Aardvark (Anteater) Tries to Outrun Hyena in an Epic Chase!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 พ.ย. 2020
- An aardvark was out unusually early in the day, and a passing brown hyena thought it would be an easy catch, but he was wrong!
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It’s rare to see a brown hyena and even more so to see an aardvark in open plains during daylight, as aardvarks are nocturnal animals. That’s exactly what made this sighting extra spectacular!
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This sighting was captured by Etienne, the Content Creator for the Greater Mabula Private Game Reserve (www.mabula.com, @MabulaGameLodge on Facebook & @Mabula_Game_Lodge_Official on Instagram), on the game reserve itself on an open plain known as the TPA plains, which is usually where the lodge hosts their champagne breakfasts underneath the 100-year old Wild Fig Tree.
“We had initially gone to the open plain to admire the iconic Wild Fig Tree is estimated to be over 100 years old. As we approached the plain, we got a call on the game drive radio that they had spotted an aardvark foraging on the open plain. It was already a magical sighting to witness a relaxed aardvark bumbling about the plain in the daytime. As we were admiring the aardvark, our guide-Andrew-noticed a brown hyena approaching the plains! To have a sighting of just witnessing these two incredibly rare and usually nocturnal animals during the day was an unforgettable moment.” They told LatestSightings.com
“We had never imagined that the sighting would get even more unbelievable with the interaction of the brown hyena trying to hunt the aardvark! At first, we thought that the brown hyena had spotted something else that it had begun to chase-perhaps an antelope or smaller animal like a scrub hare that we couldn’t see-it was only once the aardvark began running that we realized that the brown hyena was actually targeting the aardvark!”
“The feelings of pure astonishment, amazement, and disbelief were overwhelming! We had never imagined that an aardvark was able to run so quickly and to see it escape into its burrow was a moment of absolute awe. After the rush of adrenaline of the brown hyena nearly managing to get a grip on the aardvark a couple of times, it was simply breath-taking to watch the aardvark manage to escape into one of its burrows that the brown hyena could not access despite its initial efforts.”
“As if things could not get worse for the brown hyena, it was then chased by the herd of wildebeest that was watching it nearby! The sighting ended by the brown hyena dashing its way off of the plains, most likely in search of another meal. Though we waited for some time on the plain, the aardvark did not emerge out of its burrow.”
“This sighting of the interaction between the brown hyena and the aardvark was exceptionally rare. On the Greater Mabula Private Game Reserve, we are fortunate enough to spot brown hyena and aardvark on a regular basis, but never had we witnessed the two species interacting before! It’s amazing to now be able to firmly say that aardvark is one of the potential prey species of the brown hyenas in this area. It was also fascinating to see the predator-prey interaction between the brown hyena and wildebeest as the herd grouped together to chase the brown hyena off the plain.”
“It’s in these exceptionally rare sightings that you truly appreciate the complexity and beauty of wildlife and the bush, so we would really just advise anyone who is lucky enough to witness something like this to soak in everything that they are witnessing-and to of course have their camera always ready because you never know what you might see out on safari!”
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2:43 I love how he called the cops after hiding in the hole
lmao
😂
Need to inform British Gas
@@Dragon-Slay3r you are right 🤣
lol 💀💀
Best vanishing act I ever seen..it even had the smoke effect
lol
Lovely comment
😂
Me 2. That Hyena is congused 😂
He dug under ground
Who knew they could run like that!? Or find the hole with such precision. Absolute genius.
World is my oyster, literally
The Aardvark knew exactly where his hole is..... yet I still find myself parking in the wrong floor in my apartment building
Hahaha,epic
I thought the same. Very agile critter!
Yeah me too, but we have never had a hyena chasing us in a parking garage either.😂
U need to join summer coaching in Africa
That hole is his lifeline. Of course he's not going to forget its location.
Didn't know aardvarks were THAT fast! Anyone else thought the Hyena got him for a sec?
Well that aardvark had motivation
Yeah
Yeah
The fastest run you'll ever make is when you're running for your life!
Everyone did.
