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El Licaón - The LycaonPor / By:

ESPAÑOL:El licaón o perro salvaje africano (Lycaon pictus) es un mamífero de la familia Canidae y por consiguiente relacionado con el perro doméstico.
Descripción:Pertenece a un género monoespecífico, Lycaon. Son endémicos del continente africano, más tí
picos en ambientes sabanoides. El nombre científico o latino significa lobo pintado, haciendo referencia a su pelaje tricolor de manchas negras, blancas y óxido distribuidas irregularmente, salvo la parte delantera de la cara y la garganta, que siempre son negras. Resulta característico de la especie que no haya dos individuos con el mismo patrón de manchas. Puede llegar a medir hasta 75 centímetros de altura en la cruz y superar los 30 kilos de peso. Los machos son más corpulentos que las hembras. Tiene grandes orejas redondeadas y enhiestas. Posee fuertes mandíbulas.
ComportamientoLos licaones cazan en manadas. Es el mejor cazador del mundo con un porcentaje de éxito de entre un 70 y un 89% según diversas fuentes: de 10 cacerías hasta nueve se saldan exitosamente. Su presa preferida es el impala, así como otros ungulados similares de tamaño medio. Son conocidos por su resistencia y por ser astutos cazadores. Se les ha observado cazando presas por relevos, o incluso bloqueando una vía de escape potencial de una presa, a la que finalmente vencen por agotamiento. Emiten sonidos característicamente chillones o chirriantes, parecidos a los de un pájaro. Aunque no es considerada una especie estrictamente territorial, sí que ocupan enormes áreas de campeo que pueden abarcar de 50 a 200 kilómetros cuadrados. Es frecuente que se solapen las áreas de campeo de diferentes manadas. Son normalmente esquivos y a diferencia de otros cánidos son extremadamente difíciles de domesticar.
El licaón tiene un complejo sistema social de tipo matriarcal. A menudo regurgitan comida para otros miembros de la manada: los individuos viejos, los cachorros o los jóvenes y los adultos que se han quedado cuidando de las crías durante las salidas de caza. El tamaño de sus manadas es muy variable, desde las formadas únicamente por los progenitores y su camada hasta agrupaciones de más de treinta individuos.
AmenazasEl licaón se encuentra catalogado dentro de la Lista Roja de Especies Amenazadas de la UICN como "En peligro". Las principales amenazas a las que tiene que hacer frente son la persecución directa por el ser humano, la transformación y fragmentación de sus territorios y la propagación de enfermedades infecciosas como la rabia, muchas veces transmitidas por perros domésticos y asilvestrados. Además, su tamaño relativamente pequeño los hace vulnerables a la depredación por leones, hienas, cocodrilos y leopardos, especialmente en el caso de manadas reducidas. Se calcula que en el año 2007 quedan menos de seis mil individuos repartidos por una serie de enclaves a lo largo y ancho del África subsahariana, ocupando una reducida porción de su área histórica de distribución.
fuente: wikipedia
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ENGLISH:The African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) is a carnivorous mammal of the Canidae family, found only in Africa, especially in scrub savanna and other lightly wooded areas. It is also called the African Hunting Dog, the Cape Hunting Dog, the Spotted Dog, or the Painted Wolf in English, Wildehond in Afrikaans, and Mbwa mwitu in Swahili. It is the only species in the monotypic genus, Lycaon.
DescriptionThe African Wild Dog has a pelage with an irregular pattern of black, yellow, and white, distinctive for each individual. The scientific name Lycaon pictus is derived from the Greek for "painted wolf". It is the only canid species to lack dewclaws on the forelimbs.
Adults typically weigh 17-36 kilograms (37-79 pounds). A tall, lean animal, it stands about 30 inches (75 cm) at the shoulder, with a head and body length averaging about 40 inches (100cm) and a tail of 12 to 18 inches (30-45cm). Animals in southern Africa are generally larger than those in the eastern or western Africa.
A study established that the African Wild dog had a Bite Force Quotient of 142, the highest of any extant carnivorous mammal. The BFQ is essentially the strength of bite as measured against the animal's mass.
