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African wild dog pack on the move May 7 2008

It was a wet day in South Africa’s oldest game reserve, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi, and a zebra foal was taking shelter under its mother. Then the Earth-Touch crew saw a pack of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) moving fast across the river plain.

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Did You Know? African wild dog Apr 4 2008

The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) is the only species in its genus and is only distantly related to the domestic dog.

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Mammals of the world Dec 24 2007

There are more than 4 500 different species of mammals, from the largest, the blue whale, to the smallest, the pygmy shrew.

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Did you know? African wild dog Nov 23 2007

African wild dogs are highly endangered carnivorous animals which hunt in packs. The average size of a pack is about 10, but this can reach 30 dogs or more in rare incidences. The role of the adult wild dogs is to care for the pups and provide food.

A lesser member of the pack leads a hunt; once the prey is determined by the pack itself the prey is captured and killed by the hunt leader.

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The week’s most viewed stories Nov 16 2007

The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 09 November to Thursday 15 November 2007) were:

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It’s the circle of life: cockroaches feed on bat guano, spiders feed on cockroaches and snakes feed on bats.

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Touching the Earth Aug 29 2007

By Tara Turkington, editorial team

It’ is winter and the sun is bathing the bush in an early-morning wash of light. We’’re bumping along slowly in our Volkswagen Combi on a dirt road near Berg-en-Dal in the Kruger National Park, when we see a long-legged dog running briskly towards us.