Wasn't expecting the twist at the last moment.
Lol me either...
You just received a 👍. 😭😅!
Aardvarks follow quarantine rules, and stay near home, expectedly they stay alive... ;)
More dive than a twist.
Same here!
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I have a new found respect and admiration for aardvarks. How in the world did it manage to run circles around the hyena, find it's hole from at least 30-40 yards away, pull a David Blaine by disappearing into the hole, with teeth biting its ass? Bravo! And they're cute little critters
It’s funny cause the hyena was about the same speed, but the Aardvark was zig zagging. Took that hyenas ankles twice🤣
Aardvark must have seen some deer dodging cheetah videos.
Hyenas aren't very good hunters. They are grifters and steal food that other animals catch. Hyenas and the trump family have a lot in common
@@jje8182 atleast hyenas are intelligent 😉
@@jje8182 The larger spotted hyenas are actually really formidable hunters AND scavengers and eat their prey alive. That said, I don’t think the same could be said for this striped hyena. You’re right I think these guys are much better off at scavenging.
that hyena left his ankles in last week
Never stroll far from your hole .aardvark wisdom
Amazing lesson :)
Nice move ant eater
I'm still shocked the aardvark knew exactly were it's burrow entrance was! so quick too but he got a bitten butt and no hyena has a soft bite
Well said.
Yup, aardvarks never stray far from their holes, all right. In fact, usually their territory has multiple holes all over the place so they can easily access any of them in case of something chasing them. And if they can't get into an existing hole in time, they just dig a new one from scratch at a suprising speed, and if the predator tries to bite it while it's doing this, SLASH! Those aardvark claws are no joke, their power ain't pretty.
The Aardvark vented, 200 IQ move.
But the hyena saw him. He’ll get voted off!
Vark seems kinda sus
Nah don’t worry, he was with me in security
Lol
Fucken awsome comment ,201 IQ comeent
The hyena was like holy smoke, where did that guy go.
I thought it was a ninja trick for a short while.
Had to watch it twice.
I thought he had it til I realized otherwise
@@dizzy1369 It was the same for the hyena, i think :D!
When mom says: "don't go play too far from home"!
Мама говорит : не играй далеко от дома!
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Aardvark gets a 10/10 for the Olympic forward flip entry under extreme duress into its hole. I didn't know they could move so fast, quite impressive actually, the gnashing teeth and hunger hyena on your tail is a helluva motivator.
In summary lol
surprisingly fast little fellas, glad he got away
u glad hyena starved? u glad when u starve?
@@iNFaunTae: the more predatory an animal is, the happier I am that they starve. The planet needs less predatory relationships like those between carnivores and their prey, and more symbiotic mutually beneficial relationships, like that between fruit-bearing trees and plants and frugivorous seed-dispersing animals like humans.
Humans have coevolved for tens of millions of years with fruit-bearing trees and plants in the tropical equatorial rainforest, a fully mutualistic symbiotic relationship in which they compete to make fruit as nutritious and delicious as possible in order to entice frugivorous animals like humans to eat them, and the unique interaction between their juvenizing biochemistry and our own neuroendocrine system has strengthened that bond immensely, yielding us our long lifespans as well as our large brains and subsequent higher cognitive faculties.
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@@iNFaunTae i never starve, but im glad the ugly hyena did
@@4exgold Yes!! I'm glad too.👍
I like Hyena but i am glad that Anteater fled.
Hyena can go and eat an animal that is already dead anyways.
I love how the wildebeest capped off the already incredible sighting (just read the description!) by going "Shoo, shoo, outta here, thief!" on the hyena. 😂😂
Incredible how quickly the Aardvark managed to get into the burrow!
Mangoes for everyone
Rare seeing a brown hyena I am so use to seeing spotted hyenas in so many other videos.
I'm thinking same. I'm not sure that's actually a hyena.
@@okeychris9484 It is. There are brown hyenas, striped hyenas, and the most commonly seen species, the spotted hyena.
@@suchomimustenerensis5302 Don't forget the Aardwolf.
@@suchomimustenerensis5302 And, my ex wife.
