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Title: Why Is This Hyena Laughing?
Post by: Natasha on May 07, 2008, 12:54:43 AM
Post by: Natasha on May 07, 2008, 12:54:43 AM
Why Is This Hyena Laughing?
Link (http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/environmentandenergy/archive/2008/05/06/why-is-this-hyena-laughing.aspx)
5/7/2008
"Because she's a dominant hermaphrodite with the social intelligence of a primate, that's why. Smithsonian magazine has up an amazing piece about spotted hyenas in Kenya, detailing their matriarchical clannish society and bizarre private parts (hyenas were long thought to have witch-like powers, including the ability to change gender at will to foil predators—in fact, female hyenas have extremely long "peniform" clitorises and bulbuous labia that look like testicles, and even scientists can't always tell the difference)."
Link (http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/environmentandenergy/archive/2008/05/06/why-is-this-hyena-laughing.aspx)
5/7/2008
"Because she's a dominant hermaphrodite with the social intelligence of a primate, that's why. Smithsonian magazine has up an amazing piece about spotted hyenas in Kenya, detailing their matriarchical clannish society and bizarre private parts (hyenas were long thought to have witch-like powers, including the ability to change gender at will to foil predators—in fact, female hyenas have extremely long "peniform" clitorises and bulbuous labia that look like testicles, and even scientists can't always tell the difference)."