How many wolves does it take to catch an elk, and how many for a bison? Yellowstone scientists watched real hunts to find out. Most people guess too low.
Facts: MacNulty, Tallian, Stahler & Smith (2014), PLOS ONE 9(11): e112884 (Yellowstone Wolf Project). Footage: Yellowstone wolves hunting bison (paper Video S1, CC0) and U.S. public-domain elk footage via Wikimedia Commons.
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Sources:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0112884
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