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They form hunting parties of four to ten, usually in the late morning hours, with each jackal having a specific role. Once the prey is subdued, the incredible mobbing takes place: simultaneously, up to seventy individual jackals surge forward. This triggers a feeding frenzy and makes the original hunters unable to protect their prey. Despite this strategy, a hunt is successful only 13% of the time, indicating just how hard it is to be a Black-backed...
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The grey seal has always been adept at hunting fast, elusive prey. As one of Europe's largest predators, the decline of fish stocks and increase in competition, as well as legal seal hunting, has changed their entire world-and their behavior. Recent improvements in annual surveys and animal tagging have revealed precious information about where grey seals go when they leave the coast and how they spend their lives. Their name traditionally conjures...
3) River Jaws
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Wells catfish! Over the last fifty years, it has colonized most of Europe's rivers-even the most polluted. This intruder has become the largest freshwater animal in Europe, and even hunts onshore... Three years of intense filming were necessary to capture this unique wildlife film. After its' premiere, the film will be seen worldwide on National Geographic Channels Wild under the title River Jaws. Directed by Bertrand Loyer, this revelatory film takes...
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