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Submitted: January 19, 2010
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Make:Canon
Model:Canon EOS 40D
Shutter Speed:1/91 second
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Focal Length:238 mm
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Date Taken:Sep 12, 2009, 9:43:57 AM
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What Big Ears You Have...by ~LoneWolfPhotography

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Wild Animals

...The better to hear you with my dear! One of the Painted Dogs at the Oregon Zoo, up close. These predators have many incredible aspects, such as the fact that they hunt much like the Pony Express idea of our Old West. They take turns running down their prey...when one tires, another takes over until the prey is exhausted and then they close in for the kill. Their ears are also amazing. Not only are they very large for their head size, but this serves multiple purposes. They can hear incredibly well and they use them much like turn signals on a car, turning them in the direction they intend to go to let the others know what they are doing. Very well adapted hunters.

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~glassreflections Jan 28, 2010 Hobbyist Photographer

Stunning shot of a beautiful animal.

~LoneWolfPhotography Feb 6, 2010 Hobbyist Photographer

Glad you enjoyed it.

I don't really have very many decent shots of them, cause they don't seem to do much when I'm there. Hopefully, they'll be more active now that the weather is getting nicer.

~glassreflections Feb 6, 2010 Hobbyist Photographer

Hopefully

*JocelyneR Jan 26, 2010

Amazing catch!

But they seem to be so cruel...

~LoneWolfPhotography Feb 6, 2010 Hobbyist Photographer

Uh hunh! They do! And actually, they are...at least from a human perspective. I've watched videos of them hunting and killing and it isn't pretty!

Much like hyenas, they are super afraid of other animals like lions stealing their kills so they......eat very quickly if you know what I mean. Hardly no sooner than they bring the prey to a stop then they're pretty much tearing it apart. Quite brutal considering they don't kill the prey first...they just start eating. Makes perfect sense in their world though, I'm sure.

*JocelyneR Feb 7, 2010

Oh, I can't watch such videos, you are frightening me here, Mark! (Not yourself but what you are saying but about this animal's behavior with its prey). This sounds horrible!

*BekkaLynn Jan 22, 2010 Hobbyist Photographer

Wonderful shot!!

*anubis281 Jan 21, 2010 Hobbyist Photographer

i love african wild dogs

theyre so beautiful!
and this is a wonderful shot

~KalethHasre Jan 20, 2010 Hobbyist Digital Artist

woof.

~iytj Jan 20, 2010

cute little 'doggy'!awesome capture!
so intense!well done!

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