Spotted Hyena & Pup © Brian Basson Photography
Photo taken in the Kruger National Park, South Africa next to a road. This hyena mother had made a culvert, running under the road, her den.
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Photo taken in the Kruger National Park, South Africa next to a road. This hyena mother had made a culvert, running under the road, her den.
The Spotted Hyena, also known as the laughing hyena due to the unusual and eerie sounds it makes. After the African lion, the spotted hyena is the largest carnivore in Africa, weighing up to 180 pounds (80 kgs) and standing up to 30 inches (76 cm) at the shoulder. These are complicated, intelligent, and highly social animals with an awful reputation.
Hyenas have long been considered scurrilous and sneaky scavengers, but they are actually very skilled hunters and clans will organise to take down prey as large as zebra. Source: Animal Facts Encyclopedia
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The Spotted Hyena, also known as the laughing hyena due to the unusual and eerie sounds it makes. After the African lion, the spotted hyena is the largest carnivore in Africa, weighing up to 180 pounds (80 kgs) and standing up to 30 inches (76 cm) at the shoulder. These are complicated, intelligent, and highly social animals with an awful reputation.
Hyenas have long been considered scurrilous and sneaky scavengers, but they are actually very skilled hunters and clans will organise to take down prey as large as zebra. Source: Animal Facts Encyclopedia
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