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The collective nouns for hyenas are:a clan of hyenasa cackle of hyenas
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They are called "clans" not "packs," and there used to be about 500 HYENAS in a clan! Now since hyena numbers are going down, there are only around 80 in a clan.
The noun 'clan' is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a group of people or animals. The noun 'clan' functions as a standard collective noun for a clan of badgers, a clan of hyenas, a clan of Scots.
The 'family' unit of hyenas, the clan, is led by a dominant female, called the matriarch, and consists of anywhere from 5 to 90 members.
There are no alpha male hyenas as in terms of canines or felines. Hyenas have a matriarchal society (like elephants). So, the males would be submissive to the clan mother. Even if they did fight the clan the results would not be in favour of success.
On the movie The Lion King, Scar and the hyenas died before Simba became the king.
the jarhead clan
Male lions...and depending on where the individual hyena falls in the clan's hierarchy there is usually a lot of fear within the social ranks, esp from the male hyenas, who rank lowest.
Actually spotted hyenas and lions are actually mortal enemies because they are in direct competition for resources. Leopards are less dangerous to spootted hyenas because their solitary nature limits their ability to prove a serious threat to a clan of hyenas. The more solitary brown or striped hyenas may be more susceptible to Leopard attacks.
Yes and no. While hyenas live in clans, it's normal for many clan members to go off hunting by themselves, only returning to the clan at night; they're not as social as, say, wolves. It's also normal for several of them to band together to take down larger prey (when hunting zebras, packs numbering from 10-25 have been reported).
It's not a laugh like a human laugh, those vocalisations are far reaching ways of hyenas to communicate with their clan. Hyenas are social animals which live in huge groups (called clans) that may be spread out over a large area. They depend on numbers to scavange effectively from other predators, such as a pride of lions, so they "laugh" to signal that they have found food or some other reason for other hyenas of the clan to join them.