#hyenas

A spotted hyena cub (Crocuta crocuta) is cleaned by its mother in Kruger National Park, South Africa

I don't have a ton of photos of this species: this sweet old man was the only one anywhere near me. He's since passed, so I wanted to get photos of him online. All he wanted to do the times I saw him was relax in the sun, so that's how we'll remember him.

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very cute very floofy,,,

As a kid, I love animal encyclopedias. I remember seeing a mysterious photo of an animal with spooky reflective eyes. It's described as a rarely seen Striped Hyena. AKA an Aardwolf.

Tracking down more pictures of cool animals I happen to see in a book is a fun part of my childhood. BUUUT, sometimes I grab a more grown up magazine in the serious science section of the library, and get traumatized. My school had National Geographic and loved the photos until I got to the article about a creepy abandoned artic base 🥶 I still go back haha! I wanna see more rare animals.