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Hyenas
With three species generally recognized, the hyena is a carnivorous, chiefly nocturnal mammal of the Old World family Hyaenidae. Although dog like in appearance, hyenas are more closely related to the cat family, Felidae, than to the dog family, Canidae.
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What adaptations does a spotted hyena have?
The spotted hyena has a lot of adaptations they laugh when they are being chased or attacked. The spotted hyena has very powerful jaws that can crunch large bones. They also have long tounges to lick ants of bark of trees.
Do female hyenas have male genitalia?
No.
But with Hyenas, the females have a high level of the male hormone Testosterone, making them bigger than the males. It also influences the look of their genitals, giving them something that looks a bit like a penis.
What is the bite pressure of a hyena?
It's about 1,000lbs per square inch. A human bite by comparison is 120.
Why are lions and hyenas enemies?
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.
Why are spotted hyenas important to the ecosistem?
They act as part of natures "garbage disposal" team. The eat dead meat and help decompose rotting carcasses (this is a GOOD thing, however disgusting)
What is the life cycle of a hippopotamus?
this is a idiotic question that i do not have an answer to. they are born mate have sex have kids get old and die. that's from my point of view
this is a idiotic question that i do not have an answer to. they are born mate have sex have kids get old and die. that's from my point of view
What are the attributes of a hyena?
Really good looking, smell nice, good kissers, smart and good dirty dancers
Hyenas often times use their saliva to cool themselves or they dig small holes and lay in the cool earth. Sometimes, hyenas will smear their own feces on themselves to keep cool.
They don't sweat. It's likely they have pores in their nose and skin to help dissipate heat, not to mention they're smart enough to crawl into hovels, caves and holes in the ground during the heat of the day to stay cool.
Where can I buy a hyena for a pet?
I love all animals in the world, they are so interesting and nice. My little puppy is dead, and now I want an exotic pet, something like a Hyena or a Fox. I'm so strange, huh? I want to know if you can import a Hyena to Lithuania? And I'd like to know how much money I need to buy a Hyena. Also I'm thinking about a Hyena's child from a Zoo, but... I want to know if it is possible to get a Hyena somehow?
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You can get one at a wildlife place where they save animals or internet search it.
No. While The Lion King might have demonized hyenas for you, hyenas are just like any other carnivorous mammal. They are just normal creatures fighting to survive like the rest of us. The reason why they hunt other animals is because in the wild where they live, it's a "kill or be killed" system, something that most humans have not experienced.
Brown hyenas live in dens. They like places like the Savanna, dens are built in sandy areas, near rocks.
Mostly At Parts In South Africa And Kenya. They Are Also Found In Botswana, Cameroon And Tazania
What is a newborn hyena called?
A young wolf is called a pup or a whelp.
the name of a young wolf is called an pup
What is the size of the heart of a hyena?
Although gorillas can be larger than people, their brain size is much smaller. They have a cranial capacity of 20.7 to 45.9 cubic inches while humans have at least twice that capacity if not more.
Among hyenas, only the spotted and striped hyenas have been known to become man-eaters. Hyenas readily scavenge from human corpses and hyenas habituated to scavenging on human corpses may develop bold behaviors towards living people.
What are 5 survival skills that hyenas use?
They have their teeth which those can rip out pieces and pieces of meat to eat and they use their teeth to also kill an animal so they can survive by the food they catch. they also have their eyes which can look far for predotor and kill that animal before that animal kills him
Yes, hyenas do have weaknesses. They are social animals that rely on their pack for hunting and protection, making them vulnerable when isolated. Additionally, they can be outcompeted by larger predators like lions, which can steal their kills or attack them. Their reputation as scavengers can also lead to underestimation by other animals, despite their strength and intelligence.
the hyena lives in Africa and Asia. it is part cat part dog and it won't usually hunt its own food it eats remains of a lion or leopards meal.
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Hyenas do hunt down most of their food, yes they still do scavenge on the side but most preds do. In fact lions steal the kills of hyenas a lot more then they do. which might be one reason most the time people find a group of hyenas standing around a lion eating is a good chance the lion had just chased them off of the kill beforehand.
Also they aren't exactly part cat part dog. Though they do have more dog like features, they're said to be closer related to felines, But they're even closer to mongooses and civets, but for the most part, they're their own species to a certain extent, There is four known breeds of hyena's today. The most known being the spotted hyena, followed by striped hyenas, then there is the brown hyena and aardwolf.
You can easily find plenty more info around the web, such as wiki for instance.
And here's another place http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/hyena.html
[a quote from their article]
" Spotted hyenas sometimes scavenge, but, contrary to popular belief, they kill 95 percent of their food. As hunters, alone or in groups, they equal leopards, cheetahs and lions. Yet the lion is considered noble, the cheetah graceful and the leopard courageous, while the hyena is seen as sneaky and vicious-a cringing scavenger, a graveyard lurker"
And another.
"The chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall, working in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater, expected to dislike spotted hyenas, but they soon won her over. "Hyenas are second only to chimpanzees in fascination," she wrote; "they are born clowns, highly individualistic." Wildlife biologist George Schaller, studying lions on the Serengeti in the 1960s, exploded another misperception by reporting that lions scavenged more kills from hyenas than vice versa."
And here's a blogpage from the Michigan State University [They have a research group for hyenas] http://msuhyenas.blogspot.com/
They are dog-like animals with a sloping body, as their front legs are longer than their hind legs. They have a short, sandy coat, covered with dark brown spots on the body and legs
a hiena is mamal that lives on the African saphari and in other places as well once thought to be in the dog famaly the hiena is acualy in the cat family
a hiena is a dog looking much like a grayhound but skinnier, it lives in hot countrys and is known for laughing insted of barking :)
Do hyenas eat rabbits in the wild?
Probably. There's not much hyenas don't eat. A single male Spotted Hyena is capable of running down and killing a bull wildebeest. It's conceivable that two or three hyenas could take down a rhino.
What do lions and cheetahs eat?
Cheetahs prefer impala and gazelles, because they are small enough to catch. They eat about 6 lbs of meat per day. Other items on their menu are gnu (bird), warthog, or even an occasional wildebeest calf. They also like antelope, elephant, and zebra.
As no-one preys on this animal, then it comes top of the food chain, although that depends on what eats what.
Antilope, hares, zebras,
The cheetah is a carnivore, eating mostly mammals under 40 kg (88 lb), including the Thomson's gazelle, the Grant's gazelle, the springbok and the impala. The young of larger mammals such as wildebeests and zebras are taken at times, and adults too, when the cats hunt in groups. Guineafowl and hares are also prey.
The cheetahs' prey are impalas, Thompsons' gazelle, African antelpoes,
and last but not least, jackels.
They often eat gazelles, but will also eat small mammals (such as hares) or birds
Cheetahs eat mainly gazelle, antelope, game birds, and hares. A cheetah will NEVER eat what it doesn't kill.
Well since they are carnivores, (meat eaters) they eat pretty much all types of animals that are in their natural habitats.
Is the hyena in the dog family?
No.
Hyena are the animals of the family Hyaenidae of suborder feliforms of the Carnivora. It is the fourth smallest biological family in the Carnivora (consisting of four species), and one of the smallest in the mammalia.
