Dholes (Cuon alpinus)

[smedz]

(01-24-2019, 04:48 PM)Rishi Wrote:

(01-24-2019, 06:07 AM)smedz Wrote: 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. However, what if the tigers in those stories were sick or seriously wounded animals, and hunters just changed them to make the encounters sound more epic. Just a thought.

Quite possible that it happened, from time to time. But we are not talking about an encounter or two.
But dholes had (& still continue to do so after so many years) quite the reputation! That'd take a lot of exaggeration, by a lot of people, over a lot of time... Not to mention these kind of incidents were already rare.
This thread has whatever info currently available & more is welcome.

Because s last century had the species drastically diminished to the point of holding on by a thread, we don't really know what to expect or what could have happened hundred years ago. Atleast they're doing well now.

Best we have today is this sighting...

BTW, can any of you see any cub in the video?

I can see the cub. But I really don't think there's any advantage in sacrificing several members in a pack to kill something. But quick question, how do I link a scientific study on here? Reply