“The farce is in the hysterical-absurdist mode, leaping from excess to excess, part souped-up gazelle, part nastily laughing hyena.”

“Conception dates of hyena litters were calculated by subtracting the gestation period of 110 days from birthdates.”

“We've got spotted hyena, cheetah, some of the smaller carnivores, jennets and things like that.”

“It's a hot water bottle in my mountain-lodge bed, overlooking gazelles and hyenas at a watering hole.”

“The collection of paintings include performing horses, elephants, sheep, hyenas, snakes, birds and a guinea pig.”

“Edges allowed better butchering to cut choice filets away from the carcass shortly after the lions left and before the hyenas came.”