Hyenas are not just scavengers
Often misunderstood, spotted hyenas are highly efficient pack hunters and scavengers, using powerful jaws and social cooperation to dominate the African plains and maintain ecological balance.
Spotted hyenas, often misjudged as mere scavengers, are incredibly efficient hunters and foragers on the African plains. These social animals live in large clans of 20 to 80 individuals, allowing them to overpower competitors and secure food quickly. Their jaws can exert a crushing force of up to 1,100 pounds per square inch, stronger than a lion's, enabling them to devour an entire carcass, bones and all.
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