Dholes Are The Bane Of Tigers Everywhere

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Animalogic Created by Dylan Dubeau and Andrew Strapp
Executive Producer, Director, Editor and Director of Photography: Dylan Dubeau
Host: Danielle Dufault
Writer, Researcher, Producer, Camera Operator: Andres Salazar
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Examining the nature of the beast.

[@animalogic]

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[@xPumaFangx]

cook ur own food it tastes better, and is healthier.

[@Nissanghmohanbabu]

Your next animal should be the Asian elephant and its subspecies.

[@EyeSeeThruYou]

Mean title, but I laughed 😅

[@chrisrus1965]

Excellent video but their relationship with Asian wolves is conspicuous in its absence.

[@Judaspriest66624]

Talk about Indian wolf

[@jeremybabish2730]

Kinda funny how tigers have their own version of hyenas

[@elhombredeoro955]

There are hyenas in tigers range.

[@cro-magnoncarol4017]

Striped Hyenas?

[@elhombredeoro955]

@@cro-magnoncarol4017 yes

[@BullShitThat]

More like wild dogs

[@agridulce3532]

​@@BullShitThat They are referring to the dynamic

[@chetanrawool]

My grandma used to tell stories of them....how tigers and leopards used to go into hiding when large herds of dholes used to travel down from western ghats mountain range.

[@brasilcr4962]

Yea these dholes are no joke

[@thehoundofthegamingvilles2012]

Packs not herdss

[@jigokgami6301]

⁠@@thehoundofthegamingvilles2012clans not packs

[@thehoundofthegamingvilles2012]

@@jigokgami6301 pack

[@williamchamberlain2263]

​@@jigokgami6301shoals, not clans

[@johannaweichsel3602]

Would 100%% try to snuggle

[@alphakowaclips]

You 100% didn't reach the end of the video 😂

[@camramaster]

​@@alphakowaclips Watched until the end. Would snuggle anyway. 😊

[@jackchop1576]

a puppy ❤❤❤

[@vangu2918]

Painfully true!

[@migueljardim8177]

You'd 100% be missing your nose after a few seconds😂

[@robwalsh9843]

Dhole vocalizations are really unnerving. While grey wolves are boisterous and loud, and African hunting dogs have their weird chirps, dholes use this subdued semi-morse code type of noise. Staccato grunts that make them kind of stealthy.

[@phoenixpinkmyn5535]

My cat came running at those whistles! Very much captured her interest lol

[@lemongrab6173]

They’re basically like the Indian version of African painted dogs.

[@zainmudassir2964]

This is why a pack of Dholes in The Jungle Book is terrifying and Mowgli has to owtwit them to defeat them

[@dukelornek]

finally an animal I never heard of. its been a while.

[@MichaelStanton26]

Yep

[@user-mk3vh4cr9j]

as an asian, i grew up hearing all sorts of stories about them, they are truly implemented into our culture

[@Krankenwagen571]

​@@user-mk3vh4cr9j even though I live in the range that was shown in the map , still never ever heard of it

[@Trentrick_Lamar]

Funny enough I saw this and immediately thought “I KNOW THIS ONE FROM FAR CRY: PRIMAL”

[@Drakholm]

I was just thinking the same thing. Been forever. Love Animalogic but I watch em all haha.

[@SorenAlba54]

Interesting take on the Dholes. I’ve known about them for quite some time that it was only last year when watching Planet Earth III that I learned that they can whistle in order to prevent detection from their prey. A very effective way to communicate since their hearing is 5x better than ours.

[@panchemist]

When I read R. Kipling´s "Mowgli" in childhood I actually thought that Dholes/Dhouls were a fruit of imagination of the author. Today I got wiser. Thank you!

[@NSJonesy94]

@@Horopteryeah, believe it or not there wasn’t always google around to instantly answer your questions 😂🤦‍♂️

[@erikm8372]

I haven’t read the book, but does Rudyard Kipling not describe the appearance of the dholes, like at all? He leaves it vague, or up to the reader’s imagination or something?

