The interactions between apex predators and their prey are some of
the most awesome and meaningful in nature - displays of strength,
endurance, and a deep coevolutionary history. And there is perhaps
no apex predator more impressive and important in its hunting - or
more infamous, more misjudged - than the wolf. Because of wolves'
habitat, speed, and general success at evading humans, researchers
have faced great obstacles in studying their natural hunting
behaviors. The first book to focus explicitly on wolf hunting of
wild prey, Wolves on the Hunt seeks to remedy these gaps in our
knowledge and understanding. Combining behavioral data, thousands
of hours of original field observations, research in the
literature, a wealth of illustrations, and - in the e-book edition
and online - video segments, the authors create a compelling and
complex picture of these hunters. The wolf is indeed an adept
killer, able to take down prey much larger than itself. While
adapted to hunt primarily hoofed animals, a wolf - or especially a
pack of wolves - can kill individuals of just about any species.
But even as wolves help drive the underlying rhythms of the
ecosystems they inhabit, their evolutionary prowess comes at a
cost: wolves spend one third of their time hunting - the most
time-consuming of all wolf activities - and success at the hunt
only comes through traveling long distances, persisting in the face
of regular failure, detecting and taking advantage of deficiencies
in the physical condition of individual prey, and through ceaseless
trial and error, all while risking injury or death. By describing
and analyzing the behaviors wolves use to hunt and kill various
wild prey - including deer, moose, caribou, elk, Dall sheep,
mountain goats, bison, muskoxen, arctic hares, beavers, and others
- Wolves on the Hunt provides a revelatory portrait of one of
nature's greatest hunters.
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