What is hyena?
Hyena is an animal in the Hyaenidae family, originally from Africa and Asia. The most famous representative of this family is probably a spotted hyena, also known as Laughing Hyena, which is originally from Sub -Saharan Africa. Animals in the Hyaenidae family at one point spread to North America, with a great variety between species, but their extent and diversity have been significantly reduced a million years ago a million years ago, despite being closer to cats. They have distinctive short hind legs that give their bodies an oblique appearance, and very strong jaws that can be used to burst large bones or to grip the neck of the prey. Hyena hair is coarse and sandy to brown colors, with many species having stripes or stains for camouflage and some have stronger hair around their neck.
These animals can live or in large groups of related individuals. Hyena is a matriarchal nature, while female hyenas are particularly known for their unusually enlargedI and protruding urogenital tracts that cause men to resemble superficially. There are very little sexual dimorphism in hypees and it can be difficult to tell men and women, unlike the distance, if a person observes a group of animals for a long time, offering opportunities to see how men and women behave differently.
Most hyenas are gadgets and can, besides the food they find, compete for fresh killing with other carnivores, including lions, including lions. Like other gadgets, hyenas have a very high tolerance to spoiled food and a very diverse diet that allows animals to adapt to available food sources. Hyenas also overthrows live prey, works cooperatives as a group for selection. It was also known to attack people and take young children.
historically, hyenas were perceived with some suspicion. The characteristic manic laughter of spotted hyenas is quite frightening and forMany Europeans were very disturbing to first encountered animals, and some people associated hyenas with bad fortune or witchcraft because they attacked graves for food. Other myths suggest that animals could imitate human voices to attract people from the safety of the campfire and mark goals for death by calling their names.