The king of the jungle didn’t earn his title just based on his good looks.
The formidable reputation of lions rests on their superior hunting ability. Lions have been known to take down wildebeests, hippos, even adult elephants. They do this because they hunt as a team. The pride makes the kill; the pride shares the kill.
But even the mighty lion is not the most efficient hunter in the jungle. That honor goes to the painted dog (African wild dog).
The painted dog is not the largest, nor the fastest and clearly not the strongest animal out there. But when the painted dog hunts it is more successful than all its competitors. (Their success rate per hunt is 80% while the mighty lion succeeds only 30% of the time.)
Why? Teamwork.
Painted dogs hunt in packs. These packs can be large or small; they are persistent; and because of their numbers they have stamina. The remains are shared among the hunters and those unable to hunt.
Amazing how often ‘survival of the fittest’ boils down to teamwork.
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