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The other species were smaller, but still quite large compared to hyena species alive today. [citation needed] The skull of D. gigantea is proportionally larger relative to body size in comparison to living hyenas. The skull is strongly arched in the forehead region.
Hyenas then diversified into two distinct types: lightly built dog-like hyenas and robust bone-crushing hyenas. Although the dog-like hyenas thrived 15 million years ago (with one taxon having colonised North America), they became extinct after a change in climate, along with the arrival of canids into Eurasia.
The cave hyena's diet probably differed little from contemporary African spotted hyenas, [11] and like living spotted hyenas, cave hyenas probably lived in groups (which in living spotted hyenas are called "clans") and were active predators rather than purely scavengers (with hunting being predominant over scavenging in the living spotted hyena ...
The scavenger took to time to frolic in a South African watering hole and it was pretty cool.
Confusion still persisted over the exact taxonomic nature of the hyena family in general, with most European travelers in Ethiopia referring to hyenas as "wolves". This partly stems from the Amharic word for hyena, ጅብ ( jɨbb ), which is linked to the Arabic word ذئب ( dhiʾb ) 'wolf'.
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The show's episodes cover all sorts of animals and were filmed all over the globe, but the "African Queens" episode was filmed in the Ngorongoro Crater, which is in Tanzania.
Kevin Rene Richardson (born 8 October 1974), known as "The Lion Whisperer", [1] is a South African YouTube personality, wildlife conservationist and self-taught sanctuary owner who works with lions, black leopards, spotted hyenas and striped hyenas.