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.