10. HYENAS ARE DIFFICULT TO TAME. Historians theorized that ancient Egyptians domesticated striped hyenas and used them as a food source. In ancient hieroglyphics, hyenas are often depicted in ...

Toddler Kiki Wolhuter, from Zimbabwe, plays with hyenas rather than puppies. Lots of little girls might dream of having a pet puppy or pony but this two-year-old has befriended a clan of wild hyenas.

Hyena births are tricky both in the wild and ... “While we understand that these are wild animals and not domesticated pets, it is still difficult when the team loses any animal.” ...

Unlike the three other species in the family Hyaenidae, spotted hyenas are expert hunters. They do scavenge sometimes, but — contrary to popular belief — spotted hyenas catch about 95 percent ...