TANZANIA SAFARI - 162 Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) eating a Zebra, Ngorongoro Crater
Spotted Hyenas are some of Africa's most proficient predators. They kill 95 percent of their food. In Ngorongoro Crater, Spotted Hyenas are the main predator. They mostly hunt Wildebeest, Zebra and Thomson’s Gazelles.
A group of them can consume a 400-pound Zebra in 30 minutes. A single Spotted Hyena can eat at least 14.5 kg of meat per meal. Although they act aggressively toward each other when feeding, they compete with each other mostly through speed of eating, rather than by fighting as lions do. Latecomers to a kill use their massive jaw muscles and molars to pulverize the bones for minerals and fatty marrow. Hair and hooves get regurgitated later.
TANZANIA SAFARI - 162 Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) eating a Zebra, Ngorongoro Crater
Spotted Hyenas are some of Africa's most proficient predators. They kill 95 percent of their food. In Ngorongoro Crater, Spotted Hyenas are the main predator. They mostly hunt Wildebeest, Zebra and Thomson’s Gazelles.
A group of them can consume a 400-pound Zebra in 30 minutes. A single Spotted Hyena can eat at least 14.5 kg of meat per meal. Although they act aggressively toward each other when feeding, they compete with each other mostly through speed of eating, rather than by fighting as lions do. Latecomers to a kill use their massive jaw muscles and molars to pulverize the bones for minerals and fatty marrow. Hair and hooves get regurgitated later.