African wild dogs break the carnivore rule in Botswana

Mongabay
Feb 3, 2026, 11:53 am304 ptsTop
For the first time, “hyper-carnivorous” African wild dogs have been recorded eating fruit, a behavior so far documented only in a small part of Botswana’s wildlife-rich Okavango Delta. The wild dogs were seen picking up jackalberries, the fruit of the African ebony tree (Diospyros mespiliformis), with…

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