Giggling bastards who can change gender: some facts about hyenas (16 photos)

Features of some of the nastiest animals on earth





What do we know about hyenas? The fact that they run around, neigh and chew their paws.



In fact, these animals are very cunning and hardy, and in a pack they are capable of tearing apart almost any prey. And this despite the fact that she is stronger than them, for example, a buffalo or an antelope.





The most interesting thing is that a hyena is not a stinking dog, as many people believe, but a nasty cat. This is because hyenas belong to the family of predatory mammals of the cat-like suborder.



Why is this animal disgusting and smelly? But because that's what it is.



The hyenas themselves smell of carrion, and given that they do not shy away from eating in their own lair and sleep on the rotted remains of dinner, the aroma is suitably disgusting.



By the way, hyenas rarely eat carrion and touch it when there is absolutely nothing to eat. In normal times they are active predators.



The animal that these giggling creatures attack will be unlucky; not only will they be eaten, but they will also be eaten with extreme cruelty.



It is not a problem for them to tear out pieces of meat and crush the bones of an animal that has not yet died and eat it alive.



They inflict such severe damage thanks to one of the strongest jaws in the world of mammals: its pressure during a bite corresponds to 70 kg/cm².



There are currently 4 species of hyenas in the world: striped, brown and spotted, and aardwolf.



Hyena clans have a strict hierarchy, females are larger and angrier than males, and they are the alphas in the pack. Moreover, apparently, the striped variety is luckier; they do not gather in groups on their own.



The most interesting thing is that it was previously believed that hyenas can change gender, but, as it turned out, everything is much more prosaic.



The female's clitoris is larger than the male's penis (now it is clear why pain and humiliation reign in the pack).



Hyenas remained unstudied for quite a long time, but in 1984 a detention center appeared in California. Currently there is a flock of 45 individuals living there.



Over time, it turned out that they are smart and subject to training, can live with a person as a pet, and are very loyal.



But if you want to get this animal, you should prepare for the fact that the whole apartment will smell of corpses. Even if the animal eats normally, the smell of rot comes from special glands.