Baby hyena gets scared and makes adorable sounds

Although being hand-reared got this baby Striped Hyena very accustomed to humans, there was something about this one particular person that she just didn’t trust, making her hide and act in a defensive manner, making the most adorable sounds. It’s true that her hiding place is far from ideal, but the two chairs helped making her feel safer. As soon as the person left the area, she started behaving normally again. Although there once was a large number of hyena species, nowadays there are only four extant species in the Hyaenidae family. The Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena) shares the Hyaena genus with one other species, the Brown Hyena (Hyaena brunnea), although the latter has been placed in the Parahyaena genus in the past. The Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) is the largest of them all. The small Aardwolf (Proteles cristata), in spite of belonging to the Hyaenidae family, is not considered a true hyena. The Striped Hyena is the smallest of the true hyenas. In the Summer, the coat is much shorter and coarser tha