On a recent trip to BnD I was informed that there are no brown
Hyena's in the KNP (but there are apparently in KTP). Striped
hyenas are found in north and east Africa and what was called
Arabia. Spotted hyenas are the largest of three hyena species.
Although hyenas appear similar to dogs, they are actually more
closely related to cats, and live in groups called clans. There
are plenty of spotted hyena dotted around the park, and
apparently they only scavenge between 30 and 40 % of their food
the other 60 - 70% is hunted. The striped and brown hyena are
thought to scavenge a significantly larger portion, and hunt
less. Another bit of useless information is that they also make
extremely good mothers, so much so that is a mother dies (for
whatever reason) the aunts in the den take over nursing the
cubs. Spotted hyenas usually have 2 cubs at a time and they are
raised for about 10 months. A same sexed litter will result in
vicious fighting between the cubs (sublicide), often resulting
in death (sometimes as much