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African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus)
African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus)
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African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus)
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Credits to Africa Geographic.
Wild dog pups greet arriving adults that have been out hunting. Taken in Sable Alley, Khwai Private Reserve, Botswana byMercedes Bailey, Natural Selection. Click on it to play. 
Hunting success rate of African wild dogs in Selous :
 *This image is copyright of its original author Source : Communal hunting and pack size in African wild dogs, Lycaon pictus
Credits to Dulini.
'Teamwork'...  *This image is copyright of its original author
From Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, 16 Nov. '17:
"Last night we watched a pack of wild dogs as they came across an injured baboon. They investigated and left shortly afterwards. They also had an interaction with a herd of wildebeest chasing each other around."  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
The study shown on post #48 shows that the wild dogs have their greatest success in hunting very fast prey rather than prey that puts up a fight.
From Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve:
"As the sun set, a pack of African Painted Dogs decided to go out in search of their next meal."  *This image is copyright of its original author
(01-27-2018, 03:55 PM)brotherbear Wrote: The study shown on post #48 shows that the wild dogs have their greatest success in hunting very fast prey rather than prey that puts up a fight. Indeed, african wild dogs are not the magical (excellent at everything) hunters that most documentary try to make us believe.
Credits to Renata Ewald Wildlife and Nature Photography.
Battle-scars.  *This image is copyright of its original author
"Territoriality does not seem to be well developed and hundreds of individuals may once have gathered temporarily in response to migrations of the formerly vast herds of springbock in southern Africa (Kingdon 1977)", Nowak, Ronald M. (2005). Walker's Carnivores of the World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. p. 112
https://books.google.ca/books?id=T37sFCl...22&f=false  *This image is copyright of its original author "Karma"- pups got baby baboon. 
Some great pictures of lycaon pictus manguensis
Credit: https://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Africa/Senegal/East/Tambacounda/Niokolo_Koba/photo1563418.htm  *This image is copyright of its original author Credit: https://www.facebook.com/africanwildlifeconservationnews/posts/wild-dogs-documented-in-senegalrecent-evidence-suggests-that-wild-dogs-persist-i/252444234941676/  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
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