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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 ...
Hyenas have one more pair of ribs than canids do, and their tongues are rough like those of felids and viverrids. [33] Males in most hyena species are larger than females, [ 34 ] though the spotted hyena is an exception, as it is the female of the species that outweighs and dominates the male.
Spotted hyenas will sometimes follow jackals and wolves during the gazelle fawning season, as jackals and wolves are effective at tracking and catching young animals. Hyenas do not take to eating wolf flesh readily; four hyenas were reported to take half an hour in eating a golden wolf.
Zebras do not escape lions by speed alone but by sideways turning, especially when the cat is close behind. [88] With smaller predators like hyenas and dogs, zebras may act more aggressively, especially in defense of their young. [89]
Over the last 20 years, the proportion of zebras killed by lions dropped from 67 per cent to 42 per cent in the area, while the number of buffalo kills jumped from 0 per cent to 42 per cent ...
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.
By contrast, zebras may approach cheetahs and wild dogs and a single hyena is allowed to come within a few metres. To escape from predators, an adult zebra can run at 60–70 km/h (37–43 mph). [14] When being hunted by hyenas or wild dogs, a zebra harem stays close together and cooperates to protect threatened members, particularly the young.
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