Chasing
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phraps
This jackal is running towards what I think is an eland, but as far as I know jackals aren't hunters. Is this jut coincidence?
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ahjorth
Yeah I don't think a jackal can take down a gazelle (looks like a gazelle). At least not alone, and they rarely hunt in packs.
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aliburchard
scientist, translator
Although we often see them scavenging from lion or hyena kills, jackals do also hunt -- but mostly small things. From invertebrates (beetles, grasshoppers) to rodents to newborn antelope & gazelles. There are reports of them killing adult sheep and goats on ranches, but I think they're generally unable to (successfully) hunt adult gazelle.
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