Spotted Hyena Predation on Passerine Birds in Namibia

Spotted Hyena Predation on Passerine Birds in Namibia

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Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) are known for hunting (or scavenging) larger mammals such as antelopes and occasionally feed on smaller mammals and reptiles. They pursued red-billed queleas, picked them from the ground or the surface of a waterhole and swallowed them whole, at a success rate of approximately one bird every three minutes. These observations were described for the first time in word, photos and videos in Food

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