The Insane Biology of: The Spotted Hyena

Watch the extended interview featuring Dr. Kay Holekamp - the leading expert on spotted hyenas: https://nebula.tv/videos/fieldnotes-spotted-hyenas-observing-natures-fiercest-hunters Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-the-insane-biology-of-the-spotted-hyena Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscience Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann Images Courtesy of Getty Images Thanks to our Patreon Supporters: Eric Ypsilantis Robert Thompson Keith Skipper Credits: Narrator: Stephanie Sammann Writer: Ashleen Knutsen Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator: Jacek Ambrożewski Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (https://www.youtube.com/c/realengineering) REFERENCES [1] https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/spottedhyena/population-conservation#:~:text=Global%20Population&text=Tentative%20estimate%3A%2027%2C000%2D47%2C000%20individuals. [2] https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Distribution-map-of-spotted-hyaena-light-grey-and-lion-dark-grey-Most-lion_fig1_269776526 [3]https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2019/hyenas-probably-have-more-friends-than-you-spotted-hyena-social-hierarchies/#:~:text=Spotted%20hyenas%20are%20highly%20social,pecking%20order%20are%20female%20hyenas. [4]https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carnivora_phylogeny_%28eng%29.png [5] https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/spottedhyena [6] https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/95/2/246/2701321 [7] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327090170_Carnivora [8]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7747684/ [9] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/whos-laughing-now-38529396/#:~:text=Spotted%20hyenas%20sometimes%20scavenge%2C%20but,equal%20leopards%2C%20cheetahs%20and%20lions. [10] https://web.archive.org/web/20130506084714/http://data.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/1998-013.pdf [11] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3273618/ [12] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0134116 [13] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0137679 [14] https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/1365-2435.12638 [15] https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2019/hyenas-probably-have-more-friends-than-you-spotted-hyena-social-hierarchies/ [16] https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.02.074237v1.full [17] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-006-0305-y [18] https://www.uwyo.edu/news/2014/08/uw-professor-studies-communication-patterns-of-hyenas-in-bbc-documentary.html [19] https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/girls-boy-bits-pseudopenis-hyena-elephant/