Young Spotted Hyena (Spotted Hyaena) (Crocuta crocuta), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) and young, Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana, Africa

Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) with cub, Masai Mara, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Young spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), picking up a scent, Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa, Africa

Spotted hyena with cub, South Africa, Africa

Young spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa, Africa

A spotted or laughing hyena (Crocuta crocuta) with her cubs at a carcass in the Kruger National Park.

Young hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) , Masai Mara, Kenya

Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), adult, juvenile, mother with juvenile, social behaviour, Sabi Sand Game Reserve, Kruger National Park, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Spotted Hyaena (Crocuta crocuta), juvenile, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), cub, lying on the edge of a dirt road, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Young spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) looking out of the burrow in the morning light, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Narok County, Kenya, Africa

Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) baby, female adult with her cub in an intimate position at the hyena den. Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) babies, the female adult animal with her cubs playing at the hyena den. Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Spotted hyenas eating a wildebeest young, East Africa

Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), young at the entrance of the den, Masai Mara National Reserve, National Park, Kenya

Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), adult and young, at the entrance of the den, Masai Mara National Reserve, National Park, Kenya

Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), adult and young, resting on the ground at the entrance of the den, Masai Mara National Reserve, National Park, Kenya

Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), youngs at the entrance of the den, Masai Mara National Reserve, National Park, Kenya

Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), adult and young, resting on the ground at the entrance of the den, Masai Mara National Reserve, National Park, Kenya

Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), adult and young, resting on the ground at the entrance of the den, Masai Mara National Reserve, National Park, Kenya

Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), adult and young, resting on the ground at the entrance of the den, Masai Mara National Reserve, National Park, Kenya

Spotted hyena or laughing hyena (Crocuta crocuta) cub with its mother. Cubs are born dark brown and when they are 2 - 3 month old, change to the adult coloration. Mpumalanga. South Africa.

Young Common eland (Tragelaphus oryx) with Speckled hyena (Crocuta crocuta), in the savanna, Masai Mara National Reserve, National park, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), adult and young, near the entrance of the den, Masai Mara National Reserve, National Park, Kenya

Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), adults resting at the entrance of the den, Masai Mara National Reserve, National Park, Kenya