If I say the words pack hunter, what is the first species that comes to mind?

Probably wolves, right?

Then after them, maybe some other animals, lions, hyenas, dolphins, humans, maybe.

And that's a diverse group of predators.

We've got dogs, cats, primates, animals on land and in the sea.

Animals who use tools, animals who don't.

But what do you notice all these creatures have in common?

Well, they're mammals.

Non-mammal social predators are uncommon.

Almost every non-mammal pack hunter on the list of pack hunters jumps out as a

surprise. Today we are going to talk about an animal that flies out. This beautiful and vicious creature

is famed for their strategic cooperative hunting methods and highly sophisticated social structure.

They are the Harris's Hulk.

Parabuteo unisynctus.

I'm Mackin. This is Species.

Hey, welcome to the show. This podcast, Species. Hey, welcome to the show.

This podcast, Species, has a lot of variety, depending on what rabbit holes.

The animal drags me down during research.

Some episodes, I spend half the time telling a story.

Sometimes I obsess over their physical traits and the science behind their abilities.

Other episodes, I spend a lot of time on ideas and abstractions that they made me think about all week.

But today, I'm going to spend a lot of time talking about this animal's behavior, which is unbelievably interesting.

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