Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project

[Sanju]

@Rishi I know this and what you said is correct and I agree completely.

(02-13-2019, 04:47 PM)Rishi Wrote: Unlike with leopards or wolves with whom some degree of coexistance happens (still increasing tiger numbers in the reserves are pushing out leopards to the fringes), they share the same prey niche.

Space & resources being limited, just like Amur tigers push out wolves or Bengals do dholes from a region, these two are highly likely to see interspecies tension... maybe once numbers rise.

I'm correcting that, these common things like these above^ are all are termed as "Competitive pressures" and of course this will occurs b/w Lion and Tiger in Kuno too, I never said no to that.

but these are not ""Territorial disputes or fights"" which are interspecific that is these happen for mating rights b/w [lions-lions] or [tigers-tigers] not lions-tigers coz they don't interbreed naturally and no animal prefers to inter-breed with other species. There are no territories in b/w different species.

Also, Just telling small things like: Tiger don't fight when outnumbered with other species like Dholes and lions and most of the time, the tiger based on situation retreats but if cornered, fights and fatalities may occur in b/w adults to decrease competition pressure, in the same way predation on infants on both sides occur to decrease competition.

What I'm saying these all type of interactions are termed as "competitive interactions" not territorial disputes. Territorial disputes only occur b/w conspecies not with other species. "There are no territories in b/w different species".

I'm agreeing with all but correcting the terminology. :)

And if lions reintroduced in Kuno, nothing like both tiger and lions kill each other in single night coz most people are believing this, both will kill each other if "only Cornered" which happens very rarely in the wild because during per-interpritation, animals can estimate what animal they are facing, whether they can fight with or not? it is worth to fight or not? like things...

if not necessary to fight/can't win fight, the inferior animal retreats from the sight of the superior one or gets chased away but killing each other only if happens when it can't escape during cornering or ambushing while sleeping, in those cases fatalities occur for sake of good and balance in predator ecology but will occur pretty rare because, most of the time, one of them "escapes" or "avoids" confrontation from the stronger one based on situation before by using all its senses like smell, hearing and sight. Reply