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A single spotted hyena can eat at least 14.5 kg of meat per meal, [20] and although they act aggressively toward each other when feeding, they compete with each other mostly through speed of eating, rather than by fighting as lions do. [21] Spotted hyenas can take less than two minutes to eat a gazelle fawn, [22] while a group of 35 hyenas can ...
Diurnality, plant or animal behavior characterized by activity during the day and sleeping at night. Cathemeral, a classification of organisms with sporadic and random intervals of activity during the day or night. Matutinal, a classification of organisms that are only or primarily active in the pre-dawn hours or early night.
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 ]
Copulation in spotted hyenas is a relatively short affair, [76] lasting 4–12 minutes, [59] and typically only occurs at night with no other hyenas present. [76] The mating process is complicated, as the male's penis enters and exits the female's reproductive tract through her pseudo-penis rather than directly through the vagina, which is ...
Also unlike spotted hyenas, all adult members of the clan will carry food back to the cubs. [7] They are not fully weaned and do not leave the vicinity of their den until they reach 14 months of age. [6] Brown hyenas reach full size at an age of around 30 months [14] and have a life span of about 12 to 15 years. [15]
Hyenas are large, powerful animals, up to 80 kg (176 lb) and represent one of the most prolific large carnivorans on the planet. The aardwolf is much smaller and is a specialised feeder, eating mainly harvester termites. Family Herpestidae (mongooses, kusimanses, and the meerkat) has 32 species. Previously, these were placed in the family ...
The aardwolf (Proteles cristatus [3]) is an insectivorous hyaenid species, native to East and Southern Africa.Its name means "earth-wolf" in Afrikaans and Dutch. [4] [5] It is also called the maanhaar-jackal [6] [7] (Afrikaans for "mane-jackal"), termite-eating hyena [8] and civet hyena, based on its habit of secreting substances from its anal gland, a characteristic shared with the African civet.
The image of striped hyenas in Afghanistan, India, Pakistan and Palestine is more varied. Though feared, striped hyenas were also symbolic of love and fertility, leading to numerous varieties of love medicine derived from hyena body parts. Among the Baloch people, witches or magicians are said to ride striped hyenas at night. [12]