Question

why are hyenas are scavenger​

Answer 1

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The hyena will scavenge and hunt when given the opportunity. They are accomplished hunters and they get up to 75 per cent of their food from their own kills. In the Kruger National Park they kill 50% of their own prey. ... They are also renowned and highly effective scavengers.

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Answer 2

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Hyenas are a specialized type of carnivore called a scavenger. Scavengers consume the bodies of animals the scavenger did not kill. Most hyenas are also hunters. A scavenger is an organism that mostly consumes decaying biomass, such as meat or rotting plant material.