noThey will eat the dead and dying one's.Actually, hyenas have proven to be better predators than lions are. The old belief that they were strictly scavenders was based on biased observations. Lions often kill hyenas, and a pack of hyenas have killed isolated lions and cubs, but hyenas do not hunt lions regularly.
95% of the time Cheetah Cubs Die Because Hyenas and Lions Kill them and they get killed about when they leave there mother.
Hyenas are not at the bottom of the food chain. Plants are at the bottom of a food chain or food pyramid. Hyenas are top carnivores and sometimes scavengers; they are at the top (not including decomposers who would be at the very top). The phrase "bottom of the food chain" was a social insult meant to say that they are easily eaten by others. However, in reality, hyenas are similar to lions in food chain "level".
An adult lion is considerably bigger, heavier and stronger than a hyena.
A group of Hyenas are quite capable of hunting their own food prey, though will scavenge a lion's kill if given the chance. If enough hyenas arrive at a lesser number of lions at their kill, the hyenas have been known to drive the lions off their kill for themselves.
I don't know the exact number of humans that have been killed by Hyenas, but I do know that they have a very strong bite. They are underestimated by many people. Most people think they are just scavengers, they can be, but they are successful predators. They mostly only scavenge from bigger predators like the lion for example, which is most common. They are also run by a matriarchs which is a head female versus lions which are run by a patriarch(male leader). Female Hyenas are bigger than males. Hyenas have one the strongest bites and are considered more related to mongooses when people think they are more related to dogs. Professionals are still studying and trying to figure out Hyenas. They are lions worst enemies and can easily kill humans if you do something to threaten them. Do not underestimate these strange but powerful animals.
i would say that leopards are stronger and lions and tigers too.
No, hyenas hunt their own prey just like how wolves do. They are not scavengers or wimps. What people seem to ignore is- why would an animal have such strong jaws and be a scavenger? In fact, lions steal hyenas' kills alot more than hyenas do.
Lions often kill as many as they can, but for some unknown reason do not eat them. However Hyenas usually follow and steal them They could, but can't catch them unless they are young or injured animals.
Mostly man. If cheetahs go off the Game Reserve and attack humans or domestic livestock, the locals will hunt them down. They are very fast and very alert. I don't imagine anything else hunts them with much success .
adult hyenas are killed by lions in rare circumstances over food disputes. humans probably kill more hyenas than any other predator. they are mostly scavengers but when they do hunt they can suffer from injuries resulting in death by being kicked in the head or mouth which prevents them from eating. automobiles, over population, drought, rabies and starvation account for many of their deaths. the single best answer for what kills a hyena is loss of habitat and food due to human over population.
Only the tiger has killed more humans than lions. Numbers are without question in the thousands.