Spotted hyena;Crocuta crocuta), drinking by night at the waterhole, Shompole wilderness, Shompole Community, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

crocuta crocuta natural area savanna adult alone glance walk drink to outdoor front shot overview backlighting reflection night carnivore diet watering place look crocuta dust speckled hyena crocuta crocuta three quarter shot thirst east african rift valley bank rive puddle august private reserve water surface black background nobody shompole conservancy nature natural areas ecosystem ecosystems savannas adults single lonely only solo one lone glances looking at camera walking drinking lap lapping drunk outdoors outsides outside front views front sights front sight front shots front view overviews global sight global sights full length backlightings backlit reflections mirror image reflected reflecting nights nightime carnivorous animal carnivores diet carnivorous animals meat eating animal meat eating animals backwaters watering places backwater waterhole waterholes looked looking dusts speckled hyenas spotted hyena spotted hyenas three quarter views three quarter view three quarter shots three quarter sight three quarter sights three quarter length thirsting great rift valley rift valley water edge banks rive water edges puddles least concern species private reserves water surfaces watersurface watersurfaces black backgrounds with nobody naturalness area low formation stage of development individual enumeration morphology zoology morphology organism gait locomotion motion feeding behaviour behavior shot light effect ambiance diet pattern species freshwater wetland area hyaenidae carnivora mammalia cynodontia therapsida eupelycosauria synapsida tetrapoda tetrapodomorpha rhipidistia sarcopterygii euteleostomi gnathostomata vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota mineral matter matter substance hyena carnivoran mammal therapsid synapsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal fracture geology landform earth's crust artificial wetland area low risk iucn) lr iucn red list of threatened species natural reserve environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment water matter rift valley province kenya east africa africa