What are wild dogs prey?
What are wild dogs prey?
African Wild Dog Diet. African Wild Dogs are strict carnivores. They prey upon a variety of grazing animals particularly medium sized ungulates such as Zebras, Antelopes, Impalas, Gazelles and Springboks. Most of their diet is mammal prey, however, they do sometimes hunt large birds such as ostriches.
How do wild dogs hunt?
The wild dogs are the most effective hunters of the savanna. They never eat killed animals from other predators. While hunting the pack attempts to divide the most weak individual from the herd. After that they surround the prey and then kill her.
How do African wild dogs hunt?
The African wild dog is a specialised pack hunter of common medium-sized antelopes. It and the cheetah are the only primarily diurnal African large predators. The African wild dog hunts by approaching prey silently, then chasing it in a pursuit clocking at up to 66 km/h (41 mph) for 10 to 60 minutes.
