Author: BEASTERS

The brown hyena, also called the strandwolf, is Africa’s rarest and strangest hyena—and it terrifies even the mighty leopard. With its bone-crushing bite, scruffy mane, and eerie scavenger lifestyle, this bizarre predator dominates in ways you wouldn’t expect. From stealing kills from leopards and cheetahs, to raiding seal pups on the coast, to even being linked to ancient human skulls with hyena bite marks, the brown hyena has one of the wildest stories in the animal kingdom. In this wildlife breakdown, we’ll uncover why this scruffy hyena sends leopards running for their lives, how it survives some of the harshest…