I don’t think the jackals have much to worry about here.
Sloth bears very rarely prey on anything other than termites.
However, they occasionally attack people, probably because they view us as a potential threat.
November 3, 2010 by retrieverman
I don’t think the jackals have much to worry about here.
Sloth bears very rarely prey on anything other than termites.
However, they occasionally attack people, probably because they view us as a potential threat.
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An interesting clip indeed. It seems to me that people would rather see the species as Kipling portrayed it, rather than seeing it as a fascinating old world equivalent of the coyote.
Here are some downloadable books which I think would interest you regarding this species:
Pocock’s “Mammalia of India”
http://ia341312.us.archive.org/0/items/PocockMammalia2/pocock2.pdf (p. 94-104)
“Carnivores of West Africa”
http://ia341036.us.archive.org/1/items/carnivoresofwest00rose/carnivoresofwest00rose.pdf (36-49)
“Contemporary Mammals of Egypt”
http://ia360619.us.archive.org/0/items/contemporaryland05osbo/contemporaryland05osbo.pdf (p. 360-371)
“Mammals of the Soviet Union”
http://ia700103.us.archive.org/11/items/mammalsofsov211998gept/mammalsofsov211998gept.pdf (p. 129-164)