What is Pack hunter?
[[File:Dingoes at Phillip Island.jpg|thumb|[[Dingo]]s are pack hunters]] A '''pack hunter''' or '''social predator''' is a [[predator]] belonging to the [[animal]] kingdom, which has evolved to hunt its [[prey]] by working together with other members of its [[species]]. Normally animals hunting in this way are closely related. Except where only males normally hunt (humans and chimpanzees), all individuals in a family group will contribute to hunting. The most commonly known pack hunter is the [[gray wolf]]. The wolf is the closest wild relative of all breeds of domesticated [[dog]]. Humans and their closest-living relatives [[chimpanzee]]s are also pack hunters. Other pack hunting mammals include [[dolphin]]s, [[lion]]s and [[spotted hyena]]s. A number of [[avian]] social predators exist. These include the [[Harris's hawk]], [[butcherbird]]s, three of four [[kookaburra]] species and many [[helmetshrike]]s. There are a few cold-blooded pack hunters. For[[example]], simple [[arthropods]] such as [[army ant]]s. Another example is the [[Gold saddle goatfish|yellow saddle goatfish]]<ref>Strübin, Carine; Steinegger, Marc and Bshary, Redouan; “On Group Living and Collaborative Hunting in the Yellow Saddle Goatfish (''Parupeneus cyclostomus'')” in ''Ethology'' 117 (11), November 2011, pp. 961–969</ref> Occasionally [[Crocodylia|crocodiles]] are pack hunters. Hunting in packs allows smaller predators to hunt larger prey.<ref>Edward O. Wilson, ''Sociobiology: The New Synthesis'' (Cambridge, MA: The Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College, 2000), p. 504</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Animals by eating behaviors]] [[Category:Ethology]] {{biology-stub}}