@julias.wildlife: 💚🇳🇦 Calm, gentle, beautiful - these are adjectives you probably wouldn't use to describe a hyena. And to be fair, Spotted Hyenas can be quite the opposite (except they are beautifull too, of course 😉) - but Brown Hyenas are truly calm and gentle. This female is called Ellis and really was not interested or intimidated by our presence. 🙌🏼 Life out here is extremely harsh, all energy and resources need to be spent carefully. Brown Hyenas see us humans as other predators, which they usually prefer to avoid. This is why I was extremely lucky that Ellis came so close to me. I was sitting against a wall of this old mine building and I was quiet - a clear sign that I am not a threat. 🥰 What an incredible moment and what a beautiful animal. 🐾💚 #brownhyena #hyena #animallover #wildplanet #africanwildlife

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