Spotted hyenas live in groups of 40 to 80, the largest of any carnivores. They often create small sub-groups which form and re-form with varying memberships during a day of hunting.

The pattern of a zebra’s stripes is exclusive to the individual zebra. The stripes seem to have evolved to attract fewer flies. Zebras often live close to ostriches as a form of mutual protection. Zebras hear better than ostriches while ostriches see better than zebras. Zebras are divided into 3 species—the mountain zebra, the Grévy’s zebra, and the plains zebra. On “canned-hunt” ranches in Texas, zebras and many other exotic and endangered species can be shot at close range for fees ranging from $7,500 to $35,000. In Texas alone, there are approximately 1.3 million exotic animals held captive on these ranches.

Every dolphin has a unique name in the form of a special whistle, and a dolphin will remember another’s name even if the 2 have been out of contact for as long as 20 years.

Bobcats live everywhere in the United States except Delaware, in virtually every kind of terrain from forests to deserts. At night bobcats roam up to 7 miles along familiar routes in search of prey. They have an excellent sense of smell and very good vision. By the second half of the 20th century, trade in fur of spotted cats, like ocelots and leopards, had dramatically increased demand for bobcats. Over the decades, demand declined because of increasing awareness of the cruel trapping and production methods used to harvest the pelts.