1. Hyenas vary in size, Largest are spotted hyenas with 35 inches in height & 90 pounds in weight. smallest are aardwolves with 20 inches in height & 60 pounds in weight.
2. Females are larger & more dominate than males.
3. Hyenas live in territorial & large clans that can consist of up to 80 members. Aardwolves are solitary animals that gather only during mating season.
4. They are both hunters & scavengers (they eat carrion's).
5. Aardwolf eats termites.
6. They are nocturnal animals. ( hunt at night).
7. Hyenas mark their territory with white droppings produced in the anal gland. This substance has a strong small &it informs other hyenas are territory is already occupied.
8. Hyenas use various sounds, postures & signals to communicate with each other.
9. One of the most characteristic sounds that hyenas produce is laughter. This sound alerts othe hyenas that new source is located.
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10. Worst enemies of hyenas are lions & hunting dogs. Hyenas
are cannibals. They attack & eat other hyenas especially when they are young!
11. Male & female hyenas look alike & have very similar genitals . but they are not hermaphrodites ( animals that may act both as males & as females at the same time). Only female hyena gives birth & takes care of her cubs.
12. After mating season, it takes 90 -110 days for babies to be born. One female gets 2-4 cubs & she takes care of them in the "natal den" ( special den reserved only mother with cubs) for 4 weeks.
13. Cubs fight with each other to establish & achieve best feeding position or desired order of feeding this might end up fatally.
14. Mother feeds cubs with milk 12-18 month, but they will start eating meat as soon as they reach 5th month.
15. Hyenas live 10-12 years in the wild & up to 25 years in captivity.
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