--- title: The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zazu: real hyenas, mandrills and hornbills — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zazu: real hyenas, mandrills and hornbills», a lesson of the biology course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: In The Lion King the hyenas are cackling, lazy thieves, Rafiki is a wise old mandrill on the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/) / The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zaz… # The Lion King's hyenas, Rafiki and Zazu: real hyenas, mandrills and hornbills Lesson 126 of the biology course of Mova's primary school: 15 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu/0/) — In The Lion King the hyenas are cackling, lazy thieves, Rafiki is a wise old mandrill on the savanna, and Zazu is a hornbill who flies about reporting news. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu/1/) — Real spotted hyenas are skilled hunters that run down zebras and wildebeest, and in some places lions steal from hyenas more often than hyenas steal from lions. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu/2/) — A hyena clan is ruled by females, who are bigger than the males, and the famous «laugh» is a giggle of nerves or excitement, not of fun. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu/4/) — Real red-billed hornbills hop about the savanna for insects and seeds, team up with dwarf mongooses, and the mother seals herself into a tree hole with mud to keep her chicks safe. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu/5/) — Spotted hyenas are skilled hunters that catch most of their own food in many places, and in the Ngorongoro Crater lions ate hyena kills more often than the other way round. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu/6/) — A spotted hyena's giggle usually means it is nervous, excited or frustrated, not happy; its «whoop» can be heard several kilometres away. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu/7/) — In spotted hyena clans the females are in charge and are bigger and stronger than the males; a clan can have up to about 80 members. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu/8/) — Spotted hyenas have some of the strongest bites of any mammal and can crush and digest bones, so their dry droppings are white with calcium. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu/9/) — Hyenas look like dogs but are more closely related to cats and mongooses; the aardwolf is a small hyena that eats mostly termites. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu/10/) — Mandrills live in the rainforests of Central Africa and have short stumpy tails; they are the biggest monkeys in the world. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu/11/) — Male mandrills have the brightest red and blue faces, and the most important male in a group has the strongest colours. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu/12/) — Mandrills have very long canine teeth, and a wide yawn shows them off as a warning to rivals. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu/13/) — Red-billed hornbills live in dry African savannas, eating insects, seeds and small animals on the ground; the big bill is light because it is hollow inside. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu/14/) — A female red-billed hornbill seals herself into a tree hole with mud and droppings, and the male feeds her and the chicks through a narrow slit; the wall keeps snakes, monkeys and other egg thieves out, and when the chicks are big the mother breaks out and the chicks seal the hole again behind her. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/126-the-lion-king-hyenas-rafiki-and-zazu/15/) — In Kenya, hornbills and dwarf mongooses team up: the birds catch insects the mongooses disturb and call out warnings of hawks. - ← previous: [Timon and Pumbaa: real meerkats and warthogs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs/) - next →: [Madagascar: real lemurs, the aye-aye and the fossa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/127-madagascar-real-lemurs/) - ↑ back to [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/)