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- Wild Dog
- Zebra
Wild-dog (Lycaon pictus)
THE SMALLER CARNIVORES
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Reminiscent of cheetah in general build, the wild-dog also has long slender legs and a lean body - advantages to any predator which depends on its running ability to catch its prey. Sometimes called hunting-dogs, wild-dogs are found in packs of between five and twenty or more. Their large, rounded ears are very distinctive, as is their blotched or mottled body coloration, generally a mixture of black, orange-brown and white.
Nomadic for much of the year, wild-dogs will roam over very large areas, constantly searching for prey to satisfy their almost continuous hunger. Once the pack has chosen its next meal - usually an impala, zebra, kudu or other antelope - it hunts down the victim with dogged persistence and matchless stamina.
Wild-dogs may appear cruel, as they will rip and snap chunks of flesh from the fleeing animal as it gradually tires and slows. Once down, either from exhaustion or the extent of maiming. Death is very quick as they mill and throng to tear and rip chunks of flesh from any available part of the body.
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