12 Times Hyenas Messed With The Wrong Animals

Hyenas have a knack for not minding their own business. Whether they’re welcome or not is unimportant to them. They just like crashing parties. Sometimes, however, they crash the wrong parties, and they get a piece of their own medicine. If you want to see hyenas in compromising circumstances, you’re at the right place as we countdown 12 times hyenas messed with the wrong animals.

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Lion

It turns out that the violent conflict between hyenas and lions over carrion stretches back to 37,000 years ago. The animosity between lions and spotted hyenas goes deep, and it is one of nature's most well-known rivalries and probably the most ferocious rivalry in the African Savannah, with both species having an incomprehensible loathing for one other. One thing Hyenas don’t want to do is crash a party full of male lions and that’s exactly what they do in this video, and you can see what happens as this male lion is in pursuit of this hyena with another lioness running by his side. It doesn’t look good for the scavenger. The female lays one paw on the hyena, but it’s not enough.

However, the big male catches up to the hyena and it is game over in seconds for the lion’s fiercest enemy. Whether they are young or old, lions will kill every hyena insight. That’s how much they hate them, so when hyenas go around looking for trouble, they better make sure their clan is high in numbers, and not isolated where lions can strike at any time. These two massive lions find a small hyena that has been left behind by the clan. The lions are just walking right behind the hyena without striking it, but I’m pretty sure it’s just a matter of time before they do. The hyena tries to escape with its tail between its legs, but that isn’t going to change the lion’s mind. I guess the lions are just toying with the hyena because it is quite young. When they’re standing there, they almost look like they’re all friends.

This hyena is praying for the lions to forget about it, but it doesn’t look like they will. However, the rest of the clan approaches, so this could change the odds for the lone hyena. Believe it or not, the hyena manages to get back to the clan and the lions don’t even bother chasing it. That’s what I call the luckiest hyena in the world. During this night footage, this male lion attacks the matriarch of the clan and mangles it badly. The matriarch tries its best to defend itself, but the male lion is too powerful. The matriarch’s back is broken, and it won’t survive this ordeal with a broken back. The lion leaves the matriarch there and chases the other hyenas because, on this night, the lion is not looking for food, it’s looking to kill whatever is in its path.

Wild Dogs

If there's enough food to go around, wild dogs and hyenas can get along fine, but a scarcity of prey can force them both out of their protected areas. The bottom line though is everyone's deadliest enemy is the hyena, and this includes wild dogs. There is a lot of discussions but not much action when wild dogs and hyenas meet. That's because neither of them wants to be the one to make the initial move. The hyenas chatter and giggle, while the wild dogs watch and think. This clip is a bit depressing. This hyena appears to have succumbed to these wild dogs, as it rests on the ground, seemingly unresponsive to the dogs' pinches and bites.

It’s rare to see a hyena in so much trouble unless it is attacked by a male lion, but this hyena is in big trouble and it’s time to bring in a priest to give it its last rites. These events happen daily, so life in the savannah is not all fun and games. These two hyenas are surrounded by a bunch of wild dogs and a small scuffle ensues. Both the dogs and the hyenas voice their opinions. The hyenas crack a joke or two and the dogs serenade them a little. After a little complaining from both sides, the animals disperse into the forest. In this video, about thirty or forty dogs maul this hyena to death. I guess these are hunting dogs that are let loose by their handlers. I don’t understand why people would hunt hyenas, but I guess they do it for a reason, whether it’s money or body parts to sell for money.

[lekkerz]

1 honey badger to a pack of hyenas:
“I got you surrounded”

[XxXShevampXxX]

Donkeys ain't no joke! They are pretty flippin tough. They're underestimated and underappreciated by people who aren't familiar with them but I love them.

[ladyhotep]

Damn. Imagine being born and right away have to fight for your 3 minute old life. Sheesh.

[victoriavonheals]

Ntwadumela, "he who greets with fire" is the name of the lion that attacked those hyenas in the first parts of this video. He was one of the most well-known lions of his time, known for hunting down hyenas, mainly matriarchs. God help any hyena who messed with his pride. He did this, not for food, but for revenge and sheer dislike. If he targeted a hyena, that hyena was as good as dead. It was never a clean kill either. He purposely crippled them, leaving them to die a slow, painful death. Killed over 30 of them in his lifetime, until a couple of shitty trophy hunters killed him from inside their vehicles. Sad end to a legend.

[abhijeetsangle]

Minding one's own business is such a beautiful thing

[jddesigngraphics]

"That's what I call the luckiest hyena in the world"
as hyena limps off to certain death on two legs

[ishtiaqahmed]

The way Donkey handled the Hyena was incredibly good.

[Tyler-dbly]

the hyenas are literally biting the nuts off the rhino and the rhinos just like lol stop it guys that hurts lol

[szymac]

Smart move from that Lion leaving hyena almost dead. It was the message delivered to other hyenas: "do not mess up with us"

[subhankargangulyofficial]

The Donkey, Punishing The Hyena For Naughtiness, Is Simply Hilarious !!

[dennisbuckner]

I cannot help but to love and respect ALL of these wild animals...

[tomurashigaraki]

I love how the buffaloes were working has a team to protect the calf it was so cool how they all came.

[vernonbear]

Lions aren’t ‘looking to kill everything in their path’, when they attack other predators like hyenas they are removing competition and reducing the threat to their own young. It’s not a bloodlust that drives the Lion, it’s self interest.

[xander]

Pretty good video. Just one correction: a cheetah's bite force is NOT stronger than a hyena's. A hyena's is many times stronger than a cheetah's. The hyena's jaws are really powerful and can crush bone six inches thick. Its neck and shoulder muscles are also very strong.

[jhonstevennepomuceno]

Don't mess with Shrek's friend or else you will like that hyena

[craighutto]

Despite whatever errors exist, I thoroughly enjoy watching hyenas get destroyed under any circumstance. Thanks.

[timchallenge]

That male lion attacking the matriarch is from a NatGeo doc called Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas earlier in the doc that pack of hyenas had attacked that male prides females. When he attacked the matriarch he was alone, not with his pride, and after the attack he just left, he wasn't trying to steal their kill, it was pure revenge!

[andong]

I like how Zebra's just standing there watching Lion and Hyena fights

[GodNunking]

The donkey part was at a different level 🤣 🔥🔥

[sunshineroberts]

I loved the donkey teaching the hyena a lesson. He was pulling on that ear:) LOL