Why lions and spotted hyenas are natural predators

The lion and hyena are the two largest carnivores in Africa, and first of all, both have the characteristic of being social animals. The two often fight in groups, most of the lions are lionesses, hyenas can be dry lionesses, but male lions, directly scare away a whole group, unless absolutely necessary, hyenas will not attack lions.

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Compete with each other and evolve with each other.

Lions and hyenas are like natural enemies, so why don't lions eat hyenas after they hunt them?

The recipes of the spotted hyena and the lion pack are similar and are competitors to each other. In the absence of male lions, about three times the number of female lions can snatch the prey of the lion pack. If the male lions participate in the competition, the hyenas will scatter in a hurry, no matter how many they are.

The reason for this is that it is difficult for a female lion to kill a hyena in a short period of time even if she is alone, and killing a hyena alone will injure herself, and the injury is fatal for the lioness, and the wound is infected or abandoned by the lion. The male lion is different, it can kill any hyena in a matter of seconds, and the hyena's counterattack before death is a negligible threat. The male lion's aggressive nature and the strength to kill in seconds are the main reasons for the hyena's fear.

Hyenas can sometimes escape death under the attack of male lions, which shows the tenacity of their vitality.

In general, both hyenas and lioness will make a graph attack to kill each other when they have a numerical advantage. In any case, the male lion will look for an opportunity to kill the hyena, usually when the hyena is rushing for food or while sleeping. In other cases, the male lion generally cannot catch up with the hyena.

The reason why lions do not feed on spotted hyenas is not because of the high microbial content on them, but because spotted hyenas are carnivores and have very strong aggression and bite ability.

Although lions can prey on lone spotted hyenas by virtue of their size and numerical advantage, but in the process of predation, spotted hyenas can also cause serious damage to lions, and the probability of escape is also higher, and it is not cost-effective for lions to prey on spotted hyenas, so it is better to save energy to prey on other herbivores.

In the African savannah, in fact, there are many "happy enemies", such as lions and hyenas are the most typical pair, lions and hyenas live together in the savannah, and their living areas are almost the same, so to speak, where there are lions, there are basically hyenas, between them, only "killing", not "love". For thousands of years, the struggle between lions and hyenas has never ended, and it will never end, is their way of life.

Related to the body structure and living habits of hyenas and lions, hyenas and lions are both social animals, and hyenas and lions are comparable in number and strength, so in order to better protect the safety of themselves and their cubs, female lions try to avoid conflicts with hyenas;

Hyenas also take advantage of this, coupled with their provocative psychology and the fact that they generally do not bring their cubs when they travel, so they have an advantage.

However, hyenas are afraid of male lions because they are far superior to hyenas in terms of physical strength and attack power, and hyenas do not have to compete with male lions at the cost of the lives of five or six of their companions.

Because the combat power of a male lion is equal to 2-3 female lions, but we can't count it in quantity, we should think like this, a male lion can slap the hyena half crippled and lose its combat effectiveness, not to mention biting, that is, the teeth are scratched on the hyena, which is a deep cut by the old elder, and the combat effectiveness of a male lion is still no pressure for three or five hyenas. What's more, there are generally lions around the male lions, and the position of the male lions in the lion group is to guard the group, and they are all female lions when they go out hunting.

As long as it is an animal, males have an innate physical advantage.

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Hyenas and lions are both social animals, and a single lioness generally does not compete with hyena groups, because it is only half the size of a male lion, about 120kg, and adult hyenas are also more than 70kg. 3 adult hyenas will repel a lioness. Female lions are far less lethal than male lions.

Therefore, the hyena will not be afraid of the female lioness when the number series is three times that of the female lioness. But if there is an adult male lion in the pack, the hyena will obediently disperse. They won't risk their lives to fight lions.

Generally speaking, hyenas will not go head-to-head with male lions, because the size gap is too large, and male lions far exceed hyenas in attack power, and adult male lions can easily kill hyenas. Nor will the hyena pack compete with the lions at the cost of the lives of five or six of their companions.

It can be said that a lion pack without a male lion escort will generally lose to a hyena, and in the case of a male lion guard, the general hyena does not dare to get close.

The male lion is large, and if he is offended, he will directly kill the other party

First of all, a lioness cannot kill an adult spotted hyena in a short period of time, and even if she has the opportunity to kill a spotted hyena alone, she will be injured in the process of fighting. The female lioness is positioned as a predator in the lion pack, and if she is injured, in addition to the high risk of infection, there is also a risk of being abandoned by the lion pack. In the wild, even in one-on-one situations, lionesses rarely hunt hyenas.