[@panchemist]

​@@erikm8372 I think Kipling described them as bloodthirsty red dogs, despised by everyone. It w as long time ago when i read it. like 30+ years ago, so @horopter nay, i did not google it back then. :)

[@coucoubrandy1079]

Shere Khan would avoid them. Tbf, they come out as vicious dogs that you definitely don't want to meet. But in the video, they look so cute 😍 . Looks are deceiving 😢

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

Why does that part never get adapted? It's one of the best. Poor Akela tho.

[@fuducker2]

So strange to see so many commenters saying they'd never heard of dholes until today. I've been obsessed with these little punks for years! Love dholes so much and I'm so grateful you finally gave them a spotlight. Going to see them at the bronx zoo this weekend!

[@Skyypixelgamer]

Same here! I’m just glad people are learning about them.

[@V.U.4six]

Same, once upon a time it was a never heard of this animal though beds it wasn’t like wolves, foxes and coyotes which are pretty well known (at least regarding places like in North America)

[@urrywest]

Are they close relatives with dogs or a kind of wolf or something?

[@fuducker2]

@@urrywest they are in the same family as dogs, canidae. This includes dogs, wolves, coyotes, foxes, and jackals, among other animals. So they are moderately close to dogs, but the closeness only extends as far as the family level. Dogs, wolves, and coyotes are all in the same genus, canis, while dholes are in the genus cuon. This means that dogs, wolves, and coyotes are all closer to one another than to dholes. Hope this was helpful!

[@Skyypixelgamer]

@@urrywest they are a very ancient line of canids more closely related to African wild dogs and bush dogs then to wolves.

[@surajbiradar9827]

Kenneth Anderson (who used to hunt in southern india) describes in one of his stories how a pack of dholes literally shredded a tiger to pieces, although the tiger killed 3-4 dholes before dying.

[@abyssimus]

Blake: Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could fram-- Dholes: UNION! UNION! UNION!

[@Junier-Hussein]

No way you finally did it 😊 Much appreciated & much love from the UK ♥️

[@north_indian_pajeet_rendian]

Be an ATHEIST

[@1TakoyakiStore]

I remember coming across a theory that proposed that the beast of gevaudan was either a dhole-wolf hybrid or the offspring of a wolf and the last European dhole.

[@Samuel-hd3cp]

1Takoyakistore. That sounds absurd!

[@hellomoto2084]

Any dhole fossil in europe ? Seriously though you have wolfs , for gods sake.

[@coyoteclockworkstudios3140]

I loved dholes as a teenager. In the original Jungle Book they're portrayed as voracious and dangerous, the "red dogs". They travel in huge groups and are kind of villainous. I wish them well! I'm so glad to hear about the preservation efforts for them.

[@egrettacaerulea]

Thanks for the nod to their Pleistocene range! There were so many animal groups in places you wouldn't imagine them back then.

[@wilgarcia1]

They have these in the Bronx zoo. They're pretty cool =)

[@tonydeluna8095]

Food looks delicious! Also, the Dholes are amazing species. Beautiful creatures

[@erikm8372]

For a second, I thought you were referring to the deer, buffalo, boar, etc. being eaten by the dholes. Lol.

[@Krankenwagen571]

I took a while to process that comment n! Lol 😅😂

[@Dracomanser]

I love the reputation to be absolute bonkers, I knew a stray cat we named bonkers years ago he lost part of his tail somehow and was never the same after that he was crazy

[@DeinoSarcosuchus]

I got a soft spot for these since I saw them in Far Cry. Also love how they can be chill with monitors!

[@erikm8372]

I wonder how many water monitors are eaten by dholes each year, lol. Or how many young, juvenile monitors fall victim to random dhole puppies learning to kill 😂

[@Skyypixelgamer]

I’m glad y’all made it round to talking about dholes. They are such ancient and intelligent canids and should be recognized for it.

[@pjnoonan2211]

Glad to see the Dhole's finally getting some love. Such amazing creatures. (:

[@kentanourse9301]

Yo they just put these in Minecraft as a wolf reskin

[@shivabisnath7919]

Yeah it's the Rusty Wolf variant that could be found in the jungle biome in Minecraft.

