Researchers collected more than 55,000 observations of social interactions of spotted hyenas over a 20 year period in Kenya, making this one of the largest to date of social network dynamics in any non-human species. (nimbios.org)
To their suprise, whereas rabies proved virulent to bat - eared foxes and white - tailed mongooses, for example, spotted hyenas in many cases eliminated the virus from their bodies or else apparently carried low viral loads and experienced no ill effects. (scientificamerican.com)
EXOTIC foreign males are most attractive — for female spotted hyenas at least. (newscientist.com)