@@okeychris9484 it's definitely a hyena.
I was wondering how does a little animal like that survive, lol.
So was I.... In Africa of all places.
Yes of course
They're mole, rabbit and prairie dog hybrids
They aren't that small actually.
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Top speed actually doubles when running for your life.
Imagine a cheetah
That anteater magically turned into smoke. Then the wilderbeests were like “Not today!”
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How did the anteater escape? Did it use some ninjustu?
Not an anteater
@@blandantey, it's one of such mysteries for which we try to come up with logical explanations. In this case, let's theorize that it disappeared into its burrow because they usually do not venture too far from their burrow holes in order to increase chances of escaping predators.
@@rayquanartis4837, what then is it? An elephant?
Never saw an aardvark run before. Faster than I thought they’d be.
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lmfao
Damn 😂😂😂😂😂
Lmaooo
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂
indeed an epic escape, and I love it how the wildebeest came as a group to secure the area. Wonderful!
"Every day even you're walking down de stree- oh sh*t!" Run Arthur! 😂
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Isn't anyone going to talk about how we all thought the aardvark had disappeared till we realized it had actually gone down it's *hole?* 🤔😅 Edit: it's the Usain Bolt of aardvarks, so fast!
Viewers sometimes don't like when we put slow-motion, but for this video, no one's complaining! I also only realized where it went only after the slow motion part.
@@Latestsightings I didn't mind the slow mo, it looked awesome!
@@Latestsightings I enjoy the slow-motion! It's easier to see what actually happened.
@@nedranichols2906 I was still confused though, lmao
@@Latestsightings put Slo mó,
Aardvark - Now you see, now you don’t
The wildebeest like, “aight chump you lost, gtfoh!” 😂
They were like "Come her son, were you just hunting .. on OUR yard?"
😂😂 I was thinking the same thing..
First time I have seen the Aardvark RUNNING! It's one of my favourite (not only African) animals and...I didn't know it was so fast!
That's not a hyena, it's an *anteatereater*
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Ant Avenger
Lol
Anteatereatern't
A Anteater vs A Everything Eater
Anteater : Dials 911
Wildebeest : "Wildebeests police department how may I help you"
Anteater : " Come here quick I almost got eaten alive by a hyena "
Wildebeest : "On our way we're exactly at the destination we were just waiting for your call "
Anteater : "Thank you officer"
When you're busy eating ants 🐜 and someone thinks your meat 🍖 is much juicier. 🏃 😎
Wow that was amazing how the aardvark disappeared down a burrow, the wildebeest chased the hyena off!! Wow thank you for sharing this video! ❤️❤️❤️
Then the Anteater gets on the radio to the Wildebeest. edit - yes it's an Aardvark thank you.
_Aardvark._ Anteaters are very different critters.
Aardvark is in its own order (Tubulidentata). While anteater is groupped with sloths, armadillos etc. in Xenarthra order.
Aardvarks are different from anteaters man, they come from an antique mammal lineage, they are living fossils.
Every animal has their own strategy to survive.
Bottomline Aardvark and Anteaters eat insects.
After watching most predator/prey videos on TH-cam, you'd never expect there to be any other prey animal besides impalas. I never even considered aardvarks as potential prey
Flesh vs hunger
1:50
A wild hyena appeared:
Aardvark : Used DIG !!!
Hyena : Used BITE !!!
No affect on aardvark.....
Aardvark got away safely ....
That's incredible! Kudos to the cameraman!
I was rooting for the aardvark. 😎
*The Arthur theme song, but it’s about this video*
(because Arthur is an aardvark)
Everyday when you’re walking on the grass.
That hyena’s a pain in the _____
Because he keeps trying to eat me!
And I say HEY!
HEY!
I gotta try and run away!
Can’t end up as lunch today!
Can’t get along with each other!
Gotta listen to my heart.
Listen for danger.
Look out for the hyena
I gotta hide inside my hangar!
Dodge all it’s attacks, dive into my hole.
In the end I’ll be the winner, and not become dinner!
It’s a simple message, and it is called instinct.
