Lions and hyenas are the two major top predators in the African savanna. They are natural enemies. These two species are not natural enemies. They kill each other not because they want to eat each other. , Sometimes lions will kill hyenas for no reason. This is just because lions hate hyenas from the bottom of their hearts. The reason why lions hate hyenas is not without reason. The feud between these two races was not caused overnight.
According to research, the habitats of lions and hyenas overlap, also because their food sources are the same. This has caused lions and hyenas to become major competitors. As food becomes increasingly difficult to obtain on the African continent, they often fight for prey. , not only that, the hatred between lions and hyenas has also become a special attack on each other's cubs, suppressing each other from the size of the population, this competition has become a contest between the top predators.
In the African savannah, lions always scare all animals with their extremely powerful attacks. The lion's teeth can cause fatal damage to the back of the prey's neck, but hyenas also have professional instincts. When the lion struggled to attack the warthog, the hyena smelled the warthog's The hyenas wanted to get a share of the warthog's food by biting the latter part of it. The hyenas' greed and laziness made the lions hate them very much, and they blatantly robbed the king of food. This caused great damage to the lion's majesty. Big impact, food competition between hyenas and lions,
results in each other's cubs being killed. This is why adult lions, as long as there is a chance, will kill hyena cubs. They have a deep hatred from their ancestors. .
In order to save energy and avoid unnecessary damage, only when the opponent becomes weak, these two species will vent all their anger on each other and stage an extremely disastrous cat and dog battle. A lion will not attack a group of animals. The hyena takes the initiative to attack, because the unity of the hyena group puts the lion at a disadvantage, but the hyena will not attack a strong lion, because it usually takes more than three hyenas to take down a lion. Only when the opponent is obviously weak, can the hyena attack. Only the party with the advantage will take the initiative to attack.
Therefore, hyenas often take advantage of opportunities to attack old or injured lions. They take advantage of the overall numerical advantage and the weak state of lions. As long as the hyenas attack, the lions usually have no choice but to die. Therefore, The lion is very wary of this. As long as there is a slight negligence, the lion will pay the price with his life, because this group of hyenas has been planning revenge for a long time. The health of the lion determines the success or failure of the fight between the lion and the hyena.
Although hyenas often lose in battles, they are still very powerful. Hyenas are very smart and cunning. If the lion relaxes its guard, the hyena will steal the food when the lion is not paying attention. A lion can kill a hyena, but the same hyena can also kill Dead lions, the advantages and disadvantages of these two opponents depend on the right time, place and people. For the long-standing hatred in their hearts, hyenas and lions are always waiting for opportunities to deliver a fatal blow to each other. The purpose of all this is In order to survive in this world
