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So I'm reading the Hyena Reaktion Book [link] and it's interesting. It gives a brief life history of the hyena species and then it dives into the discovery, culture, myth and legend and modern portrayal of the hyena. Not saying that the modern portrayal is the most accurate, but it's an interested read.

Hyenas are social carnivores with spotted hyenas being the most social and the Aardwolf being the most solitary. They are most well known for being scavengers but will also hunt live prey. The spotted hyena numbers gives them an advantage in chasing off other carnivores from their kill (although a clan of hyenas and a pride of lions differ depending on the size of each). Aardwolves are again the exception as they eat mostly insects (their skull has a reduced sagittal crest and reduced molars). Spotted hyenas have even shown to have pretty high intelligence in being able to act cooperatively to solve a problem in the way that some primates can.  
Also, they are not canines. They're more related to cats than dogs, although not by much. They are more related to mongoose and civets.
They're very misunderstood creatures often being persecuted for being the thieves of the Serengeti. Lions will scavenge just as much as hyenas will if the opportunity arises.

And now for a feature for spotted hyenas, striped hyenas, brown hyenas and aardwolves.
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:iconmisstaliena:
Oh gosh, I've been away from dA for a while and to come back to this is amazing! Thank you!
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:icondeeotter:
*DeeOtter Jan 20, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
You're very welcome!
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=Flame-of-the-Phoenix Nov 5, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Sorry for the late reply! Thank you so much for the feature!! :glomp:
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Mood: Love ~HDevers Oct 30, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
*squeals*
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:iconleahpardoe:
Wow, thanks for the feature!! :D
some maing shots up there, and yeah more people should be made aware of the true beauty of hyena and not the image Disney gave us in Lion King -_-
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:icondeeotter:
*DeeOtter Oct 29, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
You're welcome!
Yeah Disney did give them a bit of a bad rap. But the the hyenas did eventually take care of the huge antagonist in the movie (Scar) in the end.
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:iconleahpardoe:
they didnt do it in a polite way though haha
I do love them so much though, i think they're fantastic, annnnnd i love the fact that the females always rank higher than the males lol BOO YAH
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:iconmeihua:
Great feature! Was hoping to see some pseudo-penis but alas, it was not meant to be.
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*DeeOtter Oct 29, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
I don't think I found any on DA...either that or I didn't look hard enough.
I haven't even seen one myself I don't think!
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:iconmeihua:
Perhaps estrus happens too infrequently, or it only happens when visitors aren't at the zoo? :sherlock:
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