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Hyenas do not regurgitate food for their young and male spotted hyenas play no part in raising their cubs, [44] though male striped hyenas do so. [ 51 ] The striped hyena is primarily a scavenger, though it will also attack and kill any animals it can overcome, [ 45 ] and will supplement its diet with fruit. [ 52 ]
The bulk of the NatGeo episode follows a pack of hyenas and a pride of lions, both with female leaders. The story of the hyenas is one of a transfer of power from one matriarch to another.
Most hyenas were caught incidentally in traps meant for other animals. [57] Some hunters in southern Punjab, Kandahar, and Quetta, catch striped hyenas to use them in hyena-baiting. The hyenas are pitted against specially trained dogs, and are restrained with ropes in order to pull them away from the dogs if necessary. [12]
Lions may charge at hyenas and maul them for no apparent reason; one male lion was filmed killing two hyenas on separate occasions without eating them, [121] and lion predation can account for up to 71% of hyena deaths in Etosha. Spotted hyenas have adapted to this pressure by frequently mobbing lions which enter their territories. [122]
Mother sea otter with sleeping pup, Morro Bay, California. In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups.
The luckier party scrams back to the van, which has meanwhile attracted unwelcome interest from a pack of hyenas. “Endangered Species” is at once formulaic and a tad bizarre. It’s a family ...
Spotted hyenas have also been found to catch fish, tortoises, humans, black rhino, hippo calves, young African elephants, pangolins and pythons. [7] There is at least one record of four hyenas killing an adult or subadult hippopotamus in Kruger National Park. [8] Spotted hyenas may consume leather articles such as boots and belts around campsites.
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