#hyaena hyaena

[i-love-hyenas]

Vogelcommando, 2018

#myena #hyena #hyenas #striped hyena #hyaena hyaena #hyaenidae #feliformia #yeens

[birdblues]

Striped Hyena

#striped hyena #hyena #Hyaena hyaena #Feliformia #Hyaenidae #Hyaeninae #Hyaena #upl

[vuelode-irbis]

Striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) for tuesday

These are really fun aaaa

yeen

ID: a digital drawing of a striped hyena walking towards the right, you can see its whole body and it is looking back at the viewer.

#semana de la hiena 2 #hyena #striped hyena #hyaenidae #hyaena hyaena #irbis draws #art #digital art #my art #animals #animal art

[hyenabrainedpup]

#hate making you pick but I'm curious #aardwolves are my baby personally #hyena #spotted hyena #striped hyena #brown hyena #aardwolf #crocuta crocuta #hyaena bruenna #hyaena hyaena #proteles cristata

[thecreatureawaits]

Creature Awaits #185

Each week I plan to feature an amazing creature, admiring God's fantastic artistry.  Hopefully it’ll brighten someone’s day to see something new and interesting if they haven’t seen it before. : )

For this December, we're featuring animals from the Middle East. Who knows, maybe the Christ Child saw some of these! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays whatever you believe! - 💕

(Beautiful captures by the extremely skilled photographer, Ucumari (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

The Striped Hyena

A.K.A: Tzebua (Hebrew), γλάνος (Greek)

Scientific Name: Hyaena hyaena

Region: Northwestern Africa eastward through India

Size: About 24"-31" (~60cm–80cm) tall and 33"-51" (~85cm-130cm) long, not including the tail

Interesting Notes: References to the striped hyena are found in folklore and mythology throughout the Middle East - usually describing them as ghastly vampiric beasts.  Arabian tales mention how the hyena's gaze can place a person into a trance.  Greek legends warn that if a werewolf body is not completely destroyed, it'll return as a ghostly hyena vampire that would seek out dying soldiers and drain the last of their blood.  Persian folklore tells of the existence of half-man, half-hyena cannibals that mesmerize their prey before sucking their blood.

Of course, in reality, the hyena is a beautiful creature that plays a very important role - helping carcasses other animals leave behind to decay faster to keep harmful bacteria from washing into the surrounding water and soil. 

#creatureawaits #Striped Hyena #Hyaena hyaena #Tzebua #Zevoa #Tsavoa #hyenas #beautiful animals #beautiful mammals #scavengers #bad rep

[mammalianmammals]

Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena), family Hyaenidae, India

Photograph by Rushikesh Deshmukh DOP

#hyaena #hyena #hyaenidae #mammal #animals #nature #India

[blogforfauna]

Proteles cristata

Throughout history, there have been two types of hyenas: bone-crushing hyenas, and dog-like ones. Spotted, striped, and brown hyenas are the bone-crushing type. Of the dog-like hyenas, the aardwolf is the only species left.

Aardwolf means "Earthwolf" in Afrikaans, a language spoken in Southern Africa. Their use of burrows is what earned them the "earth" part of their name. Although wolf is also in its name and it looks very dog-like, aardwolves are not canines. They are the smallest of four hyena species, weighing around 20 pounds (9.07 kg).

Unlike the other hyena species that eat carrion, aardwolves eat insects. If they really need to they can also eat eggs, small mammals, and vegetation, but insects are preferred. Their main insect prey is termites, and they can eat up to 300,000 of them in one night using their long tongues. Their tongues are very sticky as well, with large papillae (those little tongue bumps) and sticky saliva.

Since they behave differently and are much smaller than other hyena species, scientists used to think aardwolves were not part of the hyena family. With their striped coats, researchers thought they might have even been mimicking the striped hyena.

Aardwolves are found in arid plains of eastern and southern Africa, where they live in burrows dug by aardvarks, springhares, or porcupines. Some dig their own burrows, but taking over an abandoned one is much easier. They sleep in these burrows during the day, coming out at night to hunt for insects and to hang out with friends or whatever.

I rate the Aardwolf 15/10. Little cuties :,)

Photo Credits:

(1) Catherine Withers-Clarke (2) Hennie van Heerden (3) H. van den Berg (4) Scott Roberts (5) Klaus Rudloff

#aardwolf #CUTEEEEEEE #little guys #earthwolf #hyena #aardwolves #hyaena #biology #zoology #animals #science #nature #wildlife #african animals #cute animals #animals u should know about #miniature hyena

[recliningbacchante]

#dear prudence #siouxsie and the banshees #hyæna #hyaena

[kikamationsartblog]

new ocs: Jasiri and her lil brother hofu

shes very protective of him, and she's pretty popular among the clan, and might be next in line to be the leader. But who knows. Hofu is just there lol. Terrified 24/7

#Yes they are hyaenas and live a life like hyeanas typically do in The wild. Natural Matriarchies should get akknowladged :) #Also also i just love hyaenas and when fictional characters also mimic their real life counterparts accurately<3 #my art #myart #digital art #art #fanart #illustration #old art #ocs #artists on tumblr #my ocs #yeen art #hyena #yeen furry

[i-love-hyenas]

Syrio, 2019

#myena #hyena #striped hyena #hyaena hyaena #Hyaenidae #Feliformia #yeen #hyenas

[birdblues]

Striped Hyena

#striped hyena #hyena #Hyaena hyaena #Feliformia #Hyaenidae #Hyaeninae #Hyaena #upl

[vuelode-irbis]

For the final day, a multicolor striped hyena in traditional!! (Hyaena hyaena)

I was looking forward to try out this pencil my mom gifted me, and I really liked it!!

yeen

ID: a photo of a traditionally drawn striped hyena. It is standing and looking towards the viewer, with a little of its tongue sticking out. The drawing has no lineart and it has multiple colors instead of the natural colors of this species.

#sorry for that weird id im really tired #this hyena week was fun :] thanks to the people who liked #semana de la hiena 2 #irbis draws #hyena #striped hyena #animals #animal art #hyaenidae #hyaena hyaena #its scientific name is fun cus its like yeen yeen hehe #art #my art #traditional art

[ghostly-hyaena]

Hyena time!

#WHOOOOP #pick your favorite #tumblr polls #poll #my polls #favorite hyena #favorite #hyena #hyenas #spotted hyena #striped hyena #brown hyena #aardwolf #hyaena #crocuta #animal #animals #african animals #carnivore #mammal #favorite animal #furry #hyena furry #hyenakin #gnoll #werehyena

[carrion-at-dawn]

Voyager

[ hyaena brunnea - brown hyena ]

#hyena #photography #hyenas #hyaenidae #hyaena brunnea #brown hyena #wildlife photography #animals #animal

[faithcontinue]

He sometimes looks like a spotted hyena, so I draw it.

Under the influence of The Lion King, hyenas are often considered creepy and evil, but they often hunt and eat together in cooperation with other animals.

#Spotted Hyaena #hyaena #bg3 #bg3 fanart #enver gortash #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate

[mammalianmammals]

Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena) pup, family Hyaenidae, India

Photograph by Atkesh Photography

#hyena #hyaenidae #hyaena #mammal #india #animals #nature