{"id":439,"date":"2025-06-24T16:25:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T16:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=439"},"modified":"2025-06-24T16:25:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T16:25:51","slug":"hyena-nearly-opens-car-door-in-terrifying-safari-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=439","title":{"rendered":"Hyena Nearly Opens Car Door In Terrifying Safari Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A group of friends on a safari in South Africa\u2019s Kruger National Park had a surprising encounter when a curious hyena attempted to bite and tug at their car door handle!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhfGQWzc1xb1AJpuobQUKyvmidQMIb2aUQvzndRtSREXXKMt9eh_o8ybr7Uel42FXtlKaylQenlDzcEqahXlHGEGFdNnkKGkxACJhaXGXhNc_LOfpjb9hmfCO_VX2vCUpDZEsgTjlUwttuWmFTOwE1iTTpFfjuTDsTthfFWA2bQxc80Z3HLiguo1Y_Lu_s\/s1600\/Hyena%20Nearly%20Opens%20Car%20Door%20In%20Terrifying%20Safari%20Moment.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The group had stopped near a hyena den at sunrise, where playful cubs and adults approached their vehicle. The hyenas inspected the wheels, with one even nibbling at the tyre valve \u2014 luckily, without causing damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hyena Nearly Opens Car Door\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tn7dM4w-Ncw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Things took a bold turn when one hyena tried to pull open the door handle, leaving the occupants laughing nervously and grateful they had locked the doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This close call is a reminder to always keep car doors locked and windows closed when viewing wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Spotted hyenas<\/strong>, often misunderstood as mere scavengers, are actually skilled hunters and play a vital role in keeping the bush clean by consuming carcasses and preventing the spread of disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of friends on a safari in South Africa\u2019s Kruger National Park had a surprising encounter when a curious hyena attempted to bite and tug at their car door &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions\/440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}