Hyenas in a sentence

Bears, dogs and weasels (originally from North America) joined cats, hyenas and civets as the African predators, forcing hyenas to adapt as specialized scavengers.

Hyenas may have occasionally stolen human kills, or entered campsites to drag off the young and weak, much like modern spotted hyenas in Africa.

It is often difficult to know whether or not spotted hyenas are the specific hyena species featured in such stories, particularly in West Africa, as both spotted and striped hyenas are often given the same names.

Of the dog-like hyena lineage, only the insectivorous aardwolf survived, while the bone-crushing hyenas (including the extant spotted, brown and striped hyenas) became the undisputed top scavengers of Eurasia and Africa.

One-to-one, hyenas dominate wolves, and may prey on them, H. Monchot and M. Mashkour "Hyenas around the cities.

Schaller, p. 213. In fact, most dead prey on which both hyenas and lions feed upon are killed by the hyenas instead of the lions.

That designation is typically reserved for those who simultaneously exhibit features of both sexes; the genetic makeup of female spotted hyenas "are clearly distinct" from male spotted hyenas.

It’s got to be better than that Hyenas game they canned though, right?

When they circle in the sky, herders in rural Guinea-Bissau know that hyenas or other predators could be moving in for the kill.

At the beginning of the movie, Simba tries to use his roar to thwart hyenas only for it to come off as cute.

Band of brothers or pack of hyenas – Chris Skelley would not swap his British Judo squad for anything.

Even among creatures as distinct as brown bears, orca whales, hyenas, gelada monkeys and wolves, they share many of the same skills of survival which often involve using alliance and friendship in addition to power and dominance.

This sighting is not an isolated incident, as similar sightings of hyenas have been reported in Pune and its neighbouring areas in recent months.

While we may not notice an encroaching rival tribe, sabertooth tiger, or clan of cave hyenas (genuinely one of our greatest competitors at the time), our dogs would.

He said elephants caused most fatalities, while hippos, buffalos, lions, hyenas and crocodile also contributed to the toll.

Nairobi — The Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife on Thursday unveiled a recovery action plan for lions and spotted hyenas in renewed efforts to attain viable populations and a healthy ecosystem.

Numerous other predators, such as the lions, cheetahs, and hyenas, gather around nearby thickets, lying in wait of the crossing grazers.

The lions had to fend off the pesky, scrappy "non-threats" that were deemed "hyenas" looking to steal the big prize and fly under the radar.

The only mammal species without baculum are humans, horses, donkeys, rhinoceros, marsupials, rabbits, cetaceans - the marine family that includes seals, whales and dolphins - elephants and hyenas.

There is no pleasing these hyenas.