“Bite the hand that feeds them” doesn’t only describe ungrateful people, it also applies to wild dogs. Not because they’re ungrateful, far from it. Biting, for wild dogs, is the only way they know how to show emotions, good or bad. Sadly for the hand that feeds them, their bite is much stronger than that of lions. So it can be deadly. Not to worry, they don’t attack humans (but I wouldn’t test it). They’re so unlike domestic dogs or even wolves that I think it’s misleading to call them dogs. Many people confuse them with Hayenas, but they look and act differently. Hyenas, very fascinating animals, are scavengers. They don’t hunt, they eat dead bodies. They have an immune system made of steel! Not only do they eat rotten flesh and don’t get sick; Hayenas defecate, urinate, lie down, and drop their food in the same pool of water from which they drink, and don’t get sick! I’m not aware of any other living being that can survive eating their own shit. Part of me is envious, the part that’s not disgusted 😀.
