article_snippet: Researchers studying spotted hyenas in Kenya found that high-ranking members of a clan live longer, are healthier and even have more offspring.
article_snippet: Researchers studied the status and health of spotted hyenas in Kenya (stock image).
article_snippet: Nora Lewin from Michigan State Univerity's zoology department  said: 'If you want to see the hierarchy of spotted hyenas, throw down some fresh meat near you want to see the hierarchy of spotted hyenas. '
article_snippet: Nora Lewin from Michigan State Univerity's zoology department   Nora Lewin from Michigan State Univerity's zoology department   worked with fellow lead author and MSU zoologist Kay Holekamp to study more than 25 years of data on hyenas across the African country.
article_snippet: High-ranking hyenas shorten with each cell division, however, and when High-ranking hyenas reach a critical length the cell stops dividing or dies.
article_snippet: She also spent a summer in Kenya observing hyenas' social structure.
article_snippet: This enhances our understanding of how social and ecological variables may contribute to age-related declines of hyenas, and in organisms in general.'
highlights_snippet: Researchers studied the status and health of spotted hyenas in Kenya .
  