Hyenas are usually scavengers, living on carrion , or the rotting remains of dead animals. the unsavoury diet of the hyena gives it a bad smell. the hyena is also not an attactive animal. It has scruffy fur and its hind legs that are much shortner than its forelegs, giving it a skulking appearance.
For many of us, the first thing that comes to mind when one hears the word 'hyena' is that its an animal that laughs. A hyena's laugh piercing the air could send a shiver up your spine. Actually, hyenas don't laugh. when this animal gets excited, it does make a howling and clucking noise that sounds very similar to an insane laughter. Though the hyena is not a cute or lovable animal, it performs a valuable service in earth' food chain as a scavenger , ridding the environment of dead animals remains.
4 comments:
at: July 1, 2011 at 3:27 AM said...
Nice facts Geeta....I have seen Hyenas many times in my hometown...there's an area where they move around the whole night.
at: July 1, 2011 at 10:13 AM said...
Find them interesting creatures, wish I could see them upclose on an African safari. Have never seen one live even in a zoo, watched on tv on animal shows but that's it
at: July 3, 2011 at 11:28 PM said...
Very Interesting! Dint know they couldn't laugh :D
at: July 5, 2011 at 2:00 AM said...
It is nice to browse through your facts collection. Simple and neat work.
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