There is a world somewhere between reality and fiction. Although ignored by many, it is very real and so are those living in it. This forum is about the natural world. Here, wild animals will be heard and respected. The forum offers a glimpse into an unknown world as well as a room with a view on the present and the future. Anyone able to speak on behalf of those living in the emerald forest and the deep blue sea is invited to join.
Your last post #2721 of the Extinction thread/tiger is very interesting. But for some unknown reason I couldn't neither put a "like" under your post nor to answer to you. Thus I do it here.
As concerns the tiger's apex predator strain on the dholes, it's perhaps important to notice the small areas of the Indian natural parks: 300-500 km2 in average i.e. only two or three times the surface of the hunting domain of a male tiger. And as soon as the the dholes want to escape from the tiger's predation pressure by leaving the reserve for example, they end up into the human settlements of the most inhabited state of the world. It's a very precarious situation.!
You mention the lion's apex predator strain on the African wild dogs, the African natural parks are much bigger than in India, the biggest of all is the Selous reserve in Tanzania: 55.000 km2. Other smaller ones but more famous, the Kruger National park in South-Africa reaches 20.000 km2. the Tsavo NAtional Park in Kenya: 22.000 km2 and so on. Under these conditions I believe the African wild dog condition isn't as critical as the dhole's one. Even if we don't have to forget that the wild canids are very faithful to their territories.
Your last post #2721 of the Extinction thread/tiger is very interesting. But for some unknown reason I couldn't neither put a "like" under your post nor to answer to you. Thus I do it here.
As concerns the tiger's apex predator strain on the dholes, it's perhaps important to notice the small areas of the Indian natural parks: 300-500 km2 in average i.e. only two or three times the surface of the hunting domain of a male tiger. And as soon as the the dholes want to escape from the tiger's predation pressure by leaving the reserve for example, they end up into the human settlements of the most inhabited state of the world. It's a very precarious situation.!
You mention the lion's apex predator strain on the African wild dogs, the African natural parks are much bigger than in India, the biggest of all is the Selous reserve in Tanzania: 55.000 km2. Other smaller ones but more famous, the Kruger National park in South-Africa reaches 20.000 km2. the Tsavo NAtional Park in Kenya: 22.000 km2 and so on. Under these conditions I believe the African wild dog condition isn't as critical as the dhole's one. Even if we don't have to forget that the wild canids are very faithful to their territories.
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Sorry about the limitations in the tiger extinction thread. A result of problems in the past. Only few have access for that reason.
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A couple of years ago, the young male Amur tiger Wandashan No.1 killed a huge male Ussuri wild boar.
Judging by the tusks, and the large size of the boar's head, which researchers said was 'quite impressive', the killed wild boar was estimated to weigh over 300 kg!
It's mentioned, that the young tiger can successfully prey on adult wild boars weighing several hundredkilograms. Although (as mentioned in the video) wild boars are also very ferocious, the tiger has the strength to completely subdue and kill them.
Russian biologists have also found and reported several cases of juvenile Amur tigers and tigresses (Kuzya, Elena, Pavlik, Borya, Uporny) killing large male Ussuri wild boars with no problem. The 1.5 year old juvenile male Amur tiger 'Kuzya' killed a large male wild boar in a fight. He fed on the big wild boar for 4 days.
In an Amur tiger documentary, it is mentioned that the tigress 'Katya' easily takes down and kills 500 lb wild boars, almost twice her own weight. Unfortunately, the documentary is no longer available on youtube.
This video provides the English translation (subtitles); Go to the 7:05 mark:
(08-21-2024, 07:04 PM)Apex Titan Wrote: A couple of years ago, the young male Amur tiger Wandashan No.1 killed a huge male Ussuri wild boar.
Judging by the tusks, and the large size of the boar's head, which researchers said was 'quite impressive', the killed wild boar was estimated to weigh over 300 kg!
It's mentioned, that the young tiger can successfully prey on adult wild boars weighing several hundredkilograms. Although (as mentioned in the video) wild boars are also very ferocious, the tiger has the strength to completely subdue and kill them.
Russian biologists have also found and reported several cases of juvenile Amur tigers and tigresses (Kuzya, Elena, Pavlik, Borya, Uporny) killing large male Ussuri wild boars with no problem. The 1.5 year old juvenile male Amur tiger 'Kuzya' killed a large male wild boar in a fight. He fed on the big wild boar for 4 days.
In an Amur tiger documentary, it is mentioned that the tigress 'Katya' easily takes down and kills 500 lb wild boars, almost twice her own weight. Unfortunately, the documentary is no longer available on youtube.
This video provides the English translation (subtitles); Go to the 7:05 mark:
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The wild boar is 150 kg, not 300 kg. (English subtitles shows 300 kilograms, but the Chinese subtitles shows "斤" rather than "公斤", this should be a translation mistake.)