Just believe in yourself, so that you won’t be extinct!
And I say HEY!
HEY!
I have achieved victory!
That hyena is hungry
Because he didn’t catch me!
HEY!
I managed to live today!
HEY!
I managed to live today!
HEY!
😂😂😂 awesome
@@antwonlembrick8712 Glad you liked it!
I could hear it as I was reading it 🤘
I can actually put the Arthur theme to this if you want me to
Most underrated comment of all time!
A brown hyena chasing a anteater... such an incredibly rare footage
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anteater
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardvark
Know The Difference
The dust made it look like a substitution jutsu/ninja smoke screen 😂
Hyena: *"He ant easy to get!"*
This comment deserve more likes
Wow Aardvark got away. Way to go Aardvark.
Hey Annette :)
Spoiler alert
@@ysfabd100 Lol, sorry
Damn,never knew the Anteaters could run so fast
This is no anteater.
Yeah! Aardvarks are smaller and live in different places to anteaters
4.25 40 speed when trying not to be dinner
@Not Today Aardvarks are afrotheres and are more closely related to elephants and elephant shrews.
Anteaters are xenarthrans and are more closely related to sloths and armadillos.
Hey 👋 my name is Trevor as well
Thanks for the slow motion replay. I thought the Hyena got the anteater until I saw the replay. AWESOME!!!
What an amazing ability that they can easily find their hole as if they had GPS, and all the while dodging the predator!
thats a rare sighting
I didn’t know Einstein had TH-cam !??
It's good
Thanks captain obvious
@@rhys3089 hey that hurt my feelings
Even without his glasses Arthur still dusted him
I loved how that herd teamed up once the aardvark got away , they was about to fuck that hyena up , way to go y’all 🙌🏽❤️
They were just bluffing. If that hyena would have faced them, they would have turned and started running the other way.
Hyena: looks left, looks right... thank God no one saw that....
YT: no you're wrong
I didn't know that they could move that fast. I glad it didn't move too far from its hole.
I also had no idea! It’s just incredible
No humans could/would outrun them as long as they are adult and healthy.
@@Latestsightings I don't think that awkward slow hyena was even capable of killing that thing.
Arthur has changed a lot from when I was a kid.
crazy! Arthur doesn't even have a long snout, the absolute give-away for an aardvark character, what a shame that they didn't bring knowledge of aardvarks through his character, a missed opportunity IMO, businesses and Hollywood should donate to wildlife charities of the wild animal that they use to make lots of money from...ie. rhinos, bears, gorillas, tigers.. used for tough tyres and camping goods etc. Hippos, crocodiles, lions, sharks and every single other animal, used for movies... most wildlife is now endangered, a lot of the big animals are, esp. the predators...we either like them and want to share our planet with our fellow Earthlings...or we don't/won't..
@AaronT Actually, only Buster looks like a rabbit. Muffy and Francine look more like humans than monkeys, Binky looks less like a bulldog and more like a deformed Goomba, Brain doesn't quite look like a bear, George the moose looks more like a goat with antlers, the list goes on. XD
@@NannupTiger Fun fact: In the very first Arthur books, Arthur did look more like an actual aardvark, complete with a long snout, but then they changed him into his design we all know and love to mock because it was hard to see his mouth with that snout in the way. Uhhh, didn't the artists realize that an aardvark's mouth is at the end of the snout and not behind it? These are aardvarks! Not elephants! XD
@@cintronproductions9430 - thanks for that! my kids used to watch this show and I never knew Arthur was an aardvark! thankyou fellow wildlife enthusiast 😊
Hyena 1: "Do you like food to go?" Hyena 2: no why" hyena 1:"cuz there it goes!!!"
Hyena calls emergency meeting
Hyena tells that Aardvark vented
Hyena was not the impostor
Excellent sighting, thank you.
Hyena: i kill you aardvark
Aardvark: i spit you with ants.
Lol!
xddd
So lame
@@xjemiki2803 that wasn't lame
Incredible snapshot of nature. Triplet of shows in 3 minutes. Thanks Kruger.
