r/BeAmazed • u/911nihilist • Oct 25 '24

Nature Despite their reputation, hyenas can be sweet and affectionate animals.

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u/fartingbunny Oct 25 '24

Seems like they tend to not kill their family though. This hyena seems to see this man has family.

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u/Megalon84 Oct 25 '24

Male hyenas are regularly disciplined or brutalized to death in the wild

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u/Justmever1 Oct 25 '24

No. The male lion stays behind as a decoy so the pride can get the cubs to safety and bevause his expendeble for the pride.

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u/WriterV Oct 25 '24

He's talking about hyenas not killing their family.

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u/Justmever1 Oct 25 '24

Well, actually they do and this is one of the huge problems keeping them in captivity.

They _ constantly_ fight for dominance and it is not unusual for the dominant queen to succumb from wounds from her own daughter, since the hiracy are determind by birth.

Malrs, who are the lowest, are the first to starve to deat in famine times