Personal Opinion & Speculations

[Pantherinae]

(01-26-2019, 05:23 PM)brotherbear Wrote: Just for the record, on a nature documentary, a lone wolf was caught on camera killing an adult bison. I watched this myself. The bison did not appear to be sick or injured, but of course it might have been.  
I will edit and add: I remember reading somewhere rather recently that in Pleistocene Europe, hyenas outnumbered and out competed the grey wolf. But my thoughts are, why did the hyena become extinct in Europe?

The hyenas I guess depended on open plains and the large prey that lived there, but when humans killed the large prey and the open plains disappared so did the hyenas, cave bears and cave lions.

I think wolves are better pack hunters than hyenas and are a better unit just as it is with wild dogs. As hyenas although often has larger clans, they often venture alone in pairs or smaller groupes. While canids are very often together. Reply