ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

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(01-15-2019, 07:27 AM)Wolverine Wrote: In same time old paintings from British India showing dhole packs killing tigers are probably highly exaggerated, there are no fresh scientific proves for such a cases:

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You are correct, the only two stories accepted by Sunquist & Sunquist (2002) do not establish the age of the specimens, and we know that one was a female. Mazák (1981) speculate that dholes could kill injured or ill tigers. However, since 1967 when the scientific studies beggined in India/Nepal/Russia/Thailand/Sumatra, there is NOT A SINGLE case of dholes attacking adult tigers. In fact, in the region of Karnataka, where the biggest populations of dholes exist, Dr Ullas Karanth had not found a single case of dholes attacking tigers. For the contrary, there are several cases of tigers attacking, killing and even eating dholes, despit the fact that even today large packs between 8-15 of these canids do exits. So if in 52 years of scientific study there are no cases of dholes attacking tigers, but several cases of tigers predating on dholes, I think that is conclusive to say that those stories in the old British India are just that, stories. Check this:

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In conclusion, tigers dominate over any canid in its territory, over 50 years of scientific studies support this. Old stories and anecdotical events are not entirely reliable.


Interestingly, while there are reports and even videos of dholes harrasing leopards, there is no evidence of predatior of dholes on this great cat, but there is evidence of leopards predating on dholes. Interesting, don't you think? Reply