Upcoming video: Ant tries to outrun Aardvar (Anteater) in an epic chase.
Lmao
Both are rare mammals of Africa. The Aardvark specially is critically endangered.
What are you talking about? The Aardvark is listed as least concern by the IUCN. Though that could change in the future I admit, but still a long way from critically endangered.
So
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He jumped in a bunker hole..
@@jimw5955 👍
A never before seen moment
*A never seen before moment.
A moment never seen before
A before moment seen never
Moments never before seen a.
A seen never moment before.
I’m so happy the anteater made it🙏🏼😊
Anteater ran so fast that he started smoking! 🤣
That so funny🤣😂🤣😂😭it like man when dem run from the police
Hyena went back to the command center to report the UFO sighting.
Two rare signings in daylight cancel each other out. Amazing.
Yaay, for Mr. Anteater. Clearly, the Anteater got away and didn't need any saving, but thanks for the gesture Mr. Wildebeest.
Aardvark, he be rolling deep. One for The Wildebeest Squad!
hi guys , to the 1% who read this , know that you are important and loved, may your dreams come true and hope that your life is well.
Thank you you too
Thanks you too brother
Same to you bro
Thank you. Ameen. God bless you too.
Amen.
I clicked so fast, I thought the title read 'aardvark runs down a hare' 😆 I was so confused but delighted in the video, awesome footage, I love these animals..
For years I have thougt that you like Tasmanian tigers (also known as Tasmanian wolves) most. I fully understand that they have already died out. Incidentally, you are THE authority on hyenas. And your vast knowledge of animals is really praiseworthy.
👍👍👍the best video I have ever seen....so natural....keep it up man.
Amazing video. Those wildebeast brought a twist...gave it a happy ending!
the anteater just showed the hyena a disappearing act . Magic at it's best
That was so cool!!! The Great Escape!! 😲 He just made it by "the hair on his chinny chin chin" 🤣
Never seen a wild Aardvark video, thanks for the upload
Yayyyyyy, finally one for the little guy haha, these type of videos usually end in carnage
“Imagine having big, sharp claws but still have to run from predator like a puss.”
This comment was made by the South American giant anteater.
Hyenas have one of the strongest bite force in animal kingdom, that anteater would have been toast my guy
@@jaredfoster606 He's talking about hyenas that run from lions. Lol.
@@TravelerVolkriin No, he's talking about the aardvark. Hyenas have small, dull claws. Also, a hyena's bite is actually not as strong as previously thought, but it is still stronger than a wolf's.
@@doktorhyena what? That’s as strong as we thought.
@@jaredfoster606 i believe that is referring to the larger spotted hyenas. Brown hyenas dont have the bite force of their cousins. :)
Wildebeest: Is that hyena in the neighborhood 😳
Let's goooo guys.
Hyena: I was just passing friends say hi to Aardvark.
Kruger Sightings always has the best in action sightings but just wish they were longer!
Thank you for sharing both rare animals
It's rare to see both of them at daytime
I never see this before. Hyena chasing aardvark. Aardvark is running faster to live another day. Keep safe adorable anteater! Poor hyena! Anyway, amazing scenery...
And I thought aardvarks were slow...
@@jovanblom7742 I tought the same way too. Sometimes when they thretened, anteater was try to outrun their attckers but other times they fight. Unbelievably, their top speed is 31 MPH and very good swimmers. Hopefully these rarely creature should be protected so they will increase their numbers. Just a quick looks about aardvark. 😊
@@ryacob9791 Yes, and they've always been first in the dictionary!
Love this video, the good guy wins and very smartly too😊
Plot twist- the ants called the hyena to get rid of anteater
Anteater - *Why do I hear boss music?*
Imagine if an aardwolf chased down an aardvark... a tongue-twister 😆
There's usually associative feeding between the two however, rather than any chasing. Aardwolves, albeit burrowing animals, don't have claws strong enough to dig through termite mounds, so they often have to rely on aardvarks for that.
