hyena
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After the vessel transporting his family from India to Canada sinks, Pi escapes to a lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a tiger—and his situation gets more complicated with each passing day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
The team followed four animal families - leopards, hyena, wild dogs and lions - in Zambia's Luangwa Valley, capturing rare moments and revealing the intricate dynamics of life in one of Africa's wildest regions.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025
This is a musical that treasures goofy imperfection, a scene where McInnerny does a funny little tap dance, or the joy in Shannon’s hyena cackle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
While female-dominated hyena societies may not strike some as technically "queer," the same cannot be said of the countless male lions who spend most of their time in all-male groups called coalitions.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2024
I was closer to the hyena, but it wasn’t stirring.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
The subjects seem to know the meaning of boundaries, not only regarding the size of their competition or the dangers of lions, hyenas and other potential predators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
"We never had wild animal attacks before... after prosopis spread, lions, hyenas, wild cats and foxes invaded our villages," Mohammed said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025
The couple also advertised other animals through social media including hyenas, desert lynxes and pumas.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2025
Other coprolites contained bones chewed up by predators that, like today's hyenas, crushed bones to obtain salts and marrow.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024
Vondie and the rest of the fellas laugh like hyenas.
From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander
