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Consummate Scavengers: Jackals are excellent hunters, but often prefer the easy meal. They often follow big cats such as lions to scavenge their leftover prey.
Consummate Predators: Despite their unshakable reputation as scavengers, jackals regularly catch their own food. All species prey on rodents and small mammals, with some specializing in poisonous snakes, large ground birds and even young antelope.