[@Demon_of_Ink]

I approve

[@alphakowaclips]

Lol😂

[@eclipsedbadger]

I love Dholes, specially after the story in the Jungle Book that you quote here. They WRECK the Wolf Pack, they just...DESTROY every year of work from the wolves to become a good numerous pack. So the end of the story is bittersweet, and its made clear by Kipling that even with the help of Bagheera (black panther) and Baloo (black bear) and, if my memory serves correctly, Kaa (Python) they all were lucky to made it out alive. Like, 20 or 30 adult wolves+panther+bear+python AND Mowgli (a human with a knife/dagger at that point, if I remember correctly) and almost everyone died, the pack is absolutely destroyed and few wolves remain to breed the pack into those numbers again. I particularly love the fluffy version of the Dhole. It looks like just a good pupper, if not friendly why friend shaped? :'(

[@rabbiama2940]

Yeah, I remember that I think there was an old Mowgli cartoon where the dholes were zerg rushing them.

[@scifino1]

Thank you for educating us about animals like these cute but wild puppers with your excellent videos.

[@lnrdo]

Yesss, it's here! The Animalogic Dhole vid that I'd been hoping for literal years would pop into my feed. I've always thought of Dhole clans as being like like the special ops division of the canid world. So efficiently badass, lol.

[@erikm8372]

Yeah, also they remind me somewhat of the Asian “equivalent” of the African wild dogs, just smaller & less outrageously colored, but very similar, habitually, ecologically and evolutionarily.

[@erikm8372]

And wild dogs have it real bad with competition in Africa! Lions, spotted hyenas, leopards, and everything else.

[@williamchamberlain2263]

It should be a shoal of dholes

[@mvalthegamer2450]

So do the dholes in India. They share territory with all of the above

[@katherineg9396]

When I saw the prick ears in the thumbnail I thought you were going to do Basenjis ("strange little wild dogs that live among predators")! They are an ancient breed that scientists have done genetic reasearch on. But the Dholes were fascinating. And they both make unusual sounds.

[@erikm8372]

Yeah, Basenji are so cute, but apparently they have a reputation for behaving somewhat like a dhole or coyote! I mean, they’re way more tame, obviously, but not the easiest to train. Not a breed that naturally “takes” to learning commands and stuff. Kinda like people say about Shiba Inu, everything is on “their terms”, including when affection is given, or when obedience is displayed. Of course, training can be done, it’s just apparently a longer process for these dogs.. basenjis are naturally curious, as they’re from Africa. They want to explore everything! So… these type of breeds certainly retain a wild streak not seen in many others!

[@dhananjaydeshmukh817]

Dholes are a menace in Far Cry 4

[@primesspct2]

why have I never heard of this canid?! One so endangered! They are a bit like African dogs it would seem, untameable. Fascinating ty for the glimpse of this beautiful creature!

[@RedStretchLimo]

Kipling's story from his "Jungle Book" is about the Dhole. It's called "Red Dog" and is one of the best of the stories.

[@rafaelg7772]

Great jon Danielle 👍. I didn't know this animal existed thanks for all the great information and the nice whistle sample! Love animalogic channel! ❤

[@animalogic]

Glad we could teach you something new!

[@mickmerr]

This makes me so sad.... what an amazing creature

[@loridyson569]

I know animals but I have never heard of these. I am impressed.

[@coltaine503]

In one of his Mowgli stories from the Jungle Books, Rudyard Kipling wrote a story about a battle between the Dhole and his family wolf pack. Called "Red Dog".

[@Pandemomium4Life]

That shit was so amazing to read as a kid. They were terrifying in the book.

[@josesalinasmorales5332]

Correction, the dhole shares a common ancestor with the African wild dog.

[@heidisparklebottom]

I'm glad that you don't shy away from showing some of the more gruesome parts of nature ❤ is important to see all of it

[@safaiaryu12]

What a neat animal! I'd never heard of dholes before. Thank you for bringing attention to them! It's sad there are so few left in the wild. Also, may I just say again how much I appreciate not only your excellent art, but the fact that you include a timelapse of the drawing? I love it! 😊

[@maartenaalsmeer]

I saw some dholes years ago while hiking (guided) in Khao Yai NP Thailand. Didn't know they were this scarce. Happy for the experience and pictures.

