jukes
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Sun Oct-17-04 08:01 PM
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hyenas are *not* hermies! |
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jukes misspoke. i hate when i do that; hence, this retraction:
in this thread: "http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1830553" i stated my belief that hyenas were capable of changing sex due to population pressure. when pressed, i admitted no provenance for the statement & realized that i'd probably promoted a myth.
googling revealed a plethora of pages that explained this misconception. apparently, female hyenas possess a "pseudo-penis"; the clitoris of the female has become enlarged and taken on the size & shape of the male hyenas' genitals. supposition is that this, in some manner, aids the female in dominating males; the claim is that hyena packs are matriarchal. i will *not* posit this as fact, i've already made myself an ass on the topic; i merely repeat what my web research has disclosed.
not a big point, probably won't alter any1's life, but i detest the quoting of urban legend as fact, & this was a close approximate.
i debase myself before you...
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Philostopher
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Sun Oct-17-04 08:04 PM
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1. No wonder hyenas laugh. n/t |
jukes
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Sun Oct-17-04 08:14 PM
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"seems" to be that they birth through the clitoris; if true, that's got to be a serious "owie" & no laughing matter!
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Sun Oct-17-04 11:01 PM
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No kidding!
Guess they deserve some laughter the rest of the time!
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Sun Oct-17-04 08:06 PM
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And in a case like that it would be easy for initial research to mistake females for males, thus starting the myth. Consider yourself not debased, and there was no reason to believe you were debased originally.
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jukes
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Sun Oct-17-04 08:29 PM
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hate poseurs, & know better than make claims in fields i'm not qualified in.
i'm a complete smartass, mostly; it helps to be an accurate smartass!
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Sun Oct-17-04 08:11 PM
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3. yes, my hyena friend was very offended by that misstatement, jukes |
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she'll certainly appreciate the apology...
:D
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Sun Oct-17-04 08:15 PM
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is who you're considering cohabitating w/, i officially change my stance: RUNAWAY!
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Sun Oct-17-04 08:16 PM
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okay, thanks for the advice...
:D
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Sun Oct-17-04 08:14 PM
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5. they're not assholes either |
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Sun Oct-17-04 08:20 PM
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8. they're very cool animals |
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*not* scavengers, generally when they're observed fighting w/ lions over a kill, it's the lions trying to rip them off. knew of that fact someX ago, confirmed by today's research before i quoted it here.
only recently has hyena behavior been closely studied.
kleebs, on the otherhand, are speedo-fixated, drunken assholes, not fit to portray the marlborough man, atall!
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Sun Oct-17-04 08:23 PM
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9. hey I am not drunk tonight |
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Edited on Sun Oct-17-04 08:23 PM by JohnKleeb
and I fear the speedos and of course I am nto fit to portray the marlboro man, I am overweight and well afraid of horses, kidding.
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Sun Oct-17-04 08:26 PM
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to that tobacco icon earlier tonight in your "smoking cessation" thread. the image was compelling...
you know i was teasing you re: "asshole", you're OK by jukes, but you're ALWAYS drunk and a speedo-wimp, forsure!
and def not cowboy material!
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Sun Oct-17-04 08:44 PM
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