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Today's post is another one of two! Can you guess what tomorrow's animal will be based on today's? Each of the four species in the hyena family also gets a feaure- and yes, they all look pretty different from each other. We'll also be covering them from largest to smallest. The first three hyenas I'm featuring belong to the bone-crushing family, while the last (and smallest) is the sole member in the dog-like hyena group.
In terms of where to place them, hyenas can be pretty odd. They're social, and clean themselves in similar ways to many cats, but poop in the same way that dogs do, then mark their territories in ways similar to animals like weasels and civets. Some are noisy, but others are mostly quiet and don't make much sounds. Also, while you might know that female hyenas are bigger than amales, this doesn't hold to all hyena species, just the spotted hyena (which, to be fair, si what most people will think of when you mention hyenas).
Lastly, while they might have a reputation as scavengers- and indeed are VERY opportunistic animals and will take whatever they can get- in the wild they can catch and kill up to 95% of their food. Again, this depends on species- striped hyenas hunt far less of their food than spotted hyenas, and aardwolves eat insects. There's definitely a lot to them, isn't there?
SPOTTED HYENAS
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BROWN HYENA
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STRIPED HYENA
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AARDWOLF
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And one more! Not a hyena, though.
Today's spiders are very differently looking from yesterday's! And yes, we're going back to jumping spiders. These guys are very easy to spot on man-made structures due to being, well, very bright green and wearing mohawks (males only). Of course, in their normal habitat of gardens and shrubs, they can be much harder to see. For all the Southeast Asians on F!S- and I know there are some- here are Epeus spiders from your region.
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In terms of where to place them, hyenas can be pretty odd. They're social, and clean themselves in similar ways to many cats, but poop in the same way that dogs do, then mark their territories in ways similar to animals like weasels and civets. Some are noisy, but others are mostly quiet and don't make much sounds. Also, while you might know that female hyenas are bigger than amales, this doesn't hold to all hyena species, just the spotted hyena (which, to be fair, si what most people will think of when you mention hyenas).
Lastly, while they might have a reputation as scavengers- and indeed are VERY opportunistic animals and will take whatever they can get- in the wild they can catch and kill up to 95% of their food. Again, this depends on species- striped hyenas hunt far less of their food than spotted hyenas, and aardwolves eat insects. There's definitely a lot to them, isn't there?
SPOTTED HYENAS
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BROWN HYENA
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STRIPED HYENA
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AARDWOLF
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And one more! Not a hyena, though.
Today's spiders are very differently looking from yesterday's! And yes, we're going back to jumping spiders. These guys are very easy to spot on man-made structures due to being, well, very bright green and wearing mohawks (males only). Of course, in their normal habitat of gardens and shrubs, they can be much harder to see. For all the Southeast Asians on F!S- and I know there are some- here are Epeus spiders from your region.
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