Anup Shah / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) approaching with curiosity. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) aged about 2 years watching with curiosity with the rest of the clan in the background. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) preparing to carry a pup aged 2-3 months. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, July

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) with Lesser flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) it has just caught, Lake Nakuru, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) hunting Lesser flamingoes (Phoenicopterus minor) Lake Nakuru, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) baby at den, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) killing a newborn Grant's gazelle (Nanger granti) Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Christophe Courteau / Fighting between a pack of 21 African Wild Dogs {Lycaon pictus} and the dominant female of a clan of Spotted Hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) Northern Okavango Delta, Botswana

Christophe Courteau / Fighting between a pack of 21 African Wild Dogs {Lycaon pictus} and the dominant female of a clan of Spotted Hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) Northern Okavango Delta, Botswana

Christophe Courteau / Spotted Hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) at night, South Africa

Anup Shah / Spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) pup aged 6-9 months portrait, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Three Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) cubs. Masai Mara, Kenya, December.