Tense Chase Follows as Hyena Trespasses on Lion Territory
February 8, 2018 - A tense scene unfolds in Kgalagadi National Park when a hyena wanders into a waterhole claimed by a lion pride. Lions are top predators throughout their range, but in the southern Kalahari the brown hyena is another formidable carnivore. In the rain-scarce Kalahari, brown hyenas sometimes meet their water needs by eating fruit. But this one is walking toward a water hole from which the pride of lionesses just returned. More than outmatched by the pride, the hyena makes a retreat.
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Lions are top predators throughout their range ...
but in the southern Kalahari …
another, less visible, carnivore has a major presence: the brown hyena.
Solitary when foraging, brown hyenas have thick, shaggy fur …
which stands up when they're agitated.
In the rain-scarce Kalahari, brown hyenas sometimes meet their water needs by eating fruit …
but this one is walking toward a water hole …
from which the pride of lionesses just returned.
More than outmatched by the pride …
the hyena makes a retreat.
