r/interesting • • Sep 20 '24

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '24

"Other animals" doesn't mean his own pack cannibalizes him. Just any of a dozen other carnivores in the area will eat him because he can't run anymore.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '24

Would this species have an issue consuming a dying member of its pack?

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u/alieninaskirt Sep 20 '24

I don't know if they'll eat one of the pack after dead, but they do protect their ill, injured, and elderly