Wild dogs

Yves Roumazeilles — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 19:22:21 +0000

Is it a wild dog? Is it a painted dog? French-speaking people describe it as “a kind of wolf” (lycaon, from ancient Greek λυκάων (lukáōn)). But it should be mostly described as a social dog. They live in large groups, with a strong social hierarchy, but they always share food like nearly no other large social predator (like lion or wolf). Wild dogs will always eat together (and very fast), with no hierarchical “pecking order”, but a shared spirit, which drives them to even always bring back food to the group members left behind (young pups, old guys, wounded dogs).

They always hunt in a group, long-distance running, physically exhausting the targeted prey. The antelope they hunt has very, very little chance of getting a free pass. Their success rate is just plain spectacular.

Zambia, July 2017.

Grey wolves – Yellowstone

Yves Roumazeilles — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 17:38:25 +0000

Grey wolves are present in the Yellowstone National Park. But they are hard to come by and they do not often come near roads. Mostly, you may see then several hundrd yards from you. Let’s say one or two miles from the road…

Grey wolf (Canis lupus, loup gris)
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, March 2018.

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Wild dogs

Grey wolves – Yellowstone