Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2023 0:29:44 GMT
So as we know, wolves used to be extremely similar or the same as jackals, being opportunistic solitary cunning canines who know how to work around the environment. But due to the new environments and challenges they have to face; now they are big game hunters with a complex body language, like the African Wild Dog or the Dhole. But there is a huge difference between the social structures of the two. Dholes and African Wild Dogs never are aggressive towards other pack members; and if they have been its an isolated incident. Rarely ever brawls or fights either. They are a tight-knit pack structure too, and don’t really care who they associate with. Now lets look at wolves (and dogs) social structure. Wolves show high aggression towards even members inside the pack, and there are constant and constant brawls and fights. Wolves care who they associate with, very much. If a pack member does as much as not contribute to the pack from being too old or sick to do anything to contribute; they are either kicked out of the pack or killed. Dogs are the exact same as wolves in all of these ways. Its increased in ways due to the fact that dogs don’t have the privilege to choose who they wanna hang out with, making aggression in their packs even more useful. Wolves used to be treated by Dire Wolves like they do to Coyotes now. They needed to adapt to hunting bigger prey so now they have to have extreme intelligence along with cooperative, coordinated hunts to ensure things don’t go downhill. Thats also why there is a subjugation wolf and there are also wolves which act like rough curs and some who merely stand by and alert their pack to deal with it. There are many people who say that the African Wild Dog hunts Wildebeest in the same way that the Wolf hunts Caribou and Elk. While this is true they both hunt fairly large game; their hunting styles are vastly different. Wolves (and dogs) hunting style is different than merely running at the herd. Its done through coordination, cooperation, and constant communication between other pack members on what their roles are to do. In African Wild Dogs, they also coordinate and cooperate but they don’t communicate and have specific roles on what to do in the hunt. They have no use for having specific roles in the hunt, as it isn’t needed for them to be successful at hunting.