The male lion is different, he has the power to kill the hyena in a matter of seconds, and the hyena's resistance is so weak to the male lion that he can even bite off his throat or bite off his spine before he can resist. Therefore, hyenas are often frightened when they see male lions.

There are also hyenas that escaped the attack of male lions, so the vitality and endurance of the hyena can be seen.

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The female lion is hunting, so it is necessary to ensure that she is in good health and does not get hurt. Female lions don't fight with sideburns, and basically use the method of driving. The male lion is different, the male lion mainly guards the territory to ensure that there are no other carnivores in his territory, even if he is injured, there are lioness hunting, so he doesn't have to worry about losing his life.

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Lions eat hyena meat, but compared to lions, they will not easily go to war with hyenas, unless there is a food competition, and lions will not eat hyena meat easily, unless they are hungry. Therefore, it is difficult to see the style of painting lions eating hyenas.

The skin and flesh of hyenas are thick and have a special sour taste, so hyena meat cannot enter the eyes of lions unless it is absolutely necessary. In comparison, the meat of bison and antelope is much tastier.

Types of lions:

1. Congolese Lions:

Congolese lions have short hair, light gray, yellow, etc., and in different places male lions also have long manes, manes are light brown, dark brown, black, etc., and the long mane extends to the shoulders and chest.

The Congolese lion has a large head, a rather broad face, a long nasal bone, and a black nose. The ears of lions are comparatively shorter and the ears are round. Congolese lions have strong limbs and their claws are relatively wide.

Congolese lions have relatively long tails with long tufts of dark hair at the ends. 2. Kalahari Lion:

The Kalahari lion has a light and agile body frame and slender and strong limbs. Body hair is light brown to grayish brown and varies by sex, age, and individual.

Male lions have a thick dark black mane on the top, neck, and shoulders that hang down to the base of their front legs, and the mane around the cheeks is often lighter in color than the coat on the body, and varies by age to pale yellow, gold, and light brown. Lionesses do not have a mane. Both males and females have black bulbous hair tufts at the tail end, well-developed canine and lobed teeth, vestigial molars, and sharp claws that can be retracted.

3. Kenyan Lion:

The male lion weighs 180 230 kg and generally has a body length of up to one meter and a tail length of up to one meter. Females are smaller, generally two-thirds the size of males. Kenyan lions have short, stiff body hair that can be light gray, yellow, or brown, while male lions have long manes that extend to the shoulders and chest.

After the male lion bites the hyena to death, he usually holds it in his mouth and then makes a round, which is a means for the male lion to show his strength, and it is also the best deterrent to the hyena group. This is one of the reasons why lions don't eat hyenas.

The second is that as a male lion, it has a strong physique, absolute strength, it can hunt its own prey, and the male lion also has a relatively fixed food (herbivore). In line with the instinct of "seeking advantage and avoiding harm", lions rarely eat hyenas that are not regular prey. Not only that, but even in a lion fight, where one lion kills the other, it won't eat.

Hyena habits.

A single hunt is often not very profitable, and 1 out of 5 successful hunts is considered good; However, hunting in groups may result in a harvest in 8 out of 11 attempts. Documentaries have shown that when hyenas hunt alone, if they find food, they will howl to summon groups to come, and even drive away larger and stronger leopards.

Hyenas are a kind of strong medium-sized beasts, they collectively hunt large and medium-sized herbivores such as gazelles, zebras, wildebeests, etc., and can even kill half-ton African wild buffalo.

In the African savannah, lions are kings, and in their territory, as long as they are targeted, they can be said to be basically unable to escape. However, lions have a natural predator called the "second brother of Africa", they are hyenas, and between lions and hyenas, they are often the kind that never dies.

<> "Why do spotted hyenas dare to provoke lions?"

First of all, there is a great overlap between the distribution of spotted hyenas and lions, and they are both mainly Zen or want to be distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, and living in the same area, it is natural to look up and not look down.

Secondly, although the size of the spotted hyena is not as large as the lion, they are also social animals, and the choice of prey has a high degree of overlap, both like to hunt prey in the weight range of 180-400 kg, the overlap of prey means that there is competition between the two, and competition cannot avoid conflict.

Third, spotted hyenas are opportunists, as long as they can eat meat, they usually will not let go, so when they encounter lions hunting alone, they will definitely not let go of the opportunity to "kill people and sell goods".

Fourth, spotted hyenas kill lion cubs, and lions actually kill baby hyenas, which leads to spotted hyenas actually hating lions very much.

Of course, spotted hyenas are not stunned, they usually go to the lion when they are alone, or when the number of groups has a clear advantage, they will go to the lion just head-on, and although the lion is strong in combat, but in the enemy I am outnumbered, I can only give up the prey, otherwise there is only a dead end.