BehaviorThe African Wild Dog hunts in packs. Like most members of the dog family, it is a cursorial hunter, meaning that it pursues its prey in a long, open chase. During pursuit, it may reach speeds of up to 45 mph. Nearly 80% of all hunts end in a kill. Members of a pack vocalize to help coordinate their movements. Its voice is characterized by an unusual chirping or squeaking sound, similar to a bird.
After a successful hunt, hunters regurgitate meat for those that remained at the den during the hunt, such as the dominant female and the pups. They will also feed other pack members such as the sick, injured or very old that cannot keep up.
The African Wild Dog's main prey varies among populations, but always centers around medium-sized ungulates such as the Impala. While the vast majority of its diet is made up of mammal prey, it sometimes hunts large birds, especially Ostriches.
A few packs will also include large animals in their prey, such as the Wildebeest and zebras. Hunting larger prey requires a closely coordinated attack, beginning with a rapid charge to stampede the herd. One wild dog then grabs the victim's tail, while another attacks the upper lip, and the remainder disembowel the animal while it is immobilised. This behaviour is also used on other large dangerous prey such as the Warthog, the African Buffalo and Giraffe calves and large antelope even the 1 ton Giant Eland.
Remarkably, this large-animal hunting tactic appears to be a learned behavior, passed on from generation to generation within specific hunting packs, rather than an instinctive behaviour found commonly within the species. Some studies have also shown that other information, such as the location of watering holes, may be passed on in a similar fashion.
ThreatsThe African Wild Dog is endangered by habitat loss and hunting. It uses very large territories (and so can persist only in large wildlife protected areas) and it is strongly affected by competition with larger carnivores that rely on the same prey base, particularly the Lion and the Spotted Hyena. Lions often will kill as many wild dogs as they can, but do not eat them. It is also killed by livestock herders and game hunters, though it is typically no more (perhaps less) persecuted than other carnivores that pose more threat to livestock. Most of Africa's national parks are too small for a pack of wild dogs so the packs expand to the unprotected areas which tend to be ranch or farm land. Ranchers and farmers protect their domestic animals by killing the wild dogs. Like other carnivores, the African Wild Dog is sometimes affected by outbreaks of viral diseases such as rabies, distemper and parvovirus. Although these diseases are not more pathogenic or virulent for wild dogs, the small size of most wild dog populations makes them vulnerable to local extinction due to diseases or other problems.
The Painted Dog Conservation (PDC) effort based in Hwange National Park, western Zimbabwe, works with local communities to create new strategies for conserving the wild dog and its habitat.
source: wikipedia
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Use animal paint that is safe on animals and tastes like veggies.
Trust me! I saw that on my old favorite show called "Wishbone" from Channel 13 where Wishbone the dog imagines himself as D'Artagnan.
Wishbone has make-up on his lips looking like a mustache. It doesn't bother him at all. ^_^
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UGH! Stupid kids back then used to make fun of me for liking Wishbone and keep telling me "Wishbone's dead 'cuz Teletubbies killed them!"
RAWR! I HATE TELETUBBIES!!!!!~>=-C They're just jealous 'cuz they don't know jack shit about good classic literature! O_O
Anyways, I agree! The dyes and all hurts the animals 'cuz it irritates the skin and their eyes! They test that to rabbits! O_O
Death to animal cruelty AND TO THE TELETUBBIES!! ROOOOOOOOAAAAAARRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!
Seguro esos animalitos se verían mejor con su color natural. Eso es seguro.
Traté de mirar a los ojos de los animalitos en las fotos, y se ve que no están felices
Esto... >__<
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Esto es ridiculo....
Como pueden hacer eso con las mascotas?
Sinceramente no me cabe en la cabeza... e inclusive algunos pobres no saben que sucede T__T
Necesitamos concientizar a la gente...
Aunque tome su tiempo, los animales necesitan toda nuestra ayuda.
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Yo no voy a los circos... a menos que sea el "Cirque du Soleil" ... me dan tanta lástima los animales de circo... deberían estar prohibidos
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But seriously... If it is so fun, they have to do it in their own skin. Do not made fun of animals.
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Y los circos son un desastre... Deberían prohibir el uso de animales...
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La pregunta es, como empezar a concientizar...
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