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Hyenas! 12 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know, Plus Photo Gallery

October 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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Aardwolf close up for hyena fact list and photo gallery

Hyena fact 8: Aardwolves are about the size of a large housecat and feed almost exclusively on ants and termites (note the hairless muzzle). An aardwolf can consume 300,000 termites in a single feeding.

Despite the fact that aardwolves are specialized insect eaters, ignorance prevails: Aardwolves are shot on sight and poisoned by farmers who believe that these diminutive animals prey on livestock.

Pictured: Aardwolf

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About Rhishja Cota-Larson

Rhishja is the founder of Saving Rhinos, which publishes news and information about the illegal trade in rhino horn and rhino conservation issues. She is the Editor of the blogs "Rhino Horn is Not Medicine" and "Project Pangolin", and author of the book "Murder, Myths & Medicine". Check out savingrhinos.org, rhinoconservation.org, and pangolins.org to learn more. When Rhishja is not blogging about the illegal wildlife trade, she enjoys rocking out to live music.

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