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- noun Plural form of
hyaena .
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Examples
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Snares catch other species like lions and hyaenas indiscriminately.
Manovo-Gounda-St Floris National Park, Central African Republic 2009
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Although their survey doesn't give any indication of what the population levels of the hyaenas may be, it does show that the hyaenas are, unfortunately, still being persecuted; national newspapers reported 23 incidents of hyaenas having been killed during 1999-2001.
Archive 2008-04-01 AYDIN 2008
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Another contributing factor they cite is the presence of widespread garbage dumps throughout the countryside, which apparently provide food for the omnivorous hyaenas.
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High hunting costs make African wild dogs vulnerable to kleptoparasitism by hyaenas.
Archive 2006-10-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Abi-Said & Abi-Said (2007) report that striped hyaenas (Hyaena hyaena syriaca) remain widely distributed in Lebanon.
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Curiously, among the 2 nature reserves included in the survey, one had the lowest relative abundance of hyaenas, while the other had no signs of them.
Archive 2008-04-01 AYDIN 2008
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Abi-Said & Abi-Said (2007) report that striped hyaenas (Hyaena hyaena syriaca) remain widely distributed in Lebanon.
Archive 2008-04-01 AYDIN 2008
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Curiously, among the 2 nature reserves included in the survey, one had the lowest relative abundance of hyaenas, while the other had no signs of them.
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Another contributing factor they cite is the presence of widespread garbage dumps throughout the countryside, which apparently provide food for the omnivorous hyaenas.
Archive 2008-04-01 AYDIN 2008
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Although their survey doesn't give any indication of what the population levels of the hyaenas may be, it does show that the hyaenas are, unfortunately, still being persecuted; national newspapers reported 23 incidents of hyaenas having been killed during 1999-2001.
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