Sometimes a short ‘Yip, yip, yip” call is used in short-range communication. A shrill “Yaaa, yip, yip, yip” call by only one animal is usually a call to food. I will now try to imitate the call with words: “YIIYaaaa, YIYaaa, yiyaa, yiaaa, aaaa… That was the territorial call. A family crying at dusk or dawn is proclaiming their territory. Their interspecific communication is another great area to study. Fights over territories are usually over quickly without major damage to either combatant. Other young animals are encouraged to move out of their home territories and establish a territory of their own. This one will fulfil the role of nanny and teacher while the alpha pair is out hunting. Sometimes a lasting relationship will be established between the alpha pair and one of their previous young. The family structure is dominated by the male/female bond that exists between the alpha male and female. They are born in a burrow, usually a disused aardvark burrow. The average litter size is between four and six. I can confirm that they are very successful. They are markers for larger scavengers along with crows, Fork-tailed Drongos and Long-tailed shrikes, they show the way to prey for vultures and hyena of all shapes and sizes. They remove and eat carrion left by larger predators. They are expert hunters of small prey rats, mice, ground-dwelling birds. On a reserve like Kaingo, the jackal is an important part of the ecological system.
They are known to carry disease, sometimes even rabies. In sheep farming areas the jackal is persecuted because of its tendency to kill sheep and their lambs.
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Full of tricks and clever to boot, the jackal always tends to have an answer to everything! The poor lion is often on the receiving end of the jackal’s nefarious plans. In African mythology, the jackal is often the mischievous one. This god oversaw mummification rites, was the god of the afterlife and the saviour of lost souls. They named one of their gods, a well-built worrier with the body of a man and the head of a jackal, Anubis. Thousands of years ago the Egyptians had an affinity to them.
Now, the black-backed jackal has a chequered past wherever its path crossed that of humans. These are the next crop of Kaingo jackal.
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