A lone Hyena fights off a Wild Dog pack of 8
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Have just returned from a 3 week assignment to Sth Africa & Botswana where this amazing encounter between a lone hyena and a pack of 8 African wild dog occurred in the Sabie Sands GR.
Normally encounters like this are very fleeting, lasting just seconds, with the hyena running off quickly, but this situation was a little different, as the lone Hyena was trapped by the high bank and water with the wild dog flanking it on both sides.
The cackling/laughing sounds of the hyena coupled with the squalling squadron of wild dog was amazing.
At one stage the hyena viciously bit down on the neck of one wild dog and it let out a an almighty howl, the wild dog started to wear it down by continually biting his rear and it became a battle of attrition and "backs to the wall", eventually the hyena thought it was better taking his chances with the gaping jaws of a hippo and sat it out in the water.
Wild dog have an inherent fear of water if they know crocs are closeby, so they kept their distance and eventually got bored with it all and moved off to find other prey.
Techs:
Nikon D4s Nikkor 400 f/2.8E FL 1/1600s f/5.6 ISO640 to 720
Sabie Sands Game Reserve- South Africa.
What's most noticable about all of these images is the waving solid white tails from all the very excited wild dogs.
This wild dog let out an almighty yelp as the jaws from the hyena clamp down on it's neck!
I'd rather take my chances with a hippo.......thanks!
I love the look from ALL concerned here, even the hippo turns to my camera as if to say "what was that all about??"
Cheers
Marc
Normally encounters like this are very fleeting, lasting just seconds, with the hyena running off quickly, but this situation was a little different, as the lone Hyena was trapped by the high bank and water with the wild dog flanking it on both sides.
The cackling/laughing sounds of the hyena coupled with the squalling squadron of wild dog was amazing.
At one stage the hyena viciously bit down on the neck of one wild dog and it let out a an almighty howl, the wild dog started to wear it down by continually biting his rear and it became a battle of attrition and "backs to the wall", eventually the hyena thought it was better taking his chances with the gaping jaws of a hippo and sat it out in the water.
Wild dog have an inherent fear of water if they know crocs are closeby, so they kept their distance and eventually got bored with it all and moved off to find other prey.
Techs:
Nikon D4s Nikkor 400 f/2.8E FL 1/1600s f/5.6 ISO640 to 720
Sabie Sands Game Reserve- South Africa.
What's most noticable about all of these images is the waving solid white tails from all the very excited wild dogs.
This wild dog let out an almighty yelp as the jaws from the hyena clamp down on it's neck!
I'd rather take my chances with a hippo.......thanks!
I love the look from ALL concerned here, even the hippo turns to my camera as if to say "what was that all about??"
Cheers
Marc
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Not surprised the hyena backed down to the wild dogs pack, but I would have thought one of the dogs might have been seriously injured in the engagement too.
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