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News & ArtsTuesday, December 6, 2011
Animals The Death of a Hyena
Posted by Charles Mudede on Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 8:01 AM
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The female lion almost gets that horrible hyena (and all hyenas are horrible), but after a tumble, it manages to find its feet and escape with its life. Then comes the male lion. It directs all of its strength into the pursuit. This is what it means to be a shumba. The force, the swipe, the kill. The hyena is history. Watching this video makes one thing clear: Being eaten by a lion is infinitely better than being eaten by a hyena. A lion eating you has about it the nobility of a sacrifice. You want the king of the jungle to devour your heart and roar. Hyenas do not devour; they pick at you horribly.
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Of course, lions get their asses kicked by hyenas on a regular basis. They're both also matriarchal societies where the men are there to breed and look pretty. So I'm amused by the verbal erection felt for the male lion.
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@1and 2: You may be correct but your claim is contradicted by the video itself, in which a male lion kills a hyena.
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Charles just can't stand any species that not only has a matriarchal social structure but has the temerity to allow the females to have external genitalia that are nearly indistinguishable from penises.
Having personally known a pair of hyenas I can attest that they are pretty friendly when satiated and loaded with personality.
Having personally known a pair of hyenas I can attest that they are pretty friendly when satiated and loaded with personality.
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@4... Huh? It says we're better than lions. You know, thumbs and women in the workforce and everything. Yay us!
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Can we talk about the fact that female hyenas, the pack leaders, have a scary looking pseudo-penis?!?!
I think I even remember in this same Lions v Hyenas National Geo special that other female hyenas have to lick the female seudo-penis to show solidarity.
Hyenas, they nasty.
I think I even remember in this same Lions v Hyenas National Geo special that other female hyenas have to lick the female seudo-penis to show solidarity.
Hyenas, they nasty.
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Charles, you really only like pretty animals you can relate to don't you? There is no "better than" in nature. Everything is equally good in its place. Anthropomorphising should be a title for one of your "Out of Africa" posts; after all, only humans do it.
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This is why I hate Mudede posts. It's a simple video of animals doing what animals do. He apparently can't say, "I like lions - I associate them with nobility." No, he has to phrase his anthropomorphised view of animal behavior as a statement of fact. Since the Stranger gives him this bully pulpit, he certainly has that opportunity.
The self-importance, the pointless pontificating - these are why being consumed by a Dan Savage post is infinitely better than being consumed by a Charles Mudede post.
The self-importance, the pointless pontificating - these are why being consumed by a Dan Savage post is infinitely better than being consumed by a Charles Mudede post.
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@13, weirdly, those are all the same reasons I *like* Mudede posts. I don't always agree with Charles, but he's so overtly thinking about gender politics ALL THE TIME, even in (especially in!) his unrelated posts like this.
Things I've learned about what Charles considers manly:
* not crying (men do not share their sorrow in public)
* taking public transportation (men are communal; men collaborate)
* dispatch (men do distasteful things quickly, proudly and well)
He's kind of a nice complement to Savage, actually. I tend to think that Mudede is trying to get to the bedrock of what it means to be male, and Savage (generally) is trying to complicate the issue, to unsettle the notion of gender roles and gender expectations. I would hardcore LOVE to see Charles Mudede guest star on the Lovecast. That would be an argument worth witnessing.
Things I've learned about what Charles considers manly:
* not crying (men do not share their sorrow in public)
* taking public transportation (men are communal; men collaborate)
* dispatch (men do distasteful things quickly, proudly and well)
He's kind of a nice complement to Savage, actually. I tend to think that Mudede is trying to get to the bedrock of what it means to be male, and Savage (generally) is trying to complicate the issue, to unsettle the notion of gender roles and gender expectations. I would hardcore LOVE to see Charles Mudede guest star on the Lovecast. That would be an argument worth witnessing.
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Being eaten by a lion is infinitely better than being eaten by a hyena.
But which is the greater risk in these here parts?
But which is the greater risk in these here parts?
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@1 (and possibly 5) Christ almighty it was a fucking joke. And no, lion prides aren't matriarchal they're patriarchal. The alpha male is in charge of the pride. And more over, who gives a fuck if they're matriarchal or patriarchal; they're fucking lions.
And it would be, in most instances, better to be killed by a lion b/c they go for your jugular right off the bat and put you out of your misery.
And it would be, in most instances, better to be killed by a lion b/c they go for your jugular right off the bat and put you out of your misery.
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I used to watch Mutual of Omaha's "Wild Kingdom" every Sunday night (just priot to "The Wonderful World of Disney" - airing at (gasp!) 7pm.
I used to wonder why Jim and/or Marlin Perkins didn't intervene to prevent the poor gazelle/zebra/emu/whatever from being attacked and eaten by those nasty veldt cats.
The cocksuckers never did. They let the poor lanky animals die at the hands of the big kitties/dogs.
Today - I own both cats and dogs (the small variety) and every once in awhile I give them a good kick in the balls for the acts of their African evolutionary divergents.
Still, I have never forgiven Jim and Marlin, who probably spent their time off camera giving each other sloppy oral and reach-arounds. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
I used to wonder why Jim and/or Marlin Perkins didn't intervene to prevent the poor gazelle/zebra/emu/whatever from being attacked and eaten by those nasty veldt cats.
The cocksuckers never did. They let the poor lanky animals die at the hands of the big kitties/dogs.
Today - I own both cats and dogs (the small variety) and every once in awhile I give them a good kick in the balls for the acts of their African evolutionary divergents.
Still, I have never forgiven Jim and Marlin, who probably spent their time off camera giving each other sloppy oral and reach-arounds. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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