Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Life Cycle of African Wild Dogs?

African wild dogs also known as African hunting dogs, once lived throughout Africa south of the Sahara desert. Their range now is limited with the wild population numbering under 5,000. They live and hunt in packs of around ten individuals and prey on a variety grazing animals from deer to warthhogs to rabbits. They usually weigh between  40 and 80 ibs. A mother African wild dog will give brith to a litter that may number as many as so puppies but averages around eight. 

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  1. when people see this kind of dog they think so bad about it . but infact the wild dog is the same as the normal do it just they did live in the wild so we should stop thinking bad about this dog breed. i really like the african wild dogs and i wish i could have one as pet .

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