Posts Tagged: ambush hunting
The ethology of wolves foraging on freshwater fish in a boreal ecosystem
June 3, 2023
Through global positioning system (GPS) collar locations, remote cameras, field observations and the first wild wolf to be GPScollared with a camera collar, we describe when, where and how wolves fish in a freshwater ecosystem. From 2017 to 2021, we … read more
Posted in Biology, Resources | Tagged ambush hunting, boreal forest, Canis lupus, fish spawning, predator prey relations, wolf predation
Wolves choose ambushing locations to counter and capitalize on the sensory abilities of their prey
March 4, 2021
Comprehensive knowledge of ambush behavior requires an understanding of where a predator expects prey to be, which is generally unknowable because ambush predators often hunt mobile prey that exhibit complex, irregular, or inconspicuous movements. Wolves (Canis lupus) are primarily cursorial … read more
Posted in General, Predator/Prey Relationships | Tagged ambush hunting, hunting behavior, hunting mode, predation risk, sit-and-wait predator, wolf predation