8 animals that hunt mighty hyenas

As apex predators, lions often compete with hyenas for food and have been known to kill them during conflicts over carcasses or to protect their cubs.

Lions

Leopards typically avoid hyenas but can hunt hyena cubs if the opportunity arises or target solitary adult hyenas caught off-guard.

Leopards

Using pack strategies, African wild dogs can overpower and kill hyenas during confrontations over food or territory disputes.

African Wild Dogs

Crocodiles can ambush and kill hyenas that come too close to water bodies when they approach to drink.

Crocodiles

Humans pose a significant threat to hyenas through hunting, poaching, and habitat destruction, often killing them to protect livestock.

Humans

Protective of their young, African buffalo can kill attacking hyenas using their size and strength if their calves are threatened.

Buffalo

Territorial and protective of their young, elephants can trample hyenas that get too close to their calves or invade their space.

Elephants

Intra-specific conflicts over territory, food, and hierarchy within clans can lead to hyenas killing one another.

Other Hyenas