Dholes (Cuon alpinus)

[smedz]

(02-04-2019, 05:35 AM)Shadow Wrote:

(02-04-2019, 05:12 AM)smedz Wrote:

(02-04-2019, 04:38 AM)Shadow Wrote: I was looking a little bit about sources so far in this thread what comes to reputation of dholes.

I found these names: K. Anderson, J. Corbett, W. Rice, Burton, R.C. Morris, Robert Sterndale, R.I. Pocock, William Blanford, W. Connell, Kailash Sankhala, then also David Attenborough and Sunquist&Sunquist. One interesting book to find and read would be Whistling Hunters from M. Fox.

Then there are some articles in media, which mention about fights with tigers and wild dogs and injured tigers. Many times people have used word stray dogs, when others than dholes, but of course these articles are somewhat unclear. Then 2-3 paintings from past show situations where dholes and tigers are in fight or hostile to each others. Also some videos show, that dholes and tigers aren´t exactly best friends.

If I missed someone, feel free to tell. I just looked briefly names from postings to have some idea, that how many different people can be found.

You forgot K. Ullas Karanth and Kate Jenks from the Minnesota Zoo who studies Dholes in Thailand, before you ask, she says the outcome is likely death by tiger, which I got from that article about saving Dholes. I personally wouldn't trust some of those people, honestly I'm not sure on Attenborough's thoughts, in two documentaries, it would seem he believes the tales, but in another documentary, he says nothing could threaten the tiger before man came with guns.

Yes, Jenks is good one and what she say. Pity that she has done her studies in Thailand, where dhole packs seem to be smaller. Still she has a lot of good information and she is a "must" for people interested about dholes.

Agreed, while the studies point to tigers being dominant, she and her fellow Dhole researchers should do a study on Dhole and tiger interactions in India if she really wants to figure it out, because that's where the biggest packs are and have been, India seems to have more open parts than the other places, which I believe is why India has the biggest packs, because that's where they can use the full strength of the pack. Reply