Talk:Dhole
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Originally the article read in part:
- Dholes are seen as vicious aggressors, which is a distortion of their true nature.
Kipling seems to use dholes in his children's story Red Dog as plot device to allow Mowgli to save his wolf pack and to produce a final battle so that Akela can die nobly.
Do hordes of dholes follow an alpha male on long-distance hunting treks? Probably not. They also do not speak an approximation of human language, nor are they motivated by revenge, or embarrassed by name calling and taunting. Nor is it likely that a giant snake would lay an elaborate and unlikely plan for a boy to decimate the attacking dhole pack. Reality check: this is an old kid's book.
They are depicted as cunning and capable pack hunters, not "vicious aggressors" IMHO.
So little is known about the "true nature" of dholes (from the sources I have consulted) that I decided to edit the sentence for NPOV. What do others think? Caltrop 15:59, Sep 16, 2004 (UTC)
Do dholes actually urinate while standing only on their front paws? Why do they do this? There should be a source for this, or this fact should be deleted.
- According to the linked page [1] the handstand bit is on video. Can't find the actual video though...I'd like to see that. :) R343L 12:23, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Copyright issue?
The section about dhloe population and decline has sentences that are taken word for word from one of the external links. http://www.cuon.net/dholes/ Is this going to be a copyright issue?
Comatose51 20:41, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hunting
The original sentence reads: Two or three dholes can kill a 50 kg (110 lb) deer in less than two minutes. Is this supposed to be "kill" or "eat?" This appears to be just an easy typo, as, in the context, "eat" makes more sense, but I wanted to verify before making a change.--Raulpascal 21:04, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
I think it was supposed to be "bring down", or something similar. Dholes can eat 8.8lb of meat in an hour, but prefer to kill prey between 31kg and 175kg in weight. I'm sorry if I did something wrong. I didn't mean to. ~Pan-chan... =3 22:57, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
