Dholes (Cuon alpinus)

[Sanju]

(01-30-2019, 01:58 AM)smedz Wrote: is it also for tiger domination over the Dhole?

In our time, Dholes do avoid tigers for the reason that a tiger can kill many pack members, allowing tigers to frequently catch and eat Dholes. Which is likely why Dholes chose the day to hunt. But I do think Dholes have quite the defense stratedgy when they do cross paths with a tiger. There is one account from a study done years ago where a tiger approached a Dhole pack, but the Dholes saw the tiger and the tiger left. That makes me believe the Dholes main defense is for one to spot a tiger stalking them, sound the alarm, the Dholes look at the tiger, and the tiger, knowing that he hunt is now over, moves on.

No, not for domination over Dhole. 

Most of the encounters end up with one of them retreating and very little leads to fights and Primary threat to a Dhole death can be a fight with other Dhole clan/a leopard/a tiger...

No, Tiger don't catch for food and eat Dhole unless its starving in most cases. They may kill when small clan are caught in an ambush if they don't escape but not necessarily eat them. I personally saw in many documentaries tiger killing and leaving that dhole to degrade one of the individual is "The Boss" Dhole from bandipur and anamalai reserve of "Cani's clan".

Yes, Dholes have a defense strategy based on the clan size. It is the most important attribute for the dholes i.e.., outnumbering.

No, Tiger don't hunt dhole, hunting is for killing and eating. This is to eliminate potential sympatric competitors for resources. and Tigers hunt mostly ungulates/herbivores, if not it'll go to bears and boars like omnivores in the menu. Tiger eating strict carnivores and other tigers is extreme rarely and depends dramatically on the situation of environment. Reply