![Sad news broke in the Balule last week, when the lifeless body of big tusker, Shoshangane, was discovered. This collared elephant had been monitored for over a decade by the Save the Elephants foundation, contributing invaluable data towards studies on elephant movements in the Greater Kruger. His natural death was a shock, but it was […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_0112-370x275.jpg "Hyenas feed on fallen giant, Shoshangane")
Hyenas feed on fallen giant, Shoshangane
Sad news broke in the Balule last week, when the lifeless body of big tusker, Shoshangane, was discovered. This collared elephant had been monitored for over a decade by the[…]
Posts tagged “ spotted hyena”
![A little less handsome than lions, yet far more entertaining, are these cackling creatures of the bush: spotted hyena. Ezulwini Game Lodges encountered a clan of Crocuta crocuta on game drive in the Balule Nature Reserve – a bunch of adults plus their cute and fluffy cubs. Fondly known as the ‘laughing hyena’ and characterised as such in […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/MG_8701-370x275.jpg "Hyenas and Cubs Parade at Ezulwini")
Hyenas and Cubs Parade at Ezulwini
A little less handsome than lions, yet far more entertaining, are these cackling creatures of the bush: spotted hyena. Ezulwini Game Lodges encountered a clan of Crocuta crocuta on game drive in the[…]
![Naturally, one would lead towards ‘scavenger’ as a title for the spotted hyena, given their presence at almost every rotting kill site, and their ability to finish off the toughest skin and bone of a carcass. However, these notorious meat-eaters are in fact the most successful large carnivores in Africa, and can most certainly be classified as […]](https://www.sundestinations.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cecilia-hyena-eating-leopard-kill-370x275.jpg "Spotted Hyena: Scavenger or Super Predator?")
Spotted Hyena: Scavenger or Super Predator?
Naturally, one would lead towards ‘scavenger’ as a title for the spotted hyena, given their presence at almost every rotting kill site, and their ability to finish off the toughest[…]