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RE: Big herbivores! - Polar - 07-05-2017

(07-04-2017, 08:32 AM)Rishi Wrote:
(07-03-2017, 10:01 PM)Pckts Wrote: Probably a domestic Gaur but you can still see the power of this beast.
Sad for the poor guy but still crazy to see.






That gaur can't be domestic, they have never been domesticated.

Wild gaurs used the plantations (tea, coffee, spices etc.) as corridors between forests & often stray into the adjoining localities (most started as worker settlements during colonial days). 
There are few dozens of similar videos on YouTube, though not quite striking as this...

It could be a gayal, a form of domesticated gaur.

RE: Big herbivores! - Rishi - 07-05-2017

(07-05-2017, 07:42 AM)Polar Wrote:
(07-04-2017, 08:32 AM)Rishi Wrote:
(07-03-2017, 10:01 PM)Pckts Wrote: Probably a domestic Gaur but you can still see the power of this beast.
Sad for the poor guy but still crazy to see.






That gaur can't be domestic, they have never been domesticated.

Wild gaurs used the plantations (tea, coffee, spices etc.) as corridors between forests & often stray into the adjoining localities (most started as worker settlements during colonial days). 
There are few dozens of similar videos on YouTube, though not quite striking as this...

It could be a gayal, a form of domesticated gaur.

It isn't gayal either.
The Gayal is very distinctively differentiable from the Gaur by its straight & conical horns...also, males lack the huge hump sported by gaurs.

Gayal (Bos frontalis)

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Gaur (Bos gaurus)

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Other than that, gayals belong to Northeast India & Bhutan/Burma..while the people in this video are clearly from the South (we indians can tell the difference)...

RE: Big herbivores! - Pckts - 07-06-2017

Nilanjan Ray

Old subedar major. Still extremely formidable, has been through a number of battles, and can crush the enemy. See the torn ears.

Edit: This was a monster gaur, one of the largest I have seen. Shot in the rain with careful stalking


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RE: Big herbivores! - Rishi - 08-10-2017

The original owner of this mounted head was said to have been some 1400-something kilograms in weight...

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RE: Big herbivores! - Pckts - 09-08-2017

Just a little intimidating...



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RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - epaiva - 10-26-2017

Incredible Powerful animals
credits to @sarwan_sandhu
second picture taken in Taboda National Park credit to @thetinytaster
third picture of wild Gaur from India credits to @arbaaz_photography
and @tajsafaris


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RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - epaiva - 10-26-2017

Credits to @jordanyap35 @anishanheria
and Indian Gaur credit to @shujath.mohammed


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RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - tigerluver - 12-14-2017

As requested by @parvez , Distribution and conservation of the Gaur Bos gaurus in the Indian Subcontinent is attached.

RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - parvez - 12-14-2017

Thanks @tigerluver

RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - Wolverine - 12-30-2017

Gaur is chasing away a tiger in Kanha NP:






RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - Wolverine - 12-30-2017

Thank you @Rishi I checked "edit" and maybe know how to do it.

RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - Pckts - 01-17-2018

On camera: Wild gaur attacks and kills farmer, journalist in Kolhapur







Bison attack in kodaikanal




Bison attacked on ranger officer.. Lataguri





RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - Rishi - 01-24-2018

Tiger-Gaur face off in Bandhavgarh...

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RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - parvez - 02-24-2018

My favourite specimen of gaur,

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RE: All about Gaur (Bos gaurus) - Jimmy - 02-27-2018

Wish there were more photos and clear pics of these two bovines....
Gaur and American bison

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