Felids Interactions - Interspecific Conflicts

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(05-21-2019, 12:27 AM)Pckts Wrote:

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I swear, the Airstrip clan seems to pick fights with lions almost daily now. This time more than 40 of them showed up and pushed three young male lions and two adult lionesses off a wildebeest kill. I’m actually not sure who made the kill, but either way, the hyenas had the last (literal) laugh. I think it’s high time we get Eternal Enemies II: Airstrip Vendetta. Let’s make it happen, people.

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Whenlightningstrikes The customary drive from the kolara gate through the Jamni meadows and the panderpauni waterholes, betrayed no signs of the movement of the large felines or any other carnivores. Our collective intuition however, led us towards the Navegaon gate as Maya was lately seen passing through the very same landscape. Ten minutes into the drive we observed scores of herbivores merrily grazing along the way with an occasional sounder of Wild pigs alongside startled newborns in toe. To our gleeful surprise, we came across a pair of courting wild dogs on the road alongside a depleting rivulet. Oblivious of their surroundings, the usually vigilant dholes were mindless of not only our presence but also of something else that lurked nearby.

Whilst trying to capture this unique animal behaviour, We noticed a slight flutter in the grass ahead. As if almost on cue, the hair on my back stood up in rhythmic excitement as the reality of the situation dawned upon me. I was sure I saw stripes. 
Camouflaged perfectly, she lay silently waiting for the unsuspecting couple to move into striking distance. With shivering hands and fervent anticipation, I hurriedly set up my camera to record this remarkable natural history moment that was about to unfold in front of my eyes.

What happened next was going to be etched in our memories forever. Synonymous to a lightning strike, the tigress leaped towards the ill-fated dog with unbridled fury. A fraction of a second and a paw swipe later, she delivered a 
deathly bite to the dhole's jugular. .

That lion-hyena situation reminds in the way about it what was reported 1999 from Ethiopia... interesting to see if something like that is coming up.

I mean case mentioned from instance here, first quote and then link.

"Lion hyena fights sometimes go on for days. During one, in 1999, thirty five hyenas and six lions died during a two week encounter in the Ethiopian desert. Every night the animals went for each other in a viscous frenzy, before retreating into their dens during the day, to avoid the blistering sun. It was like First World War trench warfare with teeth and claws."

https://roaring.earth/lions-vs-hyenas-fight-food/ Reply