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Felids Interactions - Interspecific Conflicts

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A few afternoons ago, we were watching a group of 5 giant otters resting peacefully on a beach beside a lake. Little did they know that they had an unwelcome visitor.

The jaguar approached the giant otters slowly and silently. She tried to bite the neck of the giant otter furthest from the water, but the giant otter fought back valiantly, turning onto its back, biting the cheek of the jaguar, and scratching her with its claws. Eventually, the giant otter managed to escape with the rest of the group into the water.
From the moment the attack started until all of the giant otters fled together to the water, the giant otters screamed ferociously.
This is a female jaguar called Luciana. She seems to be an opportunistic hunter, having recently been seen hunting a bare-faced currasow, South American coatis, capybaras and now a giant otter.


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Vurhami Male Lions Pushed Off Buffalo Carcass By Huge Crocodiles



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This is one interesting encounter between jaguars and giant otters. Jaguar manages to grab one pup and what happens next is fast action. Looks like attacking jaguar gets  little scratches as "souvenier" to hindleg from this encounter and drops the pup too. These otters for sure don´t give meals easily to bigger predators, no matter if caiman or jaguar.




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Female cheetah chases down and throws a few hits to a leopardess




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Tigress attempting to get to a Leopard 


Lioness killed by Buffalo Herd
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Leopards killing 7-8 or 8 foot Crocodiles. For everyone else it is 2.13 meters to 2.44 meters, or possibly above 2.44 meters.


These could possibly be small females or large sub-adults.



1. Leopard killing Crocodile in Wilpattu.



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2.   Leopard with Mugger (?) Crocodile kill in Yala National Park.


"We had a fantastic trip into Yala National park. visited here as part of our 8 day tour of Sri Lanka. We were lucky enough to see two leopards spotted by our guide, one where the leopard had caught a crocodile and was eating it, another leopard was crossing the track."


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The massive Pantanal male Tito, being confronted by a romp of giant otters

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One in a million footage of a bobcat attacking a fox caught on cam by @northernjaguarproject 
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Hyena takes Leopardess' carcass.
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Not necessarily conflict, but understanding interaction between tigers, leopards, and dholes

Inferring patterns of sympatry among large carnivores in Manas National Park – a prey-rich habitat influenced by anthropogenic disturbances


Abstract:

Inferring the mechanisms that facilitate sympatry amongst large mammalian carni-
vores in anthropogenically altered habitats is critical if conservation initiatives
aimed to recover populations are to be effective. In this study, we assessed the uti-
lization of space, time and prey resources by tigers Panthera tigris, leopards P.
pardus and dholes Cuon alpinus in Manas National Park (MNP), India a site
where prey densities are not limiting, yet anthropogenic inuences alter the spatial
and temporal behaviour of prey. We use photographic capture data and predator
scats collected over three sampling years (201415, 201516 and 201617) to
assess patterns of (a) spatial use using a multispecies species occupancy frame-
work, (b) timeactivity patterns and overlap between predators and prey using non-
parametric circular kernel-density functions, © ne-scale spatio-temporal behaviour
by comparing time-to-encounters of subsequent events and (d) predator diets by
analysing prey remains in predator scats. Our results highlight that the predators
segregate through ne-scale spatio-temporal avoidance rather than displaying popu-
lation-level changes in space-use, activity patterns or food habits. Overlap in
space-use between tigers and leopards was high and timeactivity patterns of the
predators closely matched those of prey, suggesting that predators likely maximize
resource acquisition in this prey-rich environment. Ungulate prey dominated the
diet of predators, resulting in the high dietary overlap. From our results, we infer
patterns of sympatry among large carnivores in the face of anthropogenic inu-
ences and highlight the need to understand interspecic interactions within a com-
munity before initiating conservation actions aimed at recovering these endangered
species.
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And one with lions and cheetahs here

The influence of an apex predator introduction on an already established subordinate predator

Abstract

African lions (Panthera leo) can influence the location, distribution and behaviour of smaller carnivores such as cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus). In fenced protected areas, where space is limited, the effects of the apex predator can be exaggerated to the point of localized extinction of the subordinate. Here, we directly compare the prey selection of cheetahs before and after the re‐introduction of lions to the Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa. The lion re‐introduction did not significantly influence the diet of the cheetahs. Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) and springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) comprised >75% of cheetah diet both before and after the lion re‐introduction with no noticeable changes in the size ranges of prey selected. In addition, there was no significant dietary overlap (O < 0.45) with the lions. Our study supports recent findings that cheetahs, as subordinate predators, can coexist with larger, more aggressive carnivores within an enclosed environment without compromising access to resources. However, our work represents a temporal snapshot into lion and cheetah foraging behaviour in an enclosed system and we recommend further research across multiple sites and predator densities.
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