An international research team has found that African wild dogs exercise a “vote” by sneezing to determine whether the pack will hunt. The endangered animal takes a break from hunting and then gathers for a “social gathering” to “negotiate” whether or not to launch a new hunt collectively. The researchers observed and analyzed 68 “social gatherings” of five groups of African wild dogs in Botswana’s Okavango Delta and found that “sneezing plays a role in voting, and the more sneezes, the more likely the dogs are to set out on a hunt. [Read More]