National Geographic Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas Page #2
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this ritual is centered around the developed
mock penis to signal their dominance.
The ceremony involves sniffing
and licking the genitals.
They mark the area where the lions were
by leaving a scent on the grass as a signpost.
Hyena cubs are like miniature adults
displaying the same behaviour patterns
as their parents.
When the lions appeared
all the cubs bundled into the same den.
The matriarch's female cub,
who we now call the Princess,
finds herself in hostile territory
fighting for her life.
When the matriach returns
the brazen cubs are scent
scurrying to their own dens.
The Princess is safe.
We gave the older, larger male
the African name Mondayvoo,
the younger, lighter one is Untwydumala:
"He Who Greets With Fire".
Cubs dig away inside the dens
working them into secret chambers
that are inaccessible even to adult hyenas.
But even down here they have enemies
and competition among the cubs
can play itself out in the most cruelsome way.
The Princess has killed her sister.
As soon as they can,
hyena cubs will try to kill each other.
From the moment of birth,
the first born or more dominant
has an inherent, aggressive drive
to kill its nearest competitor.
It is genetic selection.
Hyenas are the only mammals
known to carry out this kind of fratricide.
Mothers usually don't intervene.
The Princess is now the probable
future matriarch of her clan.
master of the night wait and watch in the darkness
inspecting off the different conners of their 40 square miles territory
or joining to hunt occasionally when away from femals
the hyenas know each of these males by sight
and stay away
In the hills young Matsumi knows
that it's time to move her cubs.
The air around the birthplace
is saturated with the unmistakeable scent
of vulnerable new life.
Without the protection of a den
like hyenas have
the cubs must frequently be removed.
down to another site.
Soon she will introduce them to the pride.
As we watch, she drops
the cubs off one by one
in a shady spot she has selected
and returns for the next.
The new site is badly chosen.
a hole under the same bushes.
The cobra is about to shed its skin.
A most dangerous time
because even the skin on its eyes
peels off blurring its vision.
attacking both the lioness and the cubs.
The cobra's venom has an immediate effect
on Matsumi's nervous system.
As we followed her out into the open
she deteriorated rapidly.
Behind us the cubs,
only a few weeks old, are already dead.
With her sight impaired
she can only sniff at the bodies.
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