[@johnmead8437]

There are accounts from a well known maneating tiger hunter about them killing tigers. His recollections apparently include a few tigers with no official records (such tigers quickly had a bounty put on them and go very well known), and he also wrote a few anthropomorphic stories about tigers, so it's possible the dholes didn't kill them. He did mention they lost a few in the fight.

[@takenname8053]

They're whistle talk is so cool!

[@jacobjerny7502]

Fun fact: It’s even possible there were populations of Dhole in North America during the Pleistocene! Dhole fossils have been found in Mexico.

[@calif1411]

you laargely overestimate how interesting these videos are by putting in ads that take 15% of it's runtime

[@kats9755]

THE KILLER WHISTLER! I love that name and I love them.

[@kkmardigrce]

Interesting how little these "lesser predators" are known. Thank you, loved the vid.

[@loquat44-40]

I have read of dholes, but knew very little about them. They seem somewhat similar to african hunting dogs. But they seem more aquatic than is the case with the african hunting dogs.

[@wildpinto3291]

One of my Belgian Malinois looks like a dhole. He has an orange coat with a black muzzle and eyes. Very beautiful.

[@FN-ef4wb]

They are absolutely beautiful with dark orange and a black fluffy tail. Their planning as they stand or sit far apart in various strategic positions waiting to attack, would leave the armed forces intrigued! They always plan for an attack! The ferocious attack is by more than a dozen, so large prey have to be cautious and weary of them. The dhole is often called 'wild dog'.

[@yu-hengchang5849]

Always wanna learn about these dogs from reading "Jungle book". Dhole was translated in Chinese "Red Dogs", not very descriptive to be honest. finally able to put a face to the name.

[@PahadiSher]

There are Dholes in China too.

[@nickdawson9236]

nice thanks i saw some of these in Mudu Malai national park in india beautiful

[@bnthern]

thank you - as usual an enlightening and well presented video

[@pierreabbat6157]

The dhole should be the running mate of the bush dog.

[@veedubrep]

Thank you so much for doing this, you guys are awesome!

[@jameswaterhouse-brown6646]

What cool dogs. May they thrive into the future.

[@abbeysimmons8751]

man, as a long-time animal documentary watcher it's crazy that ive never even heard of Dholes!! Great video!

[@joshuaokoro-sokoh2993]

The infamous red dogs. Nice of you to mention the Red Dogs from The Jungle Book.

[@QuatschPruststosser]

"Dhole" really reads rather differently with that thumbnail title

[@Soundwave119]

Thank you for reminding me about Dols. I have not thought about them in many years. I remember reading about them in Wild Fact Files either late, 1990s or early 2000s.

[@brocoli5194]

It's clear that this channel love animals It would be great to see that compassion extended to the way we eat The chicken whose body was being eaten at the start of this video deserved just as much love as the animals we learn about with every video

[@Reyma777]

Interestingly there has been documented cases of Dholes and Indian Wolves sharing territory without conflict. This behaviour maybe due to a threats from tigers. So the despite Dholes and Wolves typically being antagonistic to each, they can tolerate each other in some cases.

[@zebedeemadness2672]

Maybe down to food availability? enough to go around, a temporary truce. Not enough, every canine for it's self.

[@Reyma777]

@@zebedeemadness2672I would save food. But a combined pack of dholes of wolves would be better able to drive off tigers and other threats.

[@soldatheero]

Reading wiki page and it says they have some ancient admixture with african wild dogs which I had thought to myself they look similar during the video. Apparently they will hunt snow leopards, sloth bears, and Asiatic black bears which is very impressive for an animal of their size

[@mangopudding5979]

They are related to painter dogs but don't have any admixture

[@aa5utube]

Thank you for the wonderful presentation. The pictures and videos were really enjoyable, and I got to learn more than what I already knew about the dholes. I have subscribed to your channel.

[@joeyvachon8520]

Yoooooo 🎉🎉🎉🎉 love you all

[@growingheart8039]

6:22 snow leopards 😂

[@Mr.Baboon641]

Been waiting for this one!

[@Oscar-gq4ro]

I learned about dholes from far cry 😂

[@wolven777]

hated these mofos!

