It is true that surviving in the wild natural world is not an easy thing, however, the “deep” calculations of the hyena in the following situation make many people cold. .

According to scientists’ statistics, the majority of carnivores are solitary hunters. They are mostly animals that have physical advantages or possess specific skills such as strength, speed, venom…

However, the hunting success rate of solitary predators is much lower than that of herd predators.

Choosing to live in groups will help animals protect their territory, protect each other and support each other in hunting better.

Among them, we can mention animals that are recognized as masters in coordinated hunting of prey such as lions, wild dogs, hyenas, wolves…

Hyenas are relatively common carnivores in Africa, making an important contribution to helping balance the ecosystem here. With a hideous appearance, cold-blooded, and cruel to the point of being able to eat their own young, it is not difficult to understand why hyenas are among the most hated animals on earth.

For many people, hyenas are one of the last of the witchy animals, possessing the power of demons and dark forces. Some African cultures even believe that witches can turn into hyenas to harm others.

Although the hyena’s foraging method is not very “clear and straightforward”, in terms of efficiency, few other animals can compare.

In Africa, spotted hyenas are second only to lions (when they encounter each other alone) in terms of strength. Sometimes hyenas even “bully” lions, when they are outnumbered.

In addition, there is another animal that also hunts in packs, relying on numerical superiority to overwhelm its prey, and has an even higher success rate than hyenas: wild dogs.

The African wild dog is an animal that scientists consider the most “top” species with an almost perfect set of skills.

If even expert predators such as lions and hyenas have a hunting success rate of about 30%, then for African wild dogs this rate is approximately 80%.

Because they are direct competitors for food sources, as long as the opponent encounters a loophole, one of the two sides will certainly not give in but will try to destroy it.

Katie Gracehall was lucky enough to witness the entire “dirty scheme” plan of the hyenas to bring down the stray dogs.

That day, a group of five tourists, Katie, were passing through the Nguni area, South Africa, when they encountered a group of lions resting.

The tour guide said that lions are quite sleepy animals. There are even times when the “kings” of the jungle can sleep up to 20 hours/day.

Bored with watching, the group of tourists continued with the pre-planned itinerary.

But, within less than 100 meters of walking, suddenly from afar a pack of stray dogs ran from nowhere, sending up a cloud of dust that made even the bravest people panic.

Obviously, there was something scary and threatening that caused the stray dogs to run away. As expected of Katie, the silhouette of a ferocious hyena gradually appeared behind the pack of wild dogs.

The wild dogs did not know that their somewhat foolish escape steps were heading straight to where the lions were resting.

At this time, the lions knew about the presence of strangers and were waiting patiently.

Luckily for the stray dogs, they discovered what was wrong in time. Therefore, they promptly turned around and ran away before being caught by the lion.