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wild dog

noun

  1. another name for dingo

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Rare hyena behaviours have been caught on camera, including a mother-to-be trying to steal food from wild dogs and outsmarting rivals by hiding a stolen carcass underwater to mask its scent.

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As well as birds, some wild mammals - such as seals, otters, wild dogs and foxes - can catch them too.

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The African wild dogs will be kept near the entrance to the park, adjacent to a pre-existing area known as the 'African Village', which exhibits giraffes, zebras, and ostriches.

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The family was lucky it wasn’t worse, Abu Sbayeh said: Moments before the attack, the children had spotted a wild dog and ran outside the house to play with it.

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Some of the animals featured represent success stories, like the endangered African wild dogs, whose populations have stabilized in Mozambique's Niassa Special Reserve thanks to investment from locals.

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