Hyena Nursing (1 of 1)
I’ve watched a lot of African wildlife documentaries and know to respect hyena, but they are still hard to love. Their behavior is fascinating and their hunting prowess admirable, but they always seem dirty to me and don’t exude “cute” or “adorable” for anything other than maybe their mother. That said, my admiration for them exceeds my distaste and I enjoyed observing them both at their den and in the field. They were very numerous in the Maasai Mara, and we saw them repeatedly during the day and I could also hear them calling from my tent at night. The one time the lion pride I was denigrating for their unsophisticated hunting prowess ate, that I witnessed, was when they stole a hyena kill. I’ve attached the “cutest” hyena shot I took, but I still have a hard time associating that word with it. (Spotted Hyena, aka Laughing Hyena – Crocuta Crocuta) (Sony a1, 200-600mm @ 400mm, f/6.3, 1/400 second, ISO 5000)
Hyena Nursing (1 of 1)
I’ve watched a lot of African wildlife documentaries and know to respect hyena, but they are still hard to love. Their behavior is fascinating and their hunting prowess admirable, but they always seem dirty to me and don’t exude “cute” or “adorable” for anything other than maybe their mother. That said, my admiration for them exceeds my distaste and I enjoyed observing them both at their den and in the field. They were very numerous in the Maasai Mara, and we saw them repeatedly during the day and I could also hear them calling from my tent at night. The one time the lion pride I was denigrating for their unsophisticated hunting prowess ate, that I witnessed, was when they stole a hyena kill. I’ve attached the “cutest” hyena shot I took, but I still have a hard time associating that word with it. (Spotted Hyena, aka Laughing Hyena – Crocuta Crocuta) (Sony a1, 200-600mm @ 400mm, f/6.3, 1/400 second, ISO 5000)