Read the following excerpt from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Then there was a howl—an untigerish howl—from Shere Khan. "He has missed," said Mother Wolf. "What is it?"

Father Wolf ran out a few paces and heard Shere Khan muttering and mumbling savagely, as he tumbled about in the scrub.

"The fool has had no more sense than to jump at a wood-cutter's camp-fire, and has burned his feet," said Father Wolf, with a grunt. "Tabaqui is with him."

How does the dialogue between Mother Wolf and Father Wolf characterize Shere Khan?

as a skilled hunter
as a fearsome enemy
as a loyal friend
as a clumsy buffoon