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Despite producing the world ’s most popular kids ' movies , Disneyis no stranger to shadow , but one recently confirmedThe Lion Kingfan theory goes further than anyone expect . From Bambi ’s mama toPinocchio ’s Pleasure Island scene , many Disney movies have intentionally dark moments , but it turns out a dangle thread from the originalLion Kingtops them all .
In the original moving picture , fans learn that due to their insatiate appetites and wasteful hunting , the Pride Lands ' hyena have been expatriate to the Elephant Graveyard . in the end , Scar is capable torecruit the hyena as his personal armyby assure to let them hunt freely - a conclusion which ends up decimating the ecosystem . However , fans noticed an military issue with this condition quo - if the hyenas are ban to a place with functionally no food , how do they survive in such immense Book of Numbers ? One dark buff possibility was that they routinely cannibalize each other - and now Disney has allow lover know that ’s 100 % the case .
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Lion King’s Hyenas Only Survived Thanks to Cannibalism
Disney Villains : Scaris a new series from Chuck Brown , Trevor Fraley , Chiara Di Francia , and Jeff Eckleberry , cover the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. after Simba ’s birth , when Scar begin plot against Mufasa in earnest . In issue 3 - after meet two vulture who declare oneself to precede him to a potential army - Scar spies on a conclave of hyenas . Their leader -the terrific poove of the Bone Eaters- acknowledges that her subjects are starving , and declare that Shenzi will be the next forfeit . The other hyenas attack , attempting to make a repast of Whoopi Goldberg ’s moving picture fictitious character . This is n’t a one - off social function either - the Queen specifically states that Shenzi has"eaten your filling at feastsjustlike these . Now it ’s your round tobethe feast . “Needless to say , it ’s incredibly unusual for Disney to confirm a beloved character is a cannibal in a licensed property .
Scar Offered Lion King’s Hyenas an Escape
finally , confirm the hyena are cannibals is smart in several way . First , it ’s true to nature , where hyenas have been have it away to attack and eat their own . Second , it cleverly identifies the hyenas as existing outside Mufasa ’s notable Circle of Life , turning them into an unnatural closed loop . Third , it shows how desperate the hyena were and why they ’d throw in with Scar despite distrusting Lion . It may even explicate whyScar ’s forces destroyed the Pride Landsso quickly - if the hyenas overindulged before their deportation , then years of starvation and cannibalism in all probability made them even worse . ultimately , it adds an redundant level of irony to Scar ’s eventual fate ; consumed by the pack rat he anticipate to fertilise .
It ’s always fun to learn about dark secrets lurking in Disney property , but like many of the choice that makeLion Kinggreat , the hyaena ' cannibalism is rooted in observations about the brutality of real - lifetime nature . Thanks toDisney Villains : Scar , Lion Kingfans now know how an army of hyenas survived years without solid food , and the resolution is n’t pretty .
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