00:00She's had this this element of fear where she won't, she doesn't quite know
00:05what I'm gonna do. I suppose it's an element of distrust. Never, never, never
00:11ever, never, ever, ever. You are a champion. Hey, wow. She's always been a
00:19little bit curious, never really totally trusting. You walk up with such confidence.
00:27Hey Nancy. Hi guys. Yeah, warm welcome to subscribers, members and of course pride
00:36leaders. Today's a bit of a sad video. It's a tribute video to one of the
00:42younger animals at the sanctuary. A tribute video to Nancy who actually just
00:48passed suddenly. It was very unexpected and I suppose that makes it all the more
00:56tragic because you are never expecting the younger animals to pass suddenly. We
01:03always are in anticipation of the older animals passing. So unfortunately, yeah,
01:10Nancy did pass and an autopsy revealed that in fact it was a heart attack. So it was
01:18nothing untoward other than natural causes. Very rare for a hyena to pass away from a
01:27heart attack but anything can happen. So yeah, let's remember Nancy. I think for all
01:34of you who watch the channel regularly will know that Nancy was a little bit of a
01:39troublemaker. So, oh look at those teeth. She wants to say that she still has amazing teeth
01:48for her age. One would consider Gina to be a grandma of hyenas. You see they don't
01:57like the brush, they like my hand. But Gina is the matriarch of the clan and she
02:03always has been. Don't dare cause trouble here, Nancy Pansy. Nancy is trying to steal my camera.
02:12Never a dull moment when Nancy is around. Wants to make it all about her. And what's happened,
02:20we'll get to you Nancy. We'll get to you. How's your back doing? She had a bit of a
02:26bite on her back the other day. Just talking about Gina. She's the matriarch. She always
02:30has been. She hasn't been overthrown. She kind of rules with an iron fist. Anyone who
02:37gets in her way will be brutally sorted out. So make no mistake, her kindness is
02:46because she likes me. She's not that kind to clan members that step out of line.
02:53Including her daughter, Nancy. Nancy Pansy. And Nancy is next in line. Nancy is coming on
03:07eight years of age. She's a rather big, rather large hyena. So she has been challenging mom
03:15a bit. There's always this nervousness between her and myself. And it's kind of strange because
03:31other hyenas have really calmed down in the past to the extent that you could actually scratch
03:38them under the chin and on the neck. But Nancy's always had this kind of, she's had this element
03:48of fear where she won't, she doesn't quite know what I'm going to do. I suppose it's an
03:52element of distrust. That she will get to a point where you could touch her on her face
03:58or on her nose. But as soon as you start to try and scratch, then she does that kind of
04:03behavior.
04:04So it's truly a wild characteristic in Nancy. And some days she's really chilled and curious.
04:14But then other days she's a little bit erratic. And that is the issue really with a hyena like
04:22Nancy. Because what could quite easily happen is she could, she can mistake a gesture for
04:33something threatening. And then that could end badly. So one has to have a healthy respect
04:42for her personality. She was not super friendly with me. We had our moments. But she was, you
04:52know, not my best friend. And yeah, she was often causing trouble with Gina and Gina would
05:00put her in her place. Which would result in Dr. Caldwell having to be called out. And also,
05:07her and Woody were always bickering. And I suppose it's because there was this whole dominance
05:15thing going on with her. Happy birthday, Nancy. Yeah, it's your birthday. Not that you would
05:23know or care. Hello birthday girl. Hello. Happy birthday. 10. I can't believe you're 10. It just
05:34seems like yesterday you were causing trouble. Trouble in paradise.
05:44Alright, so Nancy is, as you can see, she's not always the friendliest of characters.
05:54Don't you bite her? No. Hey, don't you bite her? No. You're naughty. Hello Woody. She's a naughty
06:10girl. You can see the pink mark on her back from where she was. Yeah. It's getting really,
06:20really rowdy. Don't get rowdy. You can see the pink mark on her back from when she has been
06:27getting into fights with the group. And it's mainly actually from her mom, Gina, who's been
06:37putting her in her place because she is always trying to become top dog. And then in turn,
06:44what she does is she starts to bite and you can see Woody's back here. So she starts to try
06:50and bite
06:50Woody on the back and then Gina also gets stuck in. So she's a real little troublemaker, Nancy. And
07:03what's-his-name always just tends to stay on the fringes. So Ringo stays on the fringes. She's
07:10starting to cause trouble with Woody. It's just incredible. I don't know how you tolerate that,
07:16my girl. Don't tolerate that. That's not to be tolerated. No. Disgusting behaviour. Hasn't changed
07:30in her life. She's always been a little bit curious. Never really totally trusting. And I've never really
07:40totally trusted her either. She's just such a horrible girl at times. Hey, you walk up with such confidence.
07:51Hey, Nancy. But there's the boss. Hello, boss. Let's see. Maybe we're going to get a ceremonial greeting.
07:58Yes, we are. So Gina's getting Nancy, her daughter, to lift her leg. Nancy's not really playing ball.
08:14Gina, you're a funny girl. Yeah.
08:21So there's old Nancy feeling Woody's wound, which makes me think that it was Gina who probably inflicted
08:29that wound on Woody. She's moving off. Yeah, Nancy was cheeky, cocky, rambunctious, kept everyone on their
08:38toes. But I suppose that is what we loved about her. Not every animal at the sanctuary can be easy
08:46going.
08:46And so we all appreciated and loved Nancy for her character. I'm just keeping an eye on Nancy.
08:57She seems to be the one that's really into this game. Let's see what we can do. I don't want
09:03her to
09:04even, I don't even want Nancy to see me doing something here. So I'm just going to pretend I'm
09:09walking away. Let her disappear somewhere else. And then I'm going to hide the egg.
09:23You can see that nose is always doing something.
09:27She is not stopping, sniffing, sniffing. Look at that nose. It is sniffing, sniffing, sampling, sampling.
09:36She's continually sampling the air. Okay, she's walking away. I'm going to be very quiet.
09:47Okay, so I buried it.
10:01Look at her, following her nose, following her nose. No ways. No, no, no ways guys. No ways. Never,
10:14never, never, never, ever, never, ever, ever. Guys, did you see that?
10:30I can't believe that. Nancy, you are a champion. That is incredible. Guys, I'm sorry. I buried that
10:40egg in the sand, in the water. Not only in the water, I buried it in the sand. And she
10:45found that
10:46in less than four minutes. Nancy, you are a champion. Hey, wow. Even Kev's impressed with that.
10:58Wow, what a sniffer dog. Where have you been, Gina? Lazy? Man, oh man. Okay, guys. I think if that
11:05doesn't demonstrate the power of the hyena's sense of smell, then I don't know what will. I mean,
11:10I ran out of superlatives to describe these animals. It's just incredible. For that, I think I'm going
11:16to give them all a little treat. Nancy has done her species proud. I'm serious, guys. That has blown
11:25even my mind away. Okay, I've never seen anything quite like that. To find that buried in the water
11:34under some mud. I'm staggered. I'm stunned. Yeah, she will be sorely missed and certainly
11:43she was an animal, as I said, that kept us all on our toes. But more than that, I think
11:50Nancy
11:50taught us a lot about hyenas and hyena behavior. And I think she was a character that many of you
11:59came to appreciate over the years and did ask after when she wasn't seen in videos. So, yeah.
12:10Guys, know this. Nancy will never be forgotten. And until next time, from me, Kevin. Ciao.
12:18Me.
12:43Thanks for having me.
12:44So, I'm here.
12:44I'm here.
