Why are lions and hyenas enemies?

Answer 1

This is a obvious question lions only kill hyenas because hyenas try to take their food kill their young and try to kill them they can be a pest to the lions and sometimes a big threat to them their the reasons for ya.

Answer 2

A group of hyenas are capable of driving off a pride of lions. It depends on the numbers of each animals at the time. Though hyenas were thought to be scavengers, it is now known that they are quite able to hunt the same prey as lions. So directly competing with lions, leopards, cheetahs, etc, for food.

Answer 3

Lions kill Gazelles for the same reason that they kill other medium to large grazing animals. Lions are strict carnivores, or meat eaters, and to get enough meat to survive they must kill herbivorous animals to eat.

Answer 4

Hyenas normally attack and kill the young ones of lions. The mother lion normally provides protection to the young ones in order to keep them safe at all times.

Answer 5

mainly because they compete for food.