Spotted Hyena

0:00:02 > 0:00:05On Deadly 60, I've had loads of incredible animal encounters.

0:00:05 > 0:00:08And here's just one of my many favourites.

0:00:08 > 0:00:10This is Deadly 60 Bites!

0:00:10 > 0:00:11Whoa!

0:00:16 > 0:00:19'We're in a bustling market town in Ethiopia

0:00:19 > 0:00:22'to have a bizarre but brilliant midnight feast

0:00:22 > 0:00:24'with a pack of spotted hyena.'

0:00:26 > 0:00:27Bouki!

0:00:27 > 0:00:31OK, we've got our first shape lumbering out of the darkness now.

0:00:31 > 0:00:33Graham, over there. Just here.

0:00:33 > 0:00:35Bouki!

0:00:35 > 0:00:36Oh, my life!

0:00:38 > 0:00:41Er...OK, I wasn't expecting that.

0:00:41 > 0:00:44- That was rather quicker than I expected.- Kuti!

0:00:44 > 0:00:46Juggie!

0:00:47 > 0:00:51This is totally freakish.

0:00:52 > 0:00:57This goes against everything I've ever learned about spotted hyenas.

0:00:57 > 0:00:58This is a totally wild animal.

0:00:58 > 0:01:02And this is one of the most feared,

0:01:02 > 0:01:05in some cases, despised animals in Africa.

0:01:05 > 0:01:07STEVE SMIRKS NERVOUSLY

0:01:09 > 0:01:13Though hyenas have a reputation for being scavengers,

0:01:13 > 0:01:16it is an animal that is without doubt a predator.

0:01:18 > 0:01:22I just can't get used to this at all.

0:01:22 > 0:01:25Can you imagine any other situation where you could come nose-to-nose

0:01:25 > 0:01:29with a predator this powerful...

0:01:29 > 0:01:31and not get savaged?

0:01:34 > 0:01:37He's just got his nose in the trough!

0:01:37 > 0:01:40This is a bit much for me, I have to say.

0:01:42 > 0:01:44Amaria!

0:01:44 > 0:01:50Spotted hyenas are animals that can drive lions away from their prey,

0:01:50 > 0:01:52with one of the strongest jaws in the whole animal kingdom.

0:01:54 > 0:01:57Listen to that crunching.

0:01:58 > 0:02:03And that sound is why spotted hyenas have to go on the Deadly 60.

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