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Hoarding (animal behavior)
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Hoarding or caching in animal behavior is the storage of food in locations hidden from the sight of both conspecifics and members of other species. Most commonly, the function of hoarding or caching i
Western scrub jays cache food such as acorns and insects.
Western scrub jays cache food such as acorns and insects.
Wolves urinate on food caches after emptying them.
Wolves urinate on food caches after emptying them.
Shrike
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Shrikes are passerine birds of the family Laniidae. The family is composed of 34 species in two genera.
Hoarding (animal behavior)
…particularly wary of onlooking individuals during caching and ensure that the cache locations are secret. Not all caches are concealed however, for example shrikes store prey items on thorns on branches in the open. Although a small handful of species share food stores, food hoarding is a solo endeavor for most…
Red backed shrike
Red backed shrike
A lizard impaled on a thorn by a shrike for later consumption.
A lizard impaled on a thorn by a shrike for later consumption.
A Sardinian warbler impaled by a shrike in Italy; shrikes sometimes use man-made spikes, such as barbed wire, in place of thorns.
A Sardinian warbler impaled by a shrike in Italy; shrikes sometimes use man-made spikes, such as barbed wire, in place of thorns.
Southern White crowned Shrike, Eurocephalus anguitimens, gleaning ants from the early morning soil at Marakele National Park, South Africa
Southern White crowned Shrike, Eurocephalus anguitimens, gleaning ants from the early morning soil at Marakele National Park, South Africa