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04-05-2020, 06:51 PM( This post was last modified: 04-05-2020, 06:53 PM by Pckts )
I read Karanth's study, he bases age and health off of tooth ware found in scat and bone health found at kill sites, hardly a conclusive finding.
The arbitrary 1000kg number I assume is actually from Kailash Sankhala book in which he states a "fine bull Gaur can reach 1000kg" and since Schaller worked with Kailash, it's probably fair to say that's where it came from. This is also an example of what I'm considering an "alpha bull."
In regards to page 97, he mentions nothing about the adolescent cubs contributing minimum amounts and we've already seen the benefit of having cubs contribute to a kill in Tadoba for instance.