Author: Sandra Markle

Publisher: Lerner Publications Company 2005

Pages: 40

Description: In the grasslands and dry deserts of Africa, spotted hyenas and brown hyenas are members of the cleanup crew that eats carrion--dead animals. They are able to digest rotting flesh that would make other animals sick. Armed with large powerful jaws, strong teeth capable of crushing bones, and an extremely keen sense of smell, they are ruthless scavengers. Watch these voracious eaters grow from tiny cubs into hungry adult hyenas.