Sentences with phrase «wolves hunt in packs»

By contrast, dire wolves hunted in packs, running down their prey.

Not exact matches

Their evolutionary lineage split off from wolves about two million years ago, but like those dogs they hunt in packs typically ranging from eight to 14 animals, dominated by an alpha male and female.

In our prehistoric days, most stressors we faced were temporary; a pack of wolves on one's tail, or a rival clan hunting you down with spears.

The film opens with the apes hunting in a pack in the same way that wolves hunt.

This ability to hunt in packs like wolves gave the breed its» earlier name of Russian Wolfhound.

The alpha wolf remains in charge until he gets old or is seriously injured in a hunt or a fight with interlopers; the battle to replace him is often fierce and sometimes deadly, but once a new leader is chosen, things generally settle down so the pack can get on with the business of survival.

Bred to be running and hunting machines, they were even used in packs to hunt wolves; today, this breed is still in use by farmers to keep large coyote populations off their land.

In the wild, wolf mothers teach their cubs to submit to more powerful pack members and to hunt for food.

The ancestors of our domestic canines, wolves and wild dogs, live in a pack, hunt as a team and raise their young with assistance from others within the family.

Think of wolves in the wild — how do the underlings react when the leader of the pack returns from the hunt?

Wolves in the wild naturally run, live and hunt in packs and to bring down their prey they use the circling and grouping moves we see today in the Border Collie.

Descended from and related to wolves, the wild canids that live in social packs and cooperate in hunting and raising litters, dogs are at once alien creatures and highly adapted (and adaptable) human playmates and partners.