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African wild dogs diseases that they usually get are rabies and distemper. Rabies mainly kills them tho, but also eliminating sick and weak animals, thereby helping maintain the natural balance and improve prey species. Circumstantial evidence indicates that the disease was likely caused through contact with domestic dogs causes the rabies to get to the African wild dog.

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With African wild dogs like most predators they play an important role in eliminating sick and weak animals, thereby helping maintain the natural balance and improve prey species. They can run really fast and reach far distances around up to 35 miles per hour. They also live in grassland, woodlands, forests and so much more types of biome's like that.

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African wild dogs are highly specialized for a carnivorous diet. They hunt gazelles and other antelopes, warthogs, wildebeest and their calves, ostrich, and calves of African buffalo. They also hunt smaller prey such as hares, spring hares, insects, birds, and cane rats. so adding those all up together it all goes into a cycle of its diet. its all type of animals theirs even plants and the sun included into there food cycle/chain.

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The biotic factors in my island are the plants, my species, the bugs, a dead cockroach, and worms. The abiotic factors in my island are the water in the rivers, the wind, the dirt, the rocks, and the sun.

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bark island has a subtropical climate with average summer temperatures between 21o (69.8oF) to 26oC (78.8oF) and no winter month has an average temperature below 0oC (32oF). Many days the temperature can hit 32oC (90oF) or higher. It's a woodland and it has grassland and forest vegetation. It has 22.6 inches of rain per year.

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its near hawaii in the north pacific ocean.

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African wild dogs special features are that they have long legs and fur patches like always.

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African wild dogs are endangered, there are atleast 6,600 left currently.

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The African wilds dogs predators are hyenas or lions but atleast they can run fast to get away from them but their worst enemies are hyenas and lions.

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The African wild dog has a really pretty colorful, patchy coat, they also have they have large bat-like ears and a bushy tail with a white tip, which may keep the pack in contact while hunting.

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Sexual maturity is attained between 12 and 18 months, the only the dominant male and female in a pack produce offspring. when they have their kids they are the size averages 10 pups but can be as high as 20. The pups are born blind, and weigh less than a pound.

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The African wild dog possesses the most specialized adaptations among the canids for coat color, diet, and for pursuing its prey through its cursorial/running ability. It possesses a graceful skeleton, and the loss of the first digit on its forefeet increases its stride and speed.

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The African wilds dogs live in southern Africa and the southern part of eastern Africa, but they usually are found in grasslands, savannahs, open woodlands, and montane regions.

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this is them eating their prey.

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Their diet- African wild dogs are carnivores, they are opportunistic predators that hunt a wide variety of prey, their prey are antelopes, warthogs, wildebeest calves, rats, and birds. African wild dogs have a success rate of around 80% when hunting, which is higher than other predators like lions and leopards. So when they are finding their prey they can run really fast so when they are running its faster to catch!

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The African wild dog walks, They are fast runners so its easier and faster to catch their prey!

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its teeth is obviously probably way more sharp and bigger then a normal dog so they can catch their prey.

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here you can see its claws/paws look just like your normal dog paws would look like.

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This is their fur close up.

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They have fur and claws their tail and neck and teeth are just like normal dogs.

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African wild dogs weigh 40 to 79 pounds with males slightly heavier than females. They are 30 to 43 inches in length and stand 24 to 30 inches at shoulder height with females slightly larger.

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My animal looks just like a dog, they have big ears, and all different types of spots and different color on them.

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The only names the African wild dog has is its original, cape hunting dog, and painted dog.

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The babies of African wild dogs are called pups and their group is called a pack.

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The African wild dogs common name is cape hunting dog or painted dog.