The Kenya Wildlife Service has gone above and beyond and has been educating its citizens on how to survive a hyena attack if by any chance, you are attacked by a hyena.
Types of Hyenas
Can a hyena kill you?
First things first! Can a hyena kill you? According to wikipedia,
The hyena is classified as a man-eater in the same category as a lion, leopard, cheetah and similar felines. They say:
Although hyenas readily feed upon human corpses, they are generally very wary of humans and less dangerous than the big cats whose territory overlaps with theirs. Nonetheless, both the spotted hyena and the smaller striped hyena are powerful predators quite capable of killing an adult human, and are known to attack people when food is scarce. Like most predators, hyena attacks tend to target women, children, and infirm men, though both species can and do attack healthy adult males on occasion. The spotted hyena is the more dangerous of the two species, being larger, more predatory, and more aggressive than the striped hyena. The brown hyena and aardwolf are not known to prey on humans
So what has KWS advised you to do? Here are the exact steps that KWS recommends: Do exactly as it does to confuse it. Says KWS. Refer to bulletin below for more information.
Confronting a hyena
Well, we wish you luck if you should meet the hyena. We predict your chances of survival are fairly low.