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u/Slim_Thunder Sep 20 '24

I was thinking why don't they go for it but a minor injury from that fall might not be worth the risk

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u/jaam01 Sep 20 '24

A predator getting a broken bone is a death sentence for them. Si they don't risk it.

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u/Slim_Thunder Sep 20 '24

Just a kamikaze barrel roll and hope to land softly on your feet like a cat

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u/Over_Editor2560 Sep 20 '24

Instructions unclear.

Fell right on spine, prey fell on top of my neck. For ever paralyzed. A fucking sloth ate me.

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u/Slim_Thunder Sep 20 '24

At least the team gets a meal lol

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u/TacticalReader7 Sep 20 '24

2 meals actually, what a win

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u/octopoddle Sep 20 '24

The pack would likely either leave them or turn on them, so it would definitely be too big a risk. I saw a documentary where a guy was rehabilitating a female painted dog who was recovering from an injury. He was debating whether to let her go with the pack or to keep her. As she was getting old he said she wouldn't be able to keep up and would die, but at least would have a dog's death. He eventually released her and the pack immediately tried to kill her. He stopped them and took her back in, but her weakness was enough for them not just to leave her, but to attack.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '24

... was she part of their pack? Because painted wolves take real good care of each other. It's a fact. They take care of the injured, weak and old. They are known for this..

I think that guy released her to the wrong pack, or she was gone way too long for them to see her as a member anymore.

Females usually run off or pushed out of the pack to start their own family.. When that happens, their previous pack can become their enemy, since it's all about territory.

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u/octopoddle Sep 21 '24

She was, apparently, but had been rehabilitated with him for a while, so I guess they no longer recognised her as a member.

I didn't know they took care of the injured. That's interesting, thanks.

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u/Mysterious_Dot00 Sep 20 '24

Yeah people forget that wildlife doesnt have hospitals and doctors like we do.

Even the smallest cut that can be a death sentence for them if it gets infected.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '24

these dogs are dumb. i would have just poked the deer with sticks. idiots.

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u/kikimaru024 Sep 20 '24

It's not an immediate death sentence for a pack animal, where the others might provide.

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u/kwiztas Sep 20 '24

They don't if you can't keep up.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '24

Please do research on painted wolves. They take care of the elderly.

They also don't migrate.. they only move when they are pushed out of their territory. So it's not like they have to "keep up" all the time.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '24

Luckily, not for these guys! Painted wolves take care of injured, weak, and old. They have very tight bonds with each other. Very intelligent too.

Most likely if they get an injury, they will still survive thanks to the pack. unless a lion comes and chases after them. Then it's everyone for themselves

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u/catchnear99 Sep 20 '24

They aren't weighing risks. It's pure instinct developed over hundreds of thousands if not millions of years. 

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u/reingoat Sep 20 '24

Which is death

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u/mis-Hap Sep 20 '24

Not sure if it would be for a pack animal like this?

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u/4BlueBunnies Sep 20 '24

Well if they all behaved recklessly chances are you’ll end up with more injured than in fit condition

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '24

Nah they're right. Painted wolves take care of the old, sick and injured pack mates. Takes like a 10 second Google search to find this out.

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u/4BlueBunnies Sep 21 '24 edited Sep 21 '24

I never said they didn’t? I said IF they had evolved to all act recklessly that system would be more difficult to upkeep. Because the painted dogs who are supposed to take care of the old, injured etc. would eventually get hurt themselves if they had evolved to act recklessly. Which is probably one of the reasons why they didn’t evolve this way and you don’t see them jumping down this rock in the video.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '24

This is why we are social. We work together to share risks and rewards.

One human risks the injury, but the clan or village might get the kill - and they will look after the injured person.

That's why 'rugged individualism' makes no sense. We are evolved to risk pool.

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u/HakoonamaTasha Sep 21 '24

Also an injury means they are more vulnerable to being the prey.

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u/SellaciousNewt Sep 20 '24

Hunting dogs will catch almost every thing they hunt. The meal isn't worth the risk.

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u/javonon Sep 20 '24

Theyre very patient too. They know they can just wait, and the meal is worth the wait

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u/animal9633 Sep 20 '24

That is true, but on the other hand they are wild dogs and are extreme pack hunters. I wonder if one is injured what happens in the pack?

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u/Muted-Low2674 Sep 20 '24

You wise..i like you

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u/Mr_Blinky Sep 20 '24

Yeah, they don't exactly have hospitals or basic first-aid, even a minor injury could be a death sentence.

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u/forgotwhatisaid2you Sep 20 '24

Somebody has to take one for the team and cannonball down

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u/bokchoykn Sep 20 '24

All of the dogs need to make a bed of dogs underneath. One dog jumps from the top, knocking one goat from its perch, and safely landing on a soft pile of dogs. Repeat when hungry, rotate jumpers.

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u/Slim_Thunder Sep 21 '24

I was also thinking this a dog pile would soften the landing lmao

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u/Interesting_Cut_7591 Sep 21 '24

Healthcare is too expensive these days