Treats include smoked pig ears and bones. Their food is fortified with vitamins and minerals. In the wild: Thomson’s gazelle, warthog, zebra, wildebeest, impala, springbok and the young of large antelopes.Īt the zoo: A commercial meat product with high protein dog chow. They are long-legged and slender with a broad skull and large rounded ears.Their tail is relatively large and always tipped with white.Their short fur is brilliantly colored in splotches of black, deep brown, gold and white with a black muzzle.Stand about 30 inches (76 cm) at the shoulder.Weigh between 40-80 pounds (18-36 kg) males and females are the same size.Their mottled coloring also aids in hunting by making the pack appear larger than it is! Physical Description They usually approach silently, pursue the fleeing prey until it tires, and then attack and kill the animal. Wild dogs hunt mainly at dawn and dusk because they use their sense of sight to find prey. Hunting in a pack requires cooperation among pack members, and this increases the success rate in capturing prey and enables wild dogs to bring down animals five times their size. Wild dogs do not have big powerful jaws like cats so they cannot bring down large animals alone. They have excellent hearing for hunting prey, and their large ears help cool the dog off in the hot African climate. The characteristic large, round ears of the African wild dog have a double purpose.
Their speed and endurance as well as the pack structure make them very successful predators… they are successful 70-90% of the time! My What Big Ears You Have! Their long legs and large lungs help them run long distances without tiring. As their prey tires, it is easier to catch. African wild dogs have tremendous endurance running at speeds of 37 mph for three miles or more pursuing prey.
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