Packs as a Successful Hunting Strategy

Question 1

How do wild dog packs immobilise prey?

Answer 1

• one dog grabs the prey’s tail and the other its upper lip
• the rest of the pack then kills the prey quickly and efficiently

Question 2

How does the whole wild dog pack share in the kill?

Answer 2

• the young feed first

Question 3

What happens to wild dogs left behind in the den?

Answer 3

• they are fed on regurgitated meat