Question

Write a case study on dholes.

Answer 1

The dholes live in packs of 8 -10 which consist of old females, males, females and pups. The pack members co-ordinate while attacking and killing a large prey such as an adult sambar deer. There is a tendency to share the meat among the members of the pack. However, there prevails a squabbling among them to grab the choicest piece of meat. The young pups are allowed to take their share of meat first. The old males follow them. The other young ones and old females usually lag behind.