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I do recall hearing something similar Aquilla, it was interesting to me that the brown hyena had been added to the book, as the issue from the year before did not have it in.

Prehaps a recent sighting???

More like wishful thinking or smart marketing I would say.

Show me a pic....

mmmm......pehaps.

Perhaps too much beer and wine? Just a thought....
I know i tend to over-indulge when in the bush.

Must agree aquilla, a cold beer or glass off Red while sitting on the verandor in the bush, does tend to go down especially well.

I would think, Brownies are really shy, and the Kruger is rather busy, not only with all the guests but also with other preditors, lions, leopards, other hyenas, therefore I couldnt imagine them being a resident species. But prehaps, as said earlier, only passing through.

Hi all i am so jealous hearing about kruger and all of you that have been there the closes't i have got is watching documentary on telly i love african ones. Hopfully one day i will get there.

It starts with the desire virginia, which you already have. Next is the plan......

bb isd 100% right, virginia

where there is will, you will find a way, and once you've seen it alive and happening in front if your eyes, you'll book the next visit before qantas delivers you back in aussie!

Carefully selected photos, this one is dead now. His lower jaw is broken in two places and it could obviously not eat anymore... Drink it did! Copiously! Poor animal...

Hi,

Whilst i am aware that there is an 'animal specific' forum, i would like to ask a two fold question and feel this forum will do.

Has ANYONE seen a brown hyeana in the KNP??
And if so, where, and what time?

Please dont reply with stories of you knew someone that knew someone who saw one, once upon a time.

Any one on this forum seen it themselves??

Cheers

No.

At the risk of sounding stoopid, I don't think that Brown Hyena inhabit KNP.

They do inhabit KNP, but as far as I remember they've never been seen by anyone I know.

Posted it in this forum, as if there was anyone who had seen one, i'd really like to know where.

Apparently there is a den just northwest of the Orpen Camp, in the Timbavati concession area (towards Ngala), so i would presume that anyone who has seen one would have seen it around Orpen.

Right, I checked up on this, and got the following response from somebody who ought to know

"Nope. Never one mention during my 5 years there – nor since, nor in the 10 years prior. No indication either (the tracks are different in that the ratio between fore and hind is more marked than in the spotted). Spotted hyaena density there is very high as is lion density and this would preclude brown hyaenas. If they are there it is a well kept secret. Records from the park since the predator eradication regime are few and far between. The only place I would expect them is in the northwest.

Incidentally, just northwest of Orpen is the core part of a lion pride and there is a hyaena clan that dens just on the edge of this pride’s territory. The central Kruger is very unlikely to throw up browns I would have thought."

I think that should settle it.

Johan

There are reports of Brown Hyena in Northern KNP.

This is an area with lower lion population. Brown Hyena are well known nomads. The Hyena that have been seen in that area are probably animals that wonder in from surrounding areas. No den sites or young has been reported.