Rodents In the summer, jackals appeared largely uninterested in rodents, yet the rodents chose to err on the side of caution. They knew...

While the jackals never crossed the red line prohibiting stealing from the tent, there were other neighbours who were far from such noble...

In recent years, all fishermen (my father included) have been complaining of very hot summers. That of 2024 was officially declared to...

Food is a primary medium through which messages are related between family members (another one is vocalization of which later on). As we...

In the previous blog, Rule No 1 was formulated like this: when approaching the pile of food (the ‘bowl’), one’s face must be towards...

They are about how to be safe while eating from human waste. To understand the rules, we need to understand in turn how a dump (in our...

‘Chaperoning’ is my father’s term for adult jackals (senior or junior) when they teach bait-site order to the young. This is a critical...

Despite existing hunting pressure, the family successfully keeps its size. Year after year (since 2018 when the first camera-trap started...

Periodically, family quarrels erupt. There is much growling and shouting, but little else. Peace reigns once again and the nightly...

In the evening, before sunset, my father would dump the nightly ration in the centre of the ‘stage’. Na hrana! (Dinner time!) is his...

A behavioural feature, maybe little known, is that senior adults do not eat together. The breeding pair, Boldy's mum and dad, are an...

In the spring of 2019, Boldy's mother gives birth to her first litter of pups. In the video bellow we can see she is breastfeeding (from...

The mother of the family is always wary. No wonder: humans with guns shoot to kill.

Boldy is one of three pups born on 15 May this year. Their mother kept them in and around the birthing den for full 2 months. It was...