Hyenas hunt in packs and prey on wildebeests. Sometimes, a lion will try to eat the wildebeest that a hyena is eating. A hyena is much smaller than a lion, and is not able to defend itself against a lion on its own. When a hyena is competing with a lion for the wildebeest, the hyena will make a loud, giggling sound. Other hyenas come to the area to help their pack member. How does the hyenas communication help it survive?

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Hyenas hunt in packs and prey on wildebeests. Sometimes, a lion will try to eat the wildebeest that a hyena is eating. A hyena is much smaller than a lion, and is not able to defend itself against a lion on its own. When a hyena is competing with a lion for the wildebeest, the hyena will make a loud, giggling sound. Other hyenas come to the area to help their pack member. How does the hyena’s communication help it survive?

A	It warns other pack members that they need to stay away from the food source.
B	It tells other hyenas that they need to work as a pack to defend their food source.
C	It informs the pack that they need to hunt for a new food source.
D	It alerts the lion that the hyena does not want to fight for the food source.

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Hyenas are one of lions’ worst enemies. Although hyenas eat dead lions, they often go after lion cubs since adult lions are more difficult for them to kill. For a fact, it takes about ten hyenas to take down a lioness conveniently, and the number doubles up with a male lion.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hyenas are 3ft tall, 5ft long, and 190lbs, but lions are 4ft tall, 8ft long, and 500lbs. Lions are larger, slightly faster, and stronger than hyenas. Hyenas have a more powerful bite and senses that match or slightly surpass lions. Both creatures are predators that can hunt in packs, but lions also hunt solo.

Detailed explanation-3: -Like dogs, but unlike other animals in the same habitat, hyenas do not kill their prey directly. Having chased their prey to exhaustion, their prey is unable to mount any further defense of itself, and is captured and eaten while still alive.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer. Hyenas and lions cover the same ground, hunt the same prey, and scavenge the same remains of animals. Consequently they steal food from each other, chase each other, and even kill each other’s young.

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