Hyena with Three Legs

Strangely, I saw two hyenas this past season getting around on three legs. (No, they couldn't possibly have been the same animal.) Chances were good that these old girls lost their legs in fights with another hyena clan rather than fighting lions, the hyena enemy. A lion cuffs its prey and would therefore injure a leg but not tear it off. Only the hyena's jaws can bite through bone.

27-07-2008