by beanie » Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:44 pm
A: That is actually a common misconception. Hyenas are not laughing or chuckling or chortling for that matter (they're too skinny for the chortle). The true reason behind this so-called laughter is that many years ago, there was a cranky fat man (who chortled like no man's business). The details of what he did are debated by historians and car salesmen alike but it seems that he crossed a wise frog/prince who commanded his court mage (upon turning back into a human after kissing what is believed to be the buttocks of a Titan) to shrink the cranky fat man into a travel sized package.
This "package" was then set out for bait in the wilderness where the father of all hyenas, Mr. Hyena swallowed it whole thinking it was the balloon of well, narcotics he was supposed to pick up. (it's also a good time to point out that drug-mules should actually be called, drug-hyenas). Well sooner or later, stomach acid got to the best of the plastic wrapping in which the cranky fat man was wrapped, and the man began screaming from within Mr. Hyena's stomach. In order to relieve the air pressure the man built up in its stomach, Mr. Hyena was forced to open his mouth, letting the screams burst out.
Curiously enough, when Mr. Hyena produced all the little hyenas, they too grew up with cranky travel-sized men in their stomachs who ranted and raved all the time. So the next time you see a hyena "laughing," take pity on his poor soul. After all, he has a tummy ache.
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