Scientists wondered whether the human dietary change affected the behavior of local hyenas .
科学家想知道人类饮食的变化是否影响到了当地鬣狗的觅食。
Thorn fences keep lions , leopards and hyenas away-some of the time at least .
至少在有些时候，牛角编成的篱笆墙保护他们不受狮子、豹子和鬣狗的侵袭。
Medieval europeans would not likely have seen too many hyenas but they still had opinions about them .
中世纪的欧洲人不大可能见过太多鬣狗，但依然对这种动物评头论足。
So that to the ancient romans at least hyenas were looked up to , but only if they were dead .
因此，古罗马人认为鬣狗值得尊敬，不过只有在它们死掉以后。
On the other hand , many primates show inheritance of social position , though my understanding of the relevant science is that this is more common for females and in spotted hyenas .
