Memory:Hyena

The hyena lolls its tongue, panting briefly, then closes its powerful jaws with a sharp click. Powerful legs, looking too short for a creature this size, move the hyena rapidly over the ground. The markings on bristly fur are meant for hiding outside, but the hyena can sneak around perfectly well in any environment. In the right frame of mind, you could actually think that these carnivores aren't as nasty as they're said to be, and that they're in fact just as good or bad as any other animal. Of course, when you're looking down the barrel (some prefer to call it "mouth") of a loaded hyena, it's quite difficult to sympathize with the beast; you can hardly like jaws easily capable of biting through thighbones and a mind set to kill when this living weapon currently targets you.