The Tiger, the Brahmin and the Jackal and asks to see the trap. Once there he claims he still doesn't understand. The tiger gets back in the trap to demonstrate and the jackal quickly shuts him in, suggesting to the brahmin that they leave matters thus. There are more than a hundred versions of this tale spread across the world. In some the released animal is a crocodile, in some a snake, a tiger and others a wolf. Some variants are very old, going back at least to the "Panchatantra" or "Fables of Bidpai" and the Jataka tales. In Europe it appeared some 900 years ago in
Dire animal updated versions of the monsters published in "Masters of the Wild". The monsters are listed here: dire elephant, dire elk, dire horse, dire hawk, dire snake, and dire toad. The third edition "Fiend Folio" introduced one new dire animal, the dire rhinoceros"'. "Races of Stone" introduced the dire eagle. "Frostburn" introduces numerous dire animals more suited to cold environments. Many of them are not named 'dire [animal name]' but are still counted as dire animals. They are listed here: dire polar bear, megaloceros, glyptodon, sabretoothed tiger, wooly mammoth, and zeuglodon. "Libris Mortis" does not technically introduce any dire animals, however,