New data flips the narrative on how lions and hyenas interact in the wild

In The Lion King, the hyenas Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed were at the evil lion Scar’s every beck and call. And while the Disney team probably didn’t spend an extensive amount of time observing lions and hyenas interacting in the wild while making the beloved movie, a zoologist and her colleagues just did—and they found something unexpected.The long-standing assumption about the relationship between the carnivores involves hyenas following lions for their food scraps. However, male A