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01:18 - Both hyena and vulture are scavengers
01:27 and both animals largely survive in forest
01:30 by eating the carcass.
01:31 A scavenger is an organism that mostly consumes
01:36 decaying biomass, such as meat or rotting plant material.
01:39 Many scavengers are a type of carnivore,
01:46 which is an organism that eats meat.
01:48 While most carnivores hunt and kill their prey,
01:54 scavengers usually consume animals
01:56 that have either died of natural causes
01:58 or been killed by another carnivore.
02:00 Vultures only eat the bodies of dead animals.
02:05 Vultures have many biological adaptations
02:10 that make them well-suited to being scavengers.
02:13 Most have excellent eyesight and a strong sense of smell.
02:19 They use these keen senses to locate rotting carrion
02:26 while they are soaring high over land.
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02:31 Unlike raptors or birds that hunt,
02:33 vultures have weak talons and beaks.
02:36 Raptors use sharp talons and beaks to kill
02:41 while vultures do not need to overpower or secure their prey.
02:44 Many vultures are also bald,
02:49 meaning they have no feathers on their head.
02:56 This prevents bits of carrion,
02:58 which can carry toxic bacteria,
03:00 from sticking to feathers and infecting the bird.
03:02 In most occasions, hyena and vulture
03:08 have to share the same food resource for their meal.
03:10 The fight between vulture and hyena
03:16 are expected to be more due to the species difference
03:19 as both does not belong to the same pack or flock
03:21 and also do the competition for the food.
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03:26 But in most occasions, hyena may at the most
03:29 try to drive away the vulture or vice versa.
03:31 They never pick up deadly fight or quarrel.
03:37 When size of the carcasses is reasonably big,
03:43 all of them eat the meal together with great tolerance.
03:46 Hyena is a very strong animal with definite history
03:51 of killing even a wild beast or a buffalo.
03:54 If it kills a vulture,
03:58 it can also scare or warn other vultures
04:00 and it can eat the meal very peacefully.
04:02 Hyena need the help of vultures
04:07 to know the presence of carcass in the in the forest.
04:10 If hyena attacks the vulture,
04:16 then the animal will be inaugurating an unwanted war
04:18 between the two animals.
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04:23 Perhaps in nature,
04:24 the scavenger would have preferred to remain
04:26 as scavenger in front of other scavengers.
04:29 Another interesting possibility
04:35 may be why to pick up a fight with vulture
04:37 as it is also exclusively depending
04:38 upon the same food resource for its survival.
04:41 Hyena and vulture knows that it is not worth fighting
04:48 when a need or purpose kindles them.
04:50 Fulfilling the purpose is worthier than fighting
04:55 and wasting the time and energy resource.
04:57 The lion may kill their prey.
05:02 Upon being satisfied and leaving the carcass,
05:09 there are many scraps leftover
05:11 that the lion would not have used.
05:16 Vultures pick apart the remaining nutrition
05:18 of any leftover kill.
05:20 The vulture has received its meal
05:26 and the lion hasn't been dealt anything.
05:28 Vultures eat anything and everything that is dead.
05:35 Lions on the other hand can too eat a vulture
05:45 but won't necessarily bother
05:47 because a vulture is just a snack for a lion
05:50 and the energy needed to kill a vulture
05:52 is just too much than the meat it gets after killing it.
05:54 Lions do notice the vultures flying overhead
06:01 and follow them but that is just because vultures
06:03 circling in the sky means there's dead meat around.
06:15 In the wild, hyena normally hunts alone
06:17 and usually at night.
06:19 To catch large prey, they will hunt in packs.
06:28 Spotted hyenas kill about 95% of their prey
06:41 but will also scavenge often dining
06:43 on the leftovers of other predators.
06:46 That's why hyenas are a specialized type
06:56 of carnivore called a scavenger.
06:58 Their primary prey include wildebeests,
07:04 gazelles, zebras and buffalo.
07:07 They tear the bones of their prey
07:13 with their powerful jaws.
07:14 Which permits them to break bones
07:22 that even a lion could not crush.
07:24 Buffalos are the most common prey of hyenas.
07:33 With their powerful jaws, they can tear buffalo bones,
07:42 allowing them to break bones that even a lion couldn't.
07:46 Because calves defenses are still weak,
07:54 hyenas usually prey on them.
07:56 Adult buffalo will usually come to help
08:05 so they must kill the calf quickly.
08:12 Adult buffalo, particularly aggressive buffalo,
08:16 are extremely dangerous and can kill
08:18 or injure a large number of hyenas.
08:20 If the hyenas are starving,
08:26 they will attack the adult buffalo as well.
08:29 They will pursue the buffalo until it becomes exhausted
08:38 and falls down.
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08:43 These African animals are less skilled at stalking than cats
08:49 and instead rely on their speed and stamina
08:52 to run down their prey.
08:53 They can sprint at 60 kilometers per hour
09:02 and keep up a speed of 40 to 50 kilometers per hour
09:05 over five kilometers.
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09:09 They kill their prey by biting chunks out of it
09:15 and targeting major blood vessels as it runs.
09:18 The victim dies from shock and loss of blood
09:28 as it is torn apart and pulled down.
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09:37 They are very noisy when they feed
09:41 and often chase each other around at meals.
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