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All about Gaur (Bos gaurus)

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Excellent Gaur tussle, Nilgiris. The part when one of them hooks the horn below the other one and lifts him completely off the ground is so impressive considering how much they weigh!!!

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Fully grown male gaurs remind me of silver back among other gorilla, they look so massive then the others. Those muscle in them are insane.
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How big is a fully grown male gaur compared to rhinos?
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(10-28-2021, 08:21 PM)Incogray Wrote: How big is a fully grown male gaur compared to rhinos?

A little taller at the shoulder but much less robust and shorter in length.
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(01-13-2022, 10:33 PM)Pckts Wrote:
(10-28-2021, 08:21 PM)Incogray Wrote: How big is a fully grown male gaur compared to rhinos?

A little taller at the shoulder but much less robust and shorter in length.

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(02-05-2022, 06:45 PM)Jimmy Wrote:
(01-13-2022, 10:33 PM)Pckts Wrote:
(10-28-2021, 08:21 PM)Incogray Wrote: How big is a fully grown male gaur compared to rhinos?

A little taller at the shoulder but much less robust and shorter in length.

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It always amazes me how big these Rhinos actually are. I hope to see them in the wild instead of captivity. I bet this Rhino is probably still relative young since it’s horn seems smaller still as well as it’s sex unknown yet it almost looks taller at the shoulder than the Gaur and most likely double it’s weight.
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https://www.wii.gov.in/images/publicatio...report.pdf reintroduction of gaur report
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(02-05-2022, 09:28 PM)Pckts Wrote: It always amazes me how big these Rhinos actually are. I hope to see them in the wild instead of captivity. I bet this Rhino is probably still relative young since it’s horn seems smaller still as well as it’s sex unknown yet it almost looks taller at the shoulder than the Gaur and most likely double it’s weight.


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To feed your imagination. And are bigger in the wild! shocked 

In the book of Dr Dinerstein of 2003 there are a couple of pictures that shows huge specimens. I think you have it too.
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(03-03-2022, 12:49 AM)GuateGojira Wrote:
(02-05-2022, 09:28 PM)Pckts Wrote: It always amazes me how big these Rhinos actually are. I hope to see them in the wild instead of captivity. I bet this Rhino is probably still relative young since it’s horn seems smaller still as well as it’s sex unknown yet it almost looks taller at the shoulder than the Gaur and most likely double it’s weight.


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To feed your imagination. And are bigger in the wild! shocked 

In the book of Dr Dinerstein of 2003 there are a couple of pictures that shows huge specimens. I think you have it too.

I actually fed one at the SD Zoo

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@Pckts  Quick question how does a rhino feel like? must have been a nice experience.
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(03-03-2022, 01:08 AM)Lycaon Wrote: @Pckts  Quick question how does a rhino feel like? must have been a nice experience.

We weren't allowed to touch him but he did turn around and projectile urinate a foot in front of my wife lol. They actually pee backwards oddly enough.
In regards to his size, I'm 6'5'' and I'd say at his shoulder he was probably about 6'.
He was really long too, seemed to be as a long as a Jeep Cherokee and just about as wide as the wheel base. 
He was absolutely gigantic, they were getting rid of him because the female had a calf and he was becoming too dangerous in trying to breed again so they sold him to another zoo for breeding.
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Is this a real or fake image, not trying to discredit the photographer bt i couldnt find more clicks of this supposedly 'very rare interaction' of megaherbivores
Pic by Mathuranath dey
Location: Manas national park

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Gaurs are said to be the bigger species than Wild water buffaloes but the latter are no joke either, i saw the trophy head of these two, took a quick photo and buffaloe's head definetely look overall bigger

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Notice also the great Tibetan sheep Argali as well
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Don’t think this is fake. Manas does have all the big 4 herbivores of Indian subcontinent. Gaurs typically don’t venture into the long grass and they prefer wooded areas.

Even Kaziranga has a small Gaur population. But, they are very rarely seen like Kaziranga leopards.
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