Over the centuries, hyenas have been known for their predatory and ferocious nature, perhaps this is what has caused the intertwining of legends and myths to spread continuously around them.
In recent days, social networking sites have seen a campaign of praise for this animal’s supernatural abilities and its impact on other living creatures, including humans.
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Some users on communication sites have even indicated that the hyena’s skin is resistant to scanning devices, pointing out that it is “used for this purpose in drug trafficking”.
Others went on to say that the Egyptian police are witnessing the burial of the hyenas’ carcasses, in order to prevent their skins from being stolen for this purpose.
Additionally, some believed that these animals have the ability to emit a smell that affects and controls the human brain, or that other animals die as soon as hyenas get close to them.
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However, these allegations are pure fantasy! Research confirmed that everything written about the animal’s supernatural abilities was a figment of the imagination.
While Manal Onsi, director of the Zoological Museum of Giza in Egypt, confirmed that this is nonsense, explaining that the skin of the hyena is penetrated by the rays of any scanner as well as any other skin, according to what reported by Agence France- Premi .
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As for talking about a smell emitted by the hyena that affects the human brain, it is not true at all, noting that the only smell that the hyena emits is to send messages to its clan.
The expert attributed the belief of some that animals die when hyenas approach them to another misconception that hyenas feed on dead animals, pointing out that this is an “inaccurate” belief, as some types of hyenas they hunt their live prey like other predators.
Interestingly, these publications flooded social media, circulated pages, and garnered hundreds of likes until the truth was revealed.
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