My Pet Hyena | Fatal Attractions

A man purchases a hyena cub to live with him... in his eighth floor apartment!

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[yeahcatyeah]

How dare he say Hyenas are ugly! Ahhh so cute

[BryHawn]

Hey Guys, it's Bryan from Fatal Attraction! Thanks so much for watching my episode! The comments are awesome... Loving the controversy :) Jake is doing awesome! The publicity of Fatal attraction has gotten him a Huge enclosure. He also has two hyenas that he will be forming a pack with (male and female). Still see him all the time, and he wanted to tell u guys" Eh ee eee eh" which is hyena lingo for "Thank you for saying I am cute" much love,

Bry

[exzom0]

Bryan buddy you are one crazy son of gun lol while I do not agree with what you did due to the danger involved , I admire you for your dedication to your animal friends specially Jack and your courage .Way to go

Orod Jahan

[SerenityZero]

Hyenas aren't ugly! Still....don't buy wild animals. They don't belong in a cage--they just don't understand. Their genes are made for the wild--dogs and other pets are domesticated and their natural instincts have adapted to that life. Wild animals haven't.

[jessebelle0]

are you crazy !!!! he belongs in the wild  a hyena is not a pet !!!!!

[illyas1]

raising a little hyena seems the same a raising a little puppy.

[British0Pixie]

Brian is obviously insane. Based on the video clip

he made just proved he was bonkers. I think the hyena

knew that there wasn't something quite right with ol' Brian

so he stitched a denim patch over his arsehole for safe measure.

[Omnigeek6]

@Omnigeek6

Spotted hyenas in particular are extremely intelligent and have a strong social hierarchy, although females are more aggressive.

Another interesting thing: Bryan's description of the first two weeks sounds a lot like some parents' accounts of having an infant or toddler in the house. Of course, this is not truly a valid comparison, since many people do even less research before having babies than responsible, intelligent people do before getting pets.

[Omnigeek6]

@Omnigeek6

...and are expected to remove small prey, while hunting or guard dogs are usually bred to restrain their hunting instincts unless commanded otherwise). But this does NOT mean they are incapable of forming bonds with humans. It just means that such bonds are not foolproof (dogs that attack humans and haven't been abused or neglected are perhaps one in a million. With wild carnivores, this rate may be more like one in a hundred, or even one in ten.)

[Omnigeek6]

@Omnigeek6

Finally, I am repulsed by the commentators' attempts to portray hyenas as evil monsters... all this talk about "deadly carnivores."

Any carnivore the size of a human or larger is easily physically capable of killing a human (the largest domestic dogs included). All carnivores also retain prey instincts, even those which have been domesticated for thousands of years (cats more so than dogs. This does not mean that cats are "less domesticated. Cats are often used as mousers...

[Omnigeek6]

@Omnigeek6

However, while Bryan made many extremely poor decisions, given that he seems to still have a good relationship with Jake he must have done something right.

I would also take anything said on Fatal Attractions with a grain of salt. While I haven't seen the show myself, it seems that nearly every responsible exotic animal owner has criticized it for sensationalism and demonizing even the people who know what they're doing.