Not exact matches
Although the vultures» hooked beaks are sharp enough to pierce the hides of smaller
animals, they're unable to access thick - skinned
carcasses like this one without the help of larger scavengers like hyenas and
wild dogs —
animals still missing from this recovering ecosystem.
I figured it wouldn't since
wild dogs routinely eat freshly killed small
animals and even
animal carcasses that are days old.
Another theory is that
wild dogs would roll in
animal carcasses or the droppings from herbivorous
animals, in order to disguise their own smell from prey when hunting.
If the dog or cat where
wild they'd be eating the whole
carcass of said
animals.