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We were lucky enough to spot a hyena den with many very young cubs. They were extremely curious & came right up to the landrover, even climbing onto the door thresholds & biting the tires! The adults in the photos are probably 'baby-sitters', young females left to guard the den & the cubs while the rest of the clan hunts. Hyenas are very social animals & the cubs will feed from any lactating female, not just their mother.
Spotted on Oct 28, 2008
Submitted on Aug 18, 2011
5 Comments
Thanks guys! We were privileged to be able to watch them for over 30 minutes & the cubs were very cute! The adults not so much! :)
I agree with Doina!
excellent spotting, my copliments!
b eautiful Karen,the second photo is amazing,the litle guy as a cut look,cool
nice spotting ..