Originally posted by Jog On
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Hyena are scavengers. They do not eat living creatures. They scavenge dead flesh, either by finding it or by chasing other hunters off it. Their noses are tuned to pick up the smell of blood and rotting flesh.
Their top speed is about 60km/h, whereas the three remaining subspecies of Nanger all manage at least 80km/h
Or, to put it another way, the idea of a "pack of hyenas eating baby gazelles alive" isn't something that would happen.
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