What causes some animals to live in packs (lions, wolves) while very similar animals live alone (tigers, coyotes)?
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Coyotes do actually have packs. Hunting is a different story. When it came news to farms and farm dogs one coyote with venture on to the property and start playing with a dog only to gain it’s trust and lure it out to it’s waiting pack. Foxes on the other hand are lone hunters
Basically, it comes down to diet for predators and safety for prey. If you have a diet of animals too big to kill solo, or have a predator that you easily find and kill you solo, you group up. If you eat small things, you won’t want to share. If your strategy is hiding or injuring predators, you often won’t want/need the safety of a herd.
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packs really only develop when herbivores start winning their side of the evolutionary race.
If you take any group-preferring reptiles, you can usually find another similar looking species who prefers to live alone.
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