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hyena, after which a more careful examination was 
made. 
There are two theories as to what really hap¬ 
pened. One is that the hyena ate its way into the 
inside of the elephant, then gorged itself so that 
its stomach was distended to such proportions that 
it couldn’t get through the hole by which it had 
entered the carcass. 
The Hyena Episode 
The other theory is that, after eating its way into 
the elephant, it started to eat its way out by a differ¬ 
ent route. When its head emerged the heavy 
muscles of the elephant’s side inclosed about its 
neck like a vise, entrapping the hyena as effectively 
as though it had its head in a steel trap. In the 
animal’s despairing efforts to escape it had kicked 
one leg out through the thick walls of the elephant’s 
side. 
