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Spotted Hyena

Crocuta crocuta

Photo by nwelch101
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

This guy was hiding in the bushes.

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Comments (3)
animaisfotos
Great light. Nice capture. Thanks for sharing.
nwelch101
Thank you! We were always watching the hyenas, hoping for a chase. We discovered that they are very lazy!
Carolina
I used to hate Hyenas when I was a kid, because of the Lion King movie haha, but after seeing them in real pictures, I changed my mind. This one is really cute, and I love the shadow of the plant on his right eye.

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2011 Best Wildlife Photo
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PublishedMay 3, 2011

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