Talk:Spotted Hyena
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[edit] Reworking
[edit] Minor Error
Regarding: "An adult hyena's bite pressure can reach over 4000 Newtons", Newton is not a unit of pressure.
What was wrong with the previous value of "50 kilograms per cm² (800 lb per square inch)" ?
[edit] Propaganda
A death census was taken in 2006, which showed that in addition to being at risk to human trafficking, “More than 280 orphans have died in our community of Nyamlell, Sudan this year alone, simply because they do not have a safe place to sleep at night.”
The whole "in addition to being at risk to human trafficking" bit sounds like some propaganda from some human rights activist, and doesn't really have anything to do with the article. It should be removed.74.224.92.248 02:44, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mating
Some more detail on how the mating works if both parties have a(n erect) penis would be appreciated. --194.81.255.254 16:13, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] GQ article
There was this article in GQ from a couple of years ago about a group of roaming street people or something in Southern Africa that had sedated pet hyenas they showed around for money, has anyone seen this article?
Arthurian Legend 01:51, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Original:
"Early in the Christian era and continuing through the middle ages, two themes emerged: that hyenas changed sex from year to year--a morally unacceptable practice--and that they preyed upon human corpses, digging up graves. The former was linked metaphorically to the Jews and reflected the anti-semitism of this extended period, while the latter was threatening to many human traditions and persists to the present day."
Wikipedia:
"Early in the Christian era and continuing through the Middle Ages, two charges against hyenas emerged: that they could swap gender, which was a morally unacceptable practice, and that they feasted upon human corpses, digging up graves. The former was symbolically linked to the Jews and reflected the anti-Semitism of this extended period, while the latter was threatening to many human traditions and persists to the present day."
This is not a paraphrase, this is just copying with a few key words changed. If the paragraph is relevant it should be appropriately paraphrased and tied in to the text better. I removed it for now for this reason. --Blechnic (talk) 15:13, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Update to match MSW3
I will be updating all of the hyena aritcles to match the following taxonomy from Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed, 2005):
If you need to discuss this, pleae contact me on my talk page. If no one objects, I will proceed in 48 hours. - UtherSRG (talk) 23:04, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
