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Spotted hyenas are known for their "laughs and usually make the noise during social conflicts.

Many people compare hyenas to dogs, but are much more like cats and classified as cat-like carnivores. Hyenas are very social and live in groups called clans. Clans can have up to 80 members. The spotted hyena females are not only larger; they are also more aggressive and dominate in their clans. All females rank higher than males in the clan. However, in other families hyenas have male-dominated clans.

The size of the meal often is determined by how large the hyena's clan is. Clans work together to take down prey, so the bigger the animal, the more members the clan needs to have for a successful kill.

They often hide extra food in watering holes, since nothing is wasted. Hyenas will eat every part of an animal, including bones and hooves

Matting only happens outside of the clan. Non-related males and females will mate after a courtship that can last several days. After a gestation of around three months, female hyenas give birth to two to four young, baby hyenas are called cubs.

Mothers in a clan will share the responsibility of nursing each other's young and other members of the clan may bring food to the den for the cubs.

Cub's eyes are sealed shut for the first five to nine days. At 2 weeks old, they are ready to leave the den, but eat nothing but mother's milk for the first six months and nurse for over a year. At around 2 years, the cubs are considered mature and ready to leave their mother. Hyenas usually live around 10 to 21 years.

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