THE BROWN HY^NA OR STRAND WOLF 



Brown Hyaenas, like others of the same tribe, are 

 Nature's scavengers, eating up the leavings of the 

 lion, leopard, and cheetah, as well as sick, old, or 

 maimed antelopes and other wild animals. In 

 fact practically everything of a living nature from 

 an insect to any warm-blooded animal in a weak 

 or otherwise defenceless condition, as well as 

 carrion, forms the diet of this animal. In this 

 way the Brown Hyaena performed a very necessary 

 part in the evolution of animal life in eating up 

 matter which would otherwise decay and poison 

 the air and the surrounding vegetation, for the 

 bodies of animals which had died of disease would 

 be one seething mass of virulent disease microbes, 

 which, let loose, would infect other animals, and 

 perchance be the cause of their extermination. 

 Now, this is by no means the design of Nature, 

 therefore the hyaena comes along and gorges itself 

 upon the diseased flesh, and its powerful gastric 

 juices soon kill off the microbes and digest them, 

 thus preventing the spread of disease amongst 

 perhaps an entire herd of animals. Then, again, 

 it is essential that old, decrepit, or malformed 

 animals should not be allowed to live and breed, 

 otherwise the great plan of the Creator in 

 perfecting the various forms of life would be 

 marred. 



Brown Hyaenas often frequent the sea beaches, 

 hence the name of Strand Wolf, which means 

 Beach Wolf. These animals devour anything of 



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