 Spotted Hyena by Marieke IJsendoorn-Kuijpers (details below) Hyenas get a bad rap but they’re amazing animals. (And don’t they have the sweetest faces??) They’re often described as “scavengers”, but they’re actually excellent hunters. Spotted Hyenas have a hunting success rate which is far better than lions (around 75% of hyena clan hunts are successful, compared to only around 30% of lion hunts.) The Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) (Photo by Marieke IJsendoorn-Kuijpers used under a Creative Commons licence) |
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