group hunting
Cooperative prey pursuit
Group hunting is cooperative predation where multiple animals work together to locate, pursue, or kill prey.
Wolves, lions, and orcas are classic group hunters, using coordinated strategies that allow them to take down larger or faster prey than they could alone.
The term extends to human contexts: Early humans relied on group hunting to bring down megafauna.
In gaming and online communities, it describes players teaming up to defeat powerful enemies.
- wolf packGroup of wild canines
- packGroup or compress
- pack animalsCreatures bred for hauling
- wolvesWild pack canines
- lion prideGroup of big cats
pride · lions · big cats · chase · prey · ambush · coordinated · stalking · pursuit · closing in · teamwork · predators · surround · going for the kill · strategy · instinct · wild · wild dogs
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- group behaviorflocking, herding, swarming, schooling, murmuration
- social behaviorcourtesy, etiquette, friendship, greeting, cooperation
group huntingscavenging
Gathering discarded or dead material
foraging · grazing · herbivory · filter feeding · gathering
group, groups, grouped, grouping, groupings, regroup, regrouped, regrouping, hunt