Laughing Hyenas are so cool so why don't you have a look at some facts about them!:
#1. "The Laughing Hyena is the largest member of the family."
#2. "The body color is off-white to brown with dark irregular spots, although some individuals, particularly females, may lose their spots."
#3. "The ears are rounded."
#4. "The tail is black."
#5. "An adult stands about 34 inches (85 cm.) at the shoulder. The female is larger than the male; in southern Africa females weigh up to 190 pounds (85 kg) and males about 135 pounds (60 kg)."
#6. "Southern African Laughing Hyenas are larger than those in East Africa where the females weigh only about 125 pounds (55 kg) and the males 110 pounds (49 kg)."
#7. "Mainly confined to the larger protected areas of Africa south of Sahara, reaching its highest densities in East and southern Africa parks where large to medium-sized prey are abundant."
#8. "The Laughing Hyena has a wide habitat tolerance and until recently was found throughout sub-Saharan Africa except for the tropical rain forests, the top of Alpine Mountains, and extreme desert areas."
Info from: http://www.answers.com/topic/spotted-hyena-1
Pic of Laughing Hyena from: http://www.game-reserve.com/images/wildlife/mammals_large/Hyaena.jpg
Hi Annabel!
ReplyDeleteThis is Emma - I'm one of your mom's students. Your mom told me how much you love dogs, and I love dogs, too! I have a dog named Momo. He's a two-year-old Shih Tzu and he is only about 10 pounds. I also heard you have a guinea pig! I grew up with two guinea pigs - do you ever give them apples? My guinea pigs loved to eat apples. I'd love to meet you and introduce you to Momo sometime. Hope to talk to you soon,
Emma
This is great! I didn't know hyenas were from Africa. I can see why some folks call them spotted. But why are they called "laughing?"
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