Dholes (Cuon alpinus)

[Rishi]

@Panther is here...

(01-26-2019, 03:15 AM)smedz Wrote: ...then why couldn't a tiger, especially a big male in his prime, do the exact same thing to a Dhole pack?  And what benefits would there be to have a several pack members be killed in a fight just to kill a tiger?

You misunderstood. Nobody said that.

And regarding the motivation to take such risks, these are world's most successful pack hunters with strong instincts. They'll do it out of peer-pressure.
Those African wild dogs didn't have much to gain from attacking the lioness. But they actually ignored her cub, came back for her...& that's after one of them almost got killed.

(BTW the way the pack jumped in when she caught the one is exactly same with one of Anderson's descriptions, except that one was killed but this one lives. I'll share if i find it online.)

Quote:Me personally, I don't believe packs of dholes attack and kill healthy adult tigers, especially since we don't have any physical evidence to support  it...

...The only way I'll ever believe these tales is if I ever see a film, photograph, or an actually verified account. Not eyewitness testimony, the weakest form of evidence.

That's actually a reasonable thing to do for now.
A year ago if someone told that AWDs could dominate a healthy adult lioness like that, then too there would be people sharing old stale screenshots & videos of lions chasing away small packs.

Now we have something atleast. Better to talk again about this in 2029. Reply