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Spotted Hyena

Crocuta crocuta

Photo by KarenL
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Description:

We were lucky enough to spot a hyena den with many very young cubs. They were extremely curious & came right up to the landrover, even climbing onto the door thresholds & biting the tires!

The adults in the photos are probably 'baby-sitters', young females left to guard the den & the cubs while the rest of the clan hunts. Hyenas are very social animals & the cubs will feed from any lactating female, not just their mother.

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Comments (5)

Thanks guys! We were privileged to be able to watch them for over 30 minutes & the cubs were very cute! The adults not so much! :)
b eautiful Karen,the second photo is amazing,the litle guy as a cut look,cool
nice spotting ..

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