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 .

另一方面，许多灵长类动物都表现出世袭的特点，尽管我更倾向于雌性动物和斑鬣狗。