[@kittenastrophy5951]

I've heard the tiger roaring once in the jungle, one time bear sighting, elephant several times but never sight any dhole in my decades long of occasional trekking even though it's the dominant predator in that national park area. Might have heard it howling but couldn't identify that.

[@strideosu]

Loving the art being done in the background!

[@neritique]

Oh! Bangs! They look really good on Danielle, they fit her face so well!

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

I can’t believe I haven’t heard of this animal! Thank you🤗❤️🐝

[@sonwukong001]

Great Doc, Loving the Dhole illustration on the background.

[@godbutcher164]

I have seen a documentary about dholes ,that is my 2nd favourite doc ( in animal planet/ nat geography)

[@ubergubber2101]

Man, I love your sense of humor

[@ethandollarhide7943]

Now that you've done a video on a lesser known Canine like the Dhole you should do a video on a more commonly known Canine: Coyotes.

[@onelongwordable]

0:04 this one has so much personality! And the very next shot is so 'Wes Anderson' to me Edit: 8:25 ol' dog has been in some BRAWLS dayum!

[@thomascircle245]

It's not every day I learn of a whole species for the first time. Thanks!

[@albobbydusty]

Thanks.very much, I was expecting an episode about the Dhole

[@mellissadalby1402]

Wow! I have never before even heard of such a creature.

[@didymosprasinos]

The thumbnail is a winner...

[@farshadmn4273]

Strangely, never heard of them! THX for this episode.

[@viveksarkar3807]

Please do a video on Cicadas of Indian Sub-continent!

[@garygonzalez3309]

Why have i never heard of this animal? Im 45 and watched many many nature shows all my life but never have i seen them mentioned

[@MrBentheretwo]

For years, I thought people were saying it's a doggie dog world out there, which was confusing because that sounds like a fun place to be

[@isaiahmcguire1822]

Our prayers for the dhole have finally been answered.

[@daniellewillis2767]

I love dholes. They are so beautiful, like a folf!

[@aSUGAaddiction]

I have never heard of this animal. So cool

[@Jimmy_Johns]

Animalogic hitting me again with another animal I had never heard of… love it!❤

[@wigend1626]

Red Dog was one of my favorite stories in the Jungle Books.

[@adamgreenspan4988]

Dhole: That’s Dhole’s prey!

[@youraveragemexorican]

I love dholes, they're incredible hunters---I wouldn't be surprised if they were smarter than other canids.

[@vincentx2850]

While tigers and dholes obviously hate each other, they very much share the same fate. Both are big game specialists of enclosed environments, and are adversely affected by human-caused deforestation. Wolves on the other hand, thrive in mosaic habitats and can subsist on very small prey - even rodents, something neither dhole nor tigers can. So it is not a coincide when tigers and dholes began to decline in northern China and the Korean peninsular in the 19th and 20th century due to human factors, the record of wolves increased dramatically. Unfortunately for the wolves, humans activities in much of this densely populated region proved too much even for them, and their reign didn't not last long.

[@michaelciarla3836]

Amazing video!! 🎉

[@000hms]

I thought I knew every animal on the planet, but I was unaware of the Dhole. Thanks, Animalogic!

[@tnoi]

Hi Animalogic, can you feature Franklin's ground squirrel. I've heard they're becoming extinct in the Canadian prairies.

[@litepaw7]

Wow, I didn't know they exist

[@J.A.Smith2397]

Seen these on a game worth cave lions n sabertooth tigers so didn't think they was still around

[@arkprice79]

I love dholes They've been around since the pleistocene They can chase off TIGERS!! 🐅 They send chills down the spines of leopards 🐆 They make sloth bears look like teddy bears 🐻 THE REAL ALPHA PREDATOR OF INDIA 🇮🇳

[@shanethepain13]

3:20 ah, I knew you were about to set up a manson family joke ;)

[@cedricburkhart3738]

I'm really excited to lurn about them I've been looking for them for years!

[@pw5634]

I remember seeing Dholes at the Toronto zoo when I was a child. I haven’t seen them in years. Hopefully they are doing well

[@annalieff-saxby568]

Can I suggest reading Kipling's "Red Dog" (it's one of the Mowgli stories) which is about dholes.