Roberta Writes: Thursday Doors and d’Verse: Just for Laughs #Madikwe #brownhyenas #songparody

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Thursday Doors

For Dan’s Thursday Doors, I’m sharing a few pictures of the treehouses at Jaci’s Tree Lodge from our most recent trip to Madikwe Game Reserve.

You can join in Thursday Doors here: https://nofacilities.com/2024/09/05/welcome-to-pittsburgh/

Picture caption: doors into our treehouse. You can see me in the reflection.
Picture caption: Door into our camping drinks cabinet in the room
Picture caption: View of our tree house
Picture caption: TC and I. I am wearing my new multi coloured mini multi focal glasses.

d’Verse prompt: Just for Laughs

Mich is the host of this d’Verse prompt, Just for Laughs. Thank you, Mich.

 Just write to the theme of laughter, wherever that leads you.

Well, my mind always goes in one direction, so today, I’ll introduce you to the very rare brown hyena which I managed to see and photograph during our recent trip to Madikwe Game Reserve.

You can read Mich’s post here: https://mishunderstood.wordpress.com/2024/09/03/grandpa/

I don’t laugh, a song parody

Picture caption: Isn’t he gorgeous? One of three brown hyena adolescents.

I never laugh

I seldom vocalise

I never laugh

I make grunts and growls and cries

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Marked as near threatened, I’m rare

So, seeing me is rare

Recognisable due to my dark brown coat

With its long and shaggy hair

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Some hyenas do laugh, it sounds maniacal

It’s not a real laugh, not happy or joyful

This method of communication is creepy

A loud high-pitched hee-hee-hee

Spotted hyena, loudest animal on earth

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I live in a clan

Of solitude I’m a fan

A small family group

Is what I like best

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Clan hierarchy maintained

Our offspring are trained

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I am a nocturnal animal

Hunting and feeding at night

I cache excess food in shrubs or holes

Retrieving it within twenty-four hours

Being one of my main goals

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I never laugh

I seldom vocalise

It’s only with family

I ever socialise

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My communication

Includes aggressive displays

And mock fights

Which my status conveys

Picture caption: The brown hyena looks a lot like a dog
Picture caption: This picture shows the shaggy dark brown coat of the brown hyena
Picture caption: Isn’t he amazing?
Picture caption: brown hyena returning to the waterhole

In case you didn’t recognise it, this is the song on which this parody is based:

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  4. Well done, Robbie. I enjoyed the parody. The Hyena does look like an amazing animal. It’s sad to know they are threatened – I guess, in a way, every animal is.

    The tree house looks like a wonderful place to stay for a while. Thanks for sharing your photos.

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      1. My wife convinces me to go on trips or to events that would never enter my near-empty mind, but I sure don’t consider myself being dragged. I love her and want to make her happy. It makes me so happy that such a talented author as you enjoyed one of my books, Roberta! Thank you for the fantastic review on Goodreads! ❤

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    1. Hi Jacqui, hyenas are excellent predators with a very high kill rate, not needy at all. Multi coloured refers to the frame. mini multi focal is the lenses. I need glasses for distance but not close up. They did a blended lens so that I can at least read a map while I’m wearing them. Ugh, getting older sucks.

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      1. I’ve done the glasses on, glasses off thing for years. I finally had to break down and get progressive lens with three prescriptions: one for distance, one for the computer, and one for close-up.

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  28. That was a fun and delightful poem, which taught me about the brown hyena, an animal I did not know about before. It is so interesting that some hyenas don’t laugh. Well, like your poems says, the ones who do doesn’t really laugh. Hyenas are interesting animals.

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  31. A couple of things: for some reason I had to subscribe again, the reason I haven’t been getting your posts. Two, love this as always. Third, my wife and I are planning our Safari and cannot wait to visit your country!

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  32. Your description of the hyena made me glad I was seeing him from this distance. He doesn’t seem snuggly. That tree house, on the other hand, is snug as can be. I’m trying to imagine what it would be like to settle down on pillows while suspended mid-tree. That would be a new perspective on life for sure!

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  35. Great parody, Robbie and enjoyed the pictures as always… I’ve always puzzled as to why hyenas, and it may be less pronounced in the Brown as opposed to the Laughing, have shorter back legs which makes their backs sloping. When they run, which they seem to do well, it does give them a lolloping gait and its just not very usual amongst 4 legged animals not to have legs the same length – these are the things that keep me awake at night lol!

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  36. CHEERS to the treehouse, the drinks cabinet, your wonderful glasses, all the photos, the animals, the music ~~~~ Tons and tons of CHEERS!

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  38. Love the post Roberta, the tree-house sounds romantic. the hyena less so, resilient and resourceful, and I believe fearless (thus dangerous) but not a pretty sight (a friend often says that God must have run out of aesthetics by the time of making the hyena) 🙂

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  40. That is an awesome treehouse, Robbie. Hyenas are an odd looking animal, and always depicted in movies as a little crazy. You are so lucky to have seen them in person. I enjoyed your song parody. I know “I Love to Laugh” but I had to play it while singing the words to your song.

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