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The African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus), also called painted dog, painted wolf, or Cape hunting dog, is a species of canid native to Southern and Eastern Africa. They are one of the most successful predators on the African savanna, and have a 80% kill rate, which is far more superior than the kill rate of other predators like the 25% kill rate of lions. However, they are highly afraid of lions, who will kill wild dogs because of predatory competition, since both of them go for the same prey…

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Wild Dog portrait | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Drawing Canines, African Hunting Dog, Painted Dogs, Safari Trip, Turkey Dogs, Wild Dog, African Wild Dog, Okavango Delta, African Wildlife

it´s about time I get back to Botswana, it seems I suffer from Wild Dog turkey. In November I´ll be in the Kwara concession. Rumours are, that the pack there consists of 31!!!!! wild dogs with 16 puppies. X fingers we will be able to find them. You never know, as the puppies will already be mobile by then and follow on the hunts. Later we´ll be in Lebala and Lagoon concession. There´s also a big pack with 8 adults and numerous puppies. So odds are good, we get to see those fascinating…

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