SPOTTED HYENA – You can Hear their Laughing
Posted by admin - 28/08/10 at 01:08 pm
SafariKay.com has been updated with a new article SPOTTED HYENA – You can Hear their Laughing by Chitraparna Sinha.
The most common and large carnivore in Africa is the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). History speaks of hyenas in Egypt, where they would be domesticated and well looked after for the purpose of eating them.
This common safari animal, the hyena, though it is timid and cowardly by nature, can suddenly go bold and dangerously attack animals and humans.
There are three types of hyenas found in Africa:
- Spotted hyena – shy and rare to find.
- Striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) – found in East Africa.
- Brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea) – small, very shy – found in southern Africa.
A spotted hyena has cannibalistic tendency and when hungry, it can eat its young ones. The female spotted hyena is dominant over the male counterpart and weighs more. Though the external female genitalia have a superficial similarity to those of the male spotted hyena [...]
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