did you even glance at the article? Spotted hyenas over in Africa are a feminist wonder: The female is larger than the male, dominant to him, runs the pack, marks the territory, AND has the babies and does most of the fighting and hunting. And has a long clitoris that looks like a dick.
STRIPED hyenas are monogamous pair-bonded animals that are smaller, mostly eat small mammals and reptiles, and are much shyer and reclusive than their spotted brethren.
Keep your hyenas straight.

That zoology-nerd/biatch slap combination was impressive.

I try.

There is something primal about looking at a Hyena. Its like your DNA is screaming "That shiat'll fark you up!". I get it with spiders too, but not with snakes, oddly enough. And farking caves. I know there are entire civilizations that lived in caves and cave like dwellings, but every fiber in me screams "Don't go in there! It'll tear you apart!" and then I vaguely know what being torn apart feels like...which is odd because, generally, people who are torn apart don't live to pass on genetic memory. Don't know what the "IT" in this equation is either. Cave Hyena maybe. Or that dumb ass Bob who likes to jump out and grab you for the hell of it. Damn you, Cave Bob.

madanimalscientist: Slate did an awesome article on them: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/green_room/2010/04/s a d_yowlers.html (new window) It really is fascinating.

Nice link! Thank you!