Luck smiled on the brave animal.

According to scientists’ statistics, the majority of carnivores are solitary hunters. They are mostly animals that have physical advantages or possess specific skills such as strength, speed, venom…

However, the hunting success rate of solitary predators is much lower than that of herd predators.

Among them, we can mention animals that are recognized as masters in coordinated hunting of prey such as lions, wild dogs, hyenas, wolves…

The African wild dog is an animal that scientists consider the most “top” species with an almost perfect set of skills. If even for expert predators such as lions and hyenas, the successful hunting rate is about 30%, then for African wild dogs this rate is approximately 80%.

The factor that creates the success of wild dogs is thanks to the gathering of excellent individuals to form a strong team. Wild dogs are species that live in groups with high social organization and discipline. They often hunt in groups of about 6 – 20 animals. With the skill, endurance and ability to accelerate surprisingly fast from each individual in the group, when combined together, they will form an extremely scary hunting group.

With good eyesight and endurance, wild dogs can continuously pursue prey within a radius of 8 km with the fastest speed of up to 66 km/h. Normally, they will chase their prey until they are exhausted and collapse, no longer able to fight back, and then kill them.

However, in the war for life and death, strength is not necessarily the prerequisite to decide victory or defeat, but also the will to fight and luck.

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Mr. Benji Solms, a tour guide in Serondella, accidentally witnessed the entire hunt of a lone wild dog and recorded it.

The story begins when the guy sees a wild dog chasing a female Nyala antelope. In a dangerous situation, the antelope is determined not to let the villain easily achieve his goal. It managed to speed past the dog and then quickly jumped into the nearby lake. When the wild dog was so persistent and refused to let go, there was a time when Benji felt like an antelope wanted to risk death with him.

The “dangerous” situation lasted for a while, then the stray dogs changed their tactics. Instead of trying to live and die following its prey, it backed away and waited for the antelope to drown. Just when everyone thought everything was arranged, from far away a female lion appeared from nowhere. The king of the jungle, after a while of observation, chose to pursue wild dogs instead of targeting antelopes.

After the “sea calmed down”, the antelope was able to escape safely.