So in class I mentioned that Hyena's do in fact change gender. Apparently I was wrong on that. I went home and did some research on the subject and that is in fact a myth (yes the use of that word was supposed to be ironic).
The female hyena is very often confused with the male hyena which is what started the idea that they change sex. If you want to read more about this I found a website that I linked below for everyone to read.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/hyena.html
It explains the similarities in about the 9th paragraph down.
Sorry about the misinformation!!
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