Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora (cats, dogs, bears, raccoons, weasels, civets, mongooses, hyenas) Suborder: Feliformia (cat-like carnivores) Family: Hyaenidae (hyenas) Genus: Crocuta Species: Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben, 1777) - spotted hyena The Spotted Hyaena In the barren landscape sub-Saharan Africa, one
Amazing and intelligent creature Spotted hyenas are the largest of three hyena species. Brown and striped hyenas are the other two. Spotted hyenas are famed scavengers and often dine on the leftovers of other predators. But these dangerous beasts are also skilled hunters that will take down wildebeest or antelope. They also kill and eat birds, lizards, snakes, and insects. Hyenas usually hunt at night, sometimes they set off in small groups of two or three and then a wildebeest is likely to be
“Hyena” is a thought-provoking poem written by Edwin Morgan in the form of a dramatic monologue. Through the poem, the Hyena is portrayed as an unpleasant, calculating character. Edwin Morgan uses various techniques to help the reader understand the character of the Hyena, such as word choice, sentence structure, sound effects and imagery. The poem is written in the second person, and is narrated by the Hyena. This provides the effect of the Hyena speaking directly to the reader, or perhaps, mankind
and this beast. Not only was the son unchaste, the hyena shows that he had sexually violent desires as well. The hyena also reveals that the son did not act on his desires because of his sense of morality, but simply out of laziness and a presence of love through the guise of control. The hyena is meant to enact the son’s controlling and lustful intentions because he was too enchanted by his own false sense of control to do it himself. The hyena is the ultimate inaction of sexual violence and tyranny
One of the most interesting parts of the book so far is when the powerful Richard Parker killed the hyena. In chapter 53 (page 150) “the hyena fell silent. My heart stopped and then beat triple speed. I turned. “Jesus, Mary, Muhammad and Vishnu!” This scene captures just how dangerous tigers and wild animals are. Pi has to live with this tiger for the rest of the time being until they either get rescued or die. If I was in Pi’s shoes I would not know what to do, I would be thinking that I am next
towards certain characters such as the hyenas, thus placing them outside of the realm of
the long and strong legs but Taka grew stronger with each race. One day he hyenas were waiting at the edge of the Pride Lands. When Mufasa reached the end of the race first, the hyenas jumped out of a nearby bush and surrounded him. They ask him if they can come back to the Pride Lands with the other animals. Mufasa answers that it is not his decision yet—but they should be careful when he is king. Mufasa never liked hyenas. Ever since he was almost attacked in the elephant graveyard as a young cub
any man or woman to get out of and survive. Pi had lost his family on the way to Canada when the ship he was on sank and he was stranded out at sea with an orangutan, a Bengal tiger, hurt zebra and last a hyena. Throughout the journey the zebra was first to die, then the orangutan and last the hyena by Pi himself, which leaves Pi and the 450 pound Bengal tiger alone on the sea. In this book, the animals and the objects in the lifebuoy all symbolize a certain person or thing, and all these animals and
themselves (McLeod). Both of these are displayed throughout Yann Martel’s Life of Pi and assist in creating the story. Eros is shown when the hyena eats the zebra’s broken le... ... middle of paper ... ...eating the zebra alive in Chapter 45. Another example of Thanatos is shown when the hyena bites a hole into the zebra and Pi feels a sense of hatred towards the hyena for hurting the zebra and he even considers attacking it. An id and ego split is also shown between Pi and Richard Parker by showing Richard
Pride Rock to help save the kingdom from the dictatorship of Scar and the hyenas. Running through the forest, Simba sees the mess his uncle has created. “I can’t believe this has happened,” cried Simba. Knowing he must be brave to save the kingdom, he rushed in to save the chaos. “Scar!” Simba howls through the dark cave, echoing entrapping the air. As simba turns the corner, he sees his uncle viciously ordering the hyenas to do slave work. Simba’s mouth is gaping in shock at the horrific sight.
