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00:51 - Usually the lionesses who do the hunting.
00:54 The lion takes little part in the hunt,
01:01 but he always eats his fill of the kill
01:03 before the rest of the pride begin their meal.
01:05 Lions prefer to hunt zebra and wildebeest.
01:12 These animals are slower and easier to catch
01:17 than gazelles and small antelopes.
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01:23 The actual hunt is an organized event.
01:27 Some lionesses lying in wait,
01:29 downwind of the herd they have targeted.
01:31 One animal from the herd, perhaps a slow or injured one,
01:42 is singled out and killed by dragging it to the ground
01:45 and biting its neck.
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01:50 When prey is scarce, lions eat almost anything,
01:55 including fallen fruit and carrion.
01:58 Lions and hyenas inhabit the same geographic ranges
02:09 in Africa and depend on the same prey as food.
02:16 This competition fuels a relationship
02:18 characterized by animosity.
02:20 When the animals cross each other's paths,
02:30 they react with hostility,
02:31 sometimes without apparent reason.
02:34 Observers have noted occasions where male lions
02:38 seem to take pleasure in harassing or killing hyenas.
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02:44 Because lions and hyenas both consume the same prey,
02:57 they are each other's most common competitors.
02:59 Lions are three to four times larger than hyenas
03:08 and kill larger animals.
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03:13 A group of hyenas, however, can often use teamwork
03:18 to intimidate a lion away from its kill.
03:20 Both lions and hyenas frequently steal from each other.
03:31 Lions have learned to recognize the feeding calls
03:36 of hyenas after a recent kill.
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03:41 They follow the calls to the source
03:44 and chase the hyenas from their prey.
03:46 Although it would seem abundant prey
03:50 would lessen the hostility between lions and hyenas,
03:54 the opposite has been observed.
03:55 When hyenas compete over a kill with adult male lions,
04:03 the lions will always dominate or take over the kill,
04:07 no matter how many hyenas are recruited.
04:09 The hyenas may nevertheless harass feeding lion males
04:16 to make them abandon the kill or distract them
04:19 by taking scraps of meat and bones.
04:21 In most cases, though, the hyenas will simply lie down
04:29 in the vicinity and patiently wait for the lions
04:32 to become too hot or full and leave the carcass.
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04:38 Hyenas and lions have a wide geographic overlap
04:43 in their ranges.
04:44 When disputes occur, the hyenas normally have the upper hand
04:52 because they have their clan to fall back on.
04:54 Hyenas are more than capable of fending off
05:03 and holding their own against lions.
05:05 With a heart twice the size of a lion's incredible strength,
05:09 jaw pressure reaching 1000 PSI
05:12 and intellect comparable to primates.
05:15 In reality, lions do exactly what hyenas do
05:20 when it comes to scavenging.
05:22 Lions are known to follow hyena calls
05:29 and literally drive the much smaller hyenas around
05:32 with their huge bodies.
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05:36 Hyenas can keep or take over kills
05:43 if the group of lions they encounter
05:45 consists of females and young males
05:47 and if they manage to recruit at least six times
05:50 more members than the lions.
05:51 It is quite common to see a group of hyenas
06:00 hold their ground against lionesses
06:03 or sharing a large kill with a lioness.
06:05 That is why hyenas as pack hunters
06:16 take advantage of their numbers.
06:18 Hyenas were known to kill lions
06:27 and carry their bones back to their dens
06:29 during the Pleistocene Epoch.
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06:33 Furthermore, several of the lion bones
06:40 show signs of having been chewed by spotted hyenas.
06:44 Sections of lion skulls have been cracked off,
06:54 lower jaws have a regular history of breakage
06:57 and limb bones have been nibbled,
06:59 all of which line up with hyenas'
07:01 unique body dismantling techniques.
07:04 When feeding on lions,
07:11 the feeding hyenas did not do anything unusual.
07:15 The pattern of damage on the lion bones
07:23 is identical to that found on horse,
07:25 rhinoceros and elephant bones,
07:27 implying that the hyenas continued to use
07:30 the same mechanism for dismantling bodies.
07:32 Hyenas are more so built for pack hunting.
07:45 Keep in mind that hyenas regularly tangle with each other
07:48 to achieve higher ranks in their very strict hierarchies.
07:56 Hyenas usually travel in groups while leopards are solitary.
08:00 The hyena also has a much stronger bite
08:07 reaching 1,000 PSI, more than half a ton.
08:10 In comparison, leopards can only bite with 310 PSI.
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08:26 In fact, their bite is only a little over
08:31 one third the power of the hyenas.
08:34 One bite from the hyena can and will break a bone,
08:43 possibly a shoulder or leg bone.
08:45 Both of them are pretty physically strong.
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08:56 Unlike cheetahs, who catch their prey as fast as possible
09:02 before their small stamina empty,
09:04 hyenas are known for a tactic called persistence hunting.
09:08 They run after and follow their prey
09:15 for literally hours on end and able to take down
09:18 the exhausted wildebeest they might have been chasing.
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09:24 On the flip side, leopards are known to be strong enough
09:31 to drag prey animals larger than itself up
09:34 entire trees to eat privately.
09:36 Hyenas and cheetahs are two of the most
09:44 ferocious animals in the wild.
09:51 Both of them have different skills and gifts.
09:54 Hyenas are adept killers,
09:59 while the cheetahs are the fastest mammals.
10:02 Both of these gifted species often get in conflict
10:08 with each other and hyenas are the ones who always win.
10:11 Cheetah can possibly beat a hyena, but it's difficult.
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10:21 The cheetahs need to avoid a 1000 PSI bite force,
10:25 while the hyenas need to avoid a 400 PSI bite force
10:29 and some sharp claws.
10:31 However, cheetahs are smart and practical animals.
10:37 They never like to risk their lives for just one kill.
10:44 Besides, cheetahs can effortlessly kill another antelope
10:48 if the hyenas stole their kill.
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