Dholes (Cuon alpinus)

[Rishi]

(01-27-2019, 08:29 PM)smedz Wrote:

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Well here's the difference, those people's observations didn't involve apes acting suicidal.

Seriously, what evoloutionary logic is there to have that many vital pack members killed off just to kill something. Also, it's been like what, more than 50 years and with many studies done and many scientists in the field and no one has   found the corpse of a dead tiger killed by dholes? Doesn't that at least sound a bit fishy to you?

"Suicidal" is the most accurate word one can find to describe the behaviour of those African dogs, don't you think?
Instinct & evolution don't always go by logic...
Adrenaline can have them act like teenager kids doing stunts on motorbikes.

And 50 years ago, dhole were locally extinct from most parts of their present range, even in India. Only this year we have found out their presence in Chitwan (video earlier in thread) & Buxa Tiger Reserve last year (link to news).

(01-27-2019, 01:16 PM)Wolverine Wrote: If you think this info deserve trust I could post it. I don't see any particular reason why should journalists create imaginable stories.

How do i put it? Let's just say, that if you were an Indian saying ^that, i would have thought you were trolling.

A word of advice; never trust anything on Indian media, without double-checking from multiple unrelated sources.
They will twist anything to anything, to get a sensational juicy headline.
That number 5 could be 15... The tiger could have already been sick (it needed medical care later) & they could have just taken shots at him...

Bottomline, if it sounds farfetched then don't take it too seriously. Reply