an eye on the prospects for success of the others, and allows his quarry to escape as soon as he notices that another dog is having better luck (Grzimek, 1990, p. 134).
During the hunt, the dogs that follow the leaders of the pack block other avenues of escape that the quarry might take if he chooses to change direction, and in this way, they find themselves near the head of the pack, or possibly at its head. For example, when the dogs are chasing a gazelle, which generally criss-cross the terrain in a zig-zag pattern when they are chased, or run in a wide circle, several different dogs can lead the pack, because each one takes up the pursuit along part of the way. Presumably, that was the reason why it was taken as a certainty that hunting dogs relieved each other when they hunted, that rested dogs that had followed the pack slowly rushed forward when the leader of the pack grew tired.
It is usual for animals to hunt animals smaller or no larger than the predator. Only if hunger is extreme, does an animal attack a larger animal. More than 60 per
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