Dholes (Cuon alpinus)

[Shadow]

(02-09-2019, 07:14 AM)Wolverine Wrote: Shadow, have you seen this amazing video from last year?:

Yes I have seen it, quite interesting to watch now again, because now I was especially listening. That silence there is interesting, no "whistling or high-pitched noises" like when they harass tiger. Also when comparing to that leopard video where noises were also quite different. Have to find and read again some studies and what there is told about dholes and what kind of noises in different situations.

Also when you look at this video, which I posted earlier. That bull elephant is obviously very unhappy there, see tail and how stiff it is, ears spread to sides, not swinging there like usually, making those trumpet noices and eyes clearly as open as they can be there while running here and there. Same time dholes are silent and nonchalant dodging only when necessary. It is told in description, that dholes then killed a deer stag after this situation. 

These are interesting situations to watch and learn, elephants obviously don´t like to see dholes nearby, maybe there was something in dhole presence which made elephant to "feel", that they were after something and nervous if that would be some elephant calf. I wouldn´t be surprised if elephants could sense from what they see and hear, that are dholes just passing by, resting or after meal. Reply