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| Burke, R.C. | |
| A fight between a hyaena and a panther | |
| 1910 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (19): 518-519 | |
Possibly the following may be of some interest to other members of the Society as throwing a side-light upon, to me at least, an unknown side of a hyaena's character. I had had a goat tied up near a neighbouring hill on the chance of its containing a panther and heard yesterday morning that it had been killed by a hyaena. As it was probable that the latter would polish off any other goats we might tie up we decided to sit up for him, and accordingly my wife and I took up our position in a machan on the ground shortly after 6 p.m. We had not long to wait before the hyaena appeared and stood covered by some trees a little distance off. It seemed very uneasy and retreated more than once, always returning to the same spot where we had first seen it. Finally, just as it got dark, it moved off into the jungle on our left, and for some time there was silence. By this time it was quite dark except for a little feeble moonlight. Suddenly from our rear there was a rush and a panther bounded into the open glade in front of the machan, halted a brief second, and as suddenly bounded away again. In a minute it was back and sprang at the goat but missed it. I raised my gun to fire, but before I could get the sights on to it, it had seen the hyaena in the jungle close by, and with a roar sprang in the direction of the latter. A grand old scuffle then ensued -- unfortunately out of our sight -- which lasted for about ten minutes accompanied by much swearing and disturbance of the undergrowth. After it was all over the conqueror came to carry off the spoils of war, and to my amazement I saw that it was the hyaena and not the panther who had won the day. |
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