Animals cannibalism on display - a Wild Boar eats her own young!

Sariska is probably one of the most visited parks in India. Unfortunately though, the main reason for this is not wildlife enthusiasm but only it's excellent proximity to some large towns like Delhi and Jaipur. The park was, as with many other parks, the hunting reserve of the royal family in the area. In this case, it was the Royal family of Alwar Rajasthan . The reserve was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1958 and came under the "Project Tiger" as a Sariska tiger reserve in 1979. The park covers quite a large area of 800 square kilometers, 480 square kilometers of which form the core area of the national park. It is located among the Aravalli hill ranges in the Alwar district of Rajasthan. Due to the presence of monuments of religious importance located within the park boundaries, the park authorities are compelled to keep the park open throughout the year. The summer months are better for animal viewing but are extremely hot with temperatures going up to as high as 49 degrees centigrade. In the winter months, the temperature touches a low of 4 degrees.

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What a pig! This appears to be a female wild boar eating her own young one... One can even hear the crunch of bones as the female Boar's teeth sink into the young piglet's body. Grey Partridge call in the background. This rare sequence was filmed at Sariska National Park in Rajasthan, India.

A Wild boar eating another wild boar, in Sariska National Park, Rajasthan, India. Animal cannibalism on show! A rare sequence, indeed...

Wild boar eating a boar out of hunger. In fact, the eaten boar was none other than her own piglet! This very rare (ever filmed before???) footage is the first such documentation of cannibalism in the Indian Wild Boar - Sus scrofa cristatus. Even the grisly sounds of the bones being snapped by the powerful jaws of the big boar can be heared. Filmed in November 1999 at the Sariska National Park, Rajasthan, India. A boar eating her own piglet.

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