Swiiiiish, the hyena clan fell from the sky before hitting the ground with deafening thuds. Luckily, the clan survived but with broken hind legs. From that day on, the hyena walks with a limp.

A few kilometres from the Big Cat Live camp was a hyena den whose occupants we were able to follow on the webcams and with thermal imaging cameras. Such dens are hard to spot unless the hyenas are ...