Female hyenas are larger than males. They are the dominant animals in their clans. When they are ready to have babies, females attract several males, but mate with only one. Hyena cubs are born in dens shared by several females, sort of like hyena apartment buildings. The cubs depend on mother s milk for almost an entire year until they can learn to hunt for themselves.
Hyenas are skillful hunters with muscular bodies and sharp teeth.
We all bolted, with me in the front of the pack. At the end of the day, I walked back to camp smelling like dead gazelle, with traces of hyena blood on my pants and hyena saliva on my hands. I think I ll stick with fossils. Copyright 1998, Classroom Connect. All rights reserved.