of the organisms on the boat so its death causes mixed reactions. When the hyena kills the zebra, it does so in a barbaric and cruel manner. Though the hyena killing the zebra can be viewed as an action out of desire to live, the zebra was “eaten alive from the inside” by the hyena and painfully lived on for days “[attempting]..self-preservation” (Martel 125). The zebra suffers a long, drawn out death caused by the hyena. Though Elsie Cloete questions “whether animals can suffer", it is obvious that
The Lion king and how they reflect the stereotypes in our society. Starting with how the lion and how they are the king of the land and all others bow down to them. Then she moves on to the animals who live outside of the kingdom who are a pack of hyenas who live in a elephant graveyard are clearly african american and live in a ghetto. After that she describes the king's evil brother,Scar, as seemingly gay and therefore banished from the
A koala bear’s diet consists almost completely of eucalyptus leaves, however they are known to also eat the stems, flowers and bark of the eucalyptus tree. A koala bear will only eat the leaves of only a few eucalyptus trees and are very picky with their diet and do not like change regarding their diet. Dental formula of a koala bear: Incisors 3/1; Incisors 1/0; Pre Molars 1/1; Molars 4/4. This adds up to a total number of 30 teeth. The koala has a space between its incisors and premolars for leaves
symbols of the story, but they all have different ideas of what the symbols are or what they mean. In an essay written in 1952, literary commentator Carlos Baker attributes nearly all symbols in the novel to death itself, with close relation to the hyena, the vultures, and the other horrible creatures. “He is prepared to use, where they conform to the requirements of an imaginary situation, any of the more ancient symbols—whether the threes and nines of numerology, or the weight of the Cross in Christian
novel, Life of Pi, is the about of Piscine Patel, who prefers it as Pi. At his age of sixteen, he survived for 227 days on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a hungry tiger to worry about. There were other inhabitants on the boat as well, a zebra, a hyena and an orangutan. Yann Martel is such a great author that he has masked one story over the other story though the work of Pi. Pi hides his second, true story by trying to give the people on the boat different appearances, in his devout triad of religions
vulture, the hyena represents mental demise. The hyena only visits the camp nightly, but only for brief periods of time. During one such visits Harry monologues “Because, just then, death had come and rested its head on the foot of the cot and he could smell its breath.” He then tells his wife that death can come in any form “Never believe any of that about a scythe and a skull, he told her, “it can be two bicycle policeman, as easily, or be a bird, or it can have a wide snout like a hyena” (Hemingway
vulnerability. Yann Martel uses a hyena as a symbol of evil and violence to support themes of fear and survival. The hyena is described by Pi as “Ugly beyond redemption” (145), and has a personality that parallels its looks. A hyena is just as likely to eat its own kind as it is another animal when hunger sets in: “Hyenas attack in packs whatever animal can be run down” (145). With this knowledge about hyenas, Pi’s fear for his own survival grows (147). Martel describes hyenas to be brutal, unthinking
three hyenas and Polonius's family, betrayal from Scar and Claudius, and the kingdoms deterioration and resolution are a few examples of the likenesses of the movie and play. One of the principal similarities between the Lion King and Hamlet exist in the character structures between Polonius’s family and the three hyenas, Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed. Select character traits from the Polonius family are mixed amongst the hyenas while the primary character complexes exist in each individual hyena. The more
distinctive characters, who demonstrate their ambition towards life. Their paradoxical attempt of valiant or barbaric acts, emphasizes the key idea of survival. Determination and perseverance is evident in the actions executed by Pi, the zebra and the hyena, assisted by their sheer will to live. The main protagonist, Piscine Patel displays an innate desire for survival as he demonstrates his versatility through to the absence of refinement. His morality is shattered, as he comes across the dire circumstances
which is just as same as a fierce animal, such as the hyena. Nonetheless, This is Hyenas’ natural instinct; “They eat their own kind (the rest of those whose ears and noses they gobbled own as appetizers) once they’re dead, after a period of aversion that lasts about one day.”（129） The hyena killed both zebra and orangutan and ate their flesh. He even pull Orange juice’s head off “Dumb with pain and horror, I watched as Orange Juice thumped the hyena ineffectually and pulled as its hair while her throat