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Hyenas are very much underrated. The amount of people I have to correct in saying they're canines is ridiculous, but it shows how little most of the world knows about them. They deserve more love.
I agree that they are underrated. In the documentaries, they are just living their lives, which often includes being jerks to the other animals in the food chain - but that is how they are. Since they have the stereotype of being jerks (lions are typically seen as a mighty and "good" species and the hyenas are generally their main rivals in the animal kingdom) a lot of people will follow that. Disney even did that. It is sad though.