"Aardvarks excavate extensive burrow systems for shelter, which are often refuges for a variety of other animals. They are able to break and penetrate the hard crusts of termite mounds and thereby facilitate the supplementary feeding of other species, like the aardwolf or ant-eating chat, which are not able to open such mounds. Old excavated mounds are also utilized by various species as hibernation or nesting location, which underlines the ecological importance of aardvarks."
There are some reports regarding certain feliforms in mixed enclosures, and under the aardwolf section, there was this: zoorope.hu/en-mixed-exhibit-felidae-hyaenidae/
"In a nocturnal exhibit at Zoo Frankfurt the socialization of Aardwolves and Aardvarks was really successful for a long time. Aardwolves were the submissive species and sometimes showed threat behaviour, but no aggression. Mild stress was also present between the species due to the common use of the underground holes."
Also, aardwolves are actually much lighter and smaller than aardvarks...
Aardwolf:
Length: 55-80cm (body)+ 20-30cm (tail)
Shoulder height: 40-50 cm
Weight: 7-10 kg (avg), Max: 15kg
Aardvark:
Length: 105-130cm (body)+ upto 70cm (tail)
Shoulder Height:~60 cm
Weight: 60-80 kg
Girth: 100cm
That's a lot of difference! :0
How could he remember that exact location of his burrow?
how do you remember in another part of town where your house is exactly?
@@lythicat8760 ha ha Good question. Typically we remember any location by landmarks or street names. While Aardvark might have used things like little bushes, trees, etc on plains to get in his home I guess, given such emergency + short time, most humans may fail to get in their home if they come across such life and death scenario.
@@curious6899 They have a feeling for it, they dont remember mentally the way we do. But on the other hand, if they are just 50 meters from their hole, they will know, that is their whole life.. :D
He knows and expects that sort of thing is certainly gonna happen. Its kinda like hunger, sends you to go to look for food but you have to remember, you're food yourself, so as you go out, remember your way home!
You go out walking carefully and slowly, looking for food, but you are surely gonna go home running for dear life!
The aardvark must have dig underground. Wonderful defense.
Love the dust part.
Aardvark is quick, you can learn a lot from watching this. Great video .
Hyena: How sway! How???
So aardvark can't use their long claws to fight off predators? I thought it would stand its ground and use them Edward scissors ✂️
😂😂😂😂fr
Damn the hyena almost got it tho
Interesting video of two rare and very unknown animals, thank you!
this is super rare I have never seen a video of a brown hyena hunt and never seen an aardvark being hunted ever before that is truly a rare video
Find a hole. Call on the wildebeest to run off the hyena.
I LOVE aardvarks... I had a toy aardvark as a child that used to 'hoover' up ants, I wish I still had it 😊
Haha cute
Dawwww.
Amazing footage!
That Hyena looked so cool with its hair spiked up all over and that cool pose! Kinda reminded me of Tiger from Monster Rancher 😎
Hyenas wouldn't dare to hunt an ant eater from south America in a 1v1
South Africa
He's talking about the giant ant eaters from South America. They can get some decent claws
@@nathanermitano4458 yeah those one's, I've seen them fight off jaguars so ik they would be able to fight off a lone or a couple hyenas
This brown hyena wouldn’t obviously. But I think a full clan of spotted hyenas could kill one.
Who else learned how to spell “aardvark” from watching Arthur? Lol
That song is still stuck in my head. 😂
@@CamberRockerCamber such an iconic song! Lol
Never watched Arthur.
Facts I know I did u took me back lol
That was my show as a kid
Absolutely love Brown Hyenas, hope I can see one someday
A BROWN HYENA and an AARDVARK that's very rare, meaning that the biodiversity in Kruger National Park is increasing. Incredible!!!
Hyena : why are you running,I just want a piece of you..
I feel that the hyena is inexperience and young, it look like the hyena could have easily got it, even looks faster but choose to let it go from lack of hunting experience.
Yeah he wasn't running hard it seemed. Maybe it doesn't know the aardvark very well and was cautious.
That Aardvark when into that hole quicker than the rabbit hole I just entered that led me to this video!
When you running for your life, it amazing how fast you can run.