Re: Birds etc. hunting cooperatively

["Jaime Headden" <jaemei@hotmail.com>]

J. V. Jackson wrote:

<Notice that cats specialise in killing with penetrating bites (and 
climbing) and usually don't hunt in packs. Lions are the big exception, 
though cheetahs and I suppose a few others cooperate sometimes.>

A pride of lionesses is a very good example, and even a group of male 
lions will cooperate. Yes, cheetahs will cooperate on a kill, rarely, 
and it usually involves a mother and one of her well-developed progeny, 
or two siblings, even three.

<What exactly do Komodo Dragons do?  They can't aways make a slash and 
wait for septicaemia to set in!  Do they hunt in packs?>

One will occasionally attack a large animal (e.g., a goat) and others 
will come in after the initial attack and start to maul the thing to 
death, feeding while the unfortunate caprine is still alive. I've seen 
this happen twice, but I'm not really sure about the occurance-rate.

Jaime A. Headden

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