Zoo to You Virtual Safari: Spotted Hyenas

How much do you really know about the spotted hyena? Just what you've seen in a certain Disney movie? Keepers Molly, Katelyn and Jordan are going to show you why this species is so much more than what you've seen in popular culture. Bonus peek at our African Wild Dog pack!

[@Tr1sty.9]

Such pretty animals! Spotted hyenas will always be my favorite animal

[@kmjr1325]

There mine because of shenzi

[@elijahglasser1421]

Fantastic hyenas

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

Another animal close to my heart...they are very intelligent.

[@theanimalshow6538]

Thanks!

[@ediekoller1144]

Great videos regarding the hyenas and the painted dogs. I never knew that much about the hyenas did not know they were that intelligent. its nice to learn something new in my old age as I am over 70 now. Again thanks so much.

[@raenewnham7490]

I already knew the pack took good care of Nigel but hearing the specific things they do to help me almost made me tear up they’re so sweet! Thanks for sharing all the info on hyenas and wild dogs

[@DenverZooConservationAlliance]

We love our African Wild Dogs!

[@claudiaortiz6036]

I like Hyenas.

[@diegogoh6676]

I love hyenas, You are doing a great job with them, i would like to see one of them .

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

I loathe Disney animal movies...animals are neither good nor evil...they are not human.

[@LordVanOskuro]

To be fair, that movie wasn't that accurate to begin with. Neither was the series on D-jr.

[@munchfacedoom]

Two of my favorite animals! Brown hyenas are my favorite, but all four hyena species are so incredibly intelligent and misjudged.

[@WolfenSköllMountains]

I really like the place or space where they are, I love African painted dogs

[@DenverZooConservationAlliance]

Thank you! Benson's Predator Ridge is a great habitat for these animals!

[@maryjohughes6455]

ZACH JOSH

[@ricklaurent5556]

I went to a zoo today and their enclosure was disgusting... to give a picture about how small it was; it was probably about three times bigger than the squirrel enclosure, and the squirrel enclosure was about two and a half feet buy maybe four feet. I feel so bad for them... they need space.

[@summerjonz]

Wow, Nigel was close to being an underdeveloped fetus!

[@attackwars1233]

Wait but Hyenas can only live for 15 years

[@lip91688]

tiny cage

[@DenverZooConservationAlliance]

What you're looking at there is one training area. Predator Ridge has two very large yards, a smaller maternity yard for young pups and cubs, and several large behind-the-scenes holding areas. Training areas are meant to be small so the animal can focus on working with the keeper. They're only in those spaces for short amounts of time.

[@mrplumber0001]

In the wild the average is 15 years and they can live up to 30 in captivity. Evidently she doesn’t know too much about her own hyenas

[@DenverZooConservationAlliance]

Molly is correct that the high-end of the life span in the wild is 20, and the highest known in human care is 40. The averages of wild (12-15) and human care (30-40) lifespans would be in the high teens.

[@jorgecastrot]

hyenas lgbt

[@eagle5818]

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[@mariamushinski2442]

hyenas are very dangerous