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Spotted Hyena

Crocuta crocuta

Photo by PunkusArnett
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Field Notes

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A pair of Spotted Hyena rested in the shade on a very hot spring day around 100 F. We learned later that they had a den full of puppies a few yards from where we were stopped but the pups were all in the den and out of the heat.

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PublishedAugust 15, 2011

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