I learned lots of interesting hyena facts, which Iโll mostly spare you for the moment. But did you know that hyenas make up their own distinct family (Hyaenidae), separate from dogs and cats?
Hyenas scavenge, of course, but they are also fast and very effective hunters in their own right, and they are the animal I would least like to be eaten by. You can read all about them here.
More to the point, every single time I saw a hyena during my trip, the REM song Hyena played full blast in my head. And even now, editing photos in my own house, the hyena theme song is very much a thing.
Hyena, take your role, the stage is set The town is safe again tonight
“Nothing’s changed. You’ll go home. You’ll be bored. You’ll be ignored. No one will listen to you, really listen to you. You’re too clever and too quiet for them to understand. They don’t even get your name right.”
