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The truth behind a hyena’s strange laugh is more serious than many viewers expect. Instead of laughing like humans, hyenas use that sound to communicate emotional states such as stress, excitement, ...

The giggling sounds of a hyena contain important information about the animal’s status, say scientists. In the first study to decipher the hyena’s so-called “laugh”, they have shown that the pitch of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you think of a hyena, you make think of their signature laughter. But not all hyenas laugh. In fact, their laughter is ...

· If you ever hear a spotted hyena making a sound, you might think it is laughing hysterically. It isn't. When a hyena is excited or scared, it lets out a noise that is a combination of a strange howl ...

Hyenas use a "laughing language" to communicate with each other, scientists have learned. The animals are famous for their manic giggling, especially around a kill. But although they might appear to ...

This is the fourth in my series of "How to Do Life" fables. Like most laughing hyenas, Sy was born in a litter of two. His littermate started laughing, okay, screeching, almost as soon as she emerged ...

Ol-konôî, the Maa or Maasai word for hyena, means “to eat greedily” or “the gluttonous one”. It shows a not so subtle disdain many communities have for spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). It’s true that ...