Chapter 1309 Forming a Group to Discuss Life

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Their eyesight is very keen. The sense of smell is also exceptionally sensitive. Therefore, it is more difficult for some large carnivores to hunt successfully during the day.

Because of this, some large carnivores will choose to hunt at night. Because in this case, the success rate of hunting will be much higher.

But people who don't know the habits of wild animals usually travel on the African savannah. On the tour bus, you will see some lions always resting in the shade of the trees during the day, and they will not hunt at all. Even if there are herbivores passing by them, they will at most look up. And not to hunt at all. And more often, they may not even look at it, just lie down and sleep in the shade of the tree and take a nap!

Because of this, some tourists who don't know the habits of animals will feel that the lions on the prairie seem to be very lazy. They just lie there and sleep all day long, and they don't want to hunt at all.

In fact, this is a misunderstanding of lion behavior. It's not that lions are lazy. It's just that you don't understand the living habits of lions. Lions are large carnivores, and their appetite is also amazing. When not hunting, they lie down on the grass and sleep. In this way, strength can be preserved.

Because during the day, their hunting success rate is very low. If they are not too hungry, they generally will not choose to hunt during the day.

And those tourists who travel to the African savannah always want to be able to see the lions on the African savannah within a limited time and show them a hunting show, so that they can feel that they are on the African savannah this time. Travel is worth the trip.

However, after many tourists go to the African savannah, although they can see a lot of wild animals, it is difficult to see the scenes of carnivores hunting.

In this way, after returning from the African savannah, many tourists will say that the lions there are really too lazy, and there are herbivores passing by them, but they just ignore them. They will give the lion a big lazy hat.

In fact, it's not that lions are too lazy. It's just that tourists are too ignorant. You know, lions hunt at night. And tourists always travel during the day, and few tourists go to the prairie at night.

Because of this, when we watch some TV programs like "Man and Nature" or "Animal World". When you see a lion hunting scene, it is usually shot at night. It is not easy to see the lions hunting during the day.

The lions rest during the day, it is not that they are lazy, but that they are accumulating strength and preparing for the battle at night. It can be said that when our tourists were sleeping soundly in the bed, the lions started running on the prairie for their own stomachs.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the lion is the king of beasts. Their lives must have been easy. It is obviously a manifestation of ignorance to eat any kind of animal if you want to eat it.

In fact, we will consider the lion as the king of beasts, which itself is because we don't know much about this animal. Just thinking about them as wild animals at the top of the food chain makes it easy to take for granted that they have an easy life. If you want to eat that kind of herbivore, you can eat that kind of herbivore. You can choose the prey you want to eat according to your own hobbies.

In fact, this is a very wrong point of view. When you really understand how lions and tigers live, you will know how difficult the life of these kings of beasts is. And how inappropriate we call them the king of beasts.

Although lions are large carnivores, their body size is only the largest among carnivores. But if you compare them with some huge herbivores, their size is nothing.

On the African savannah, there are too many herbivores that are much larger than lions. Like African bison and African elephants, their size and weight far exceed that of lions. If the lions want to attack these two animals, they must first weigh their own strength.

If you fight alone, there may be many kinds of animals that can defeat lions on the African savannah. For example, the grumpy and strong African bison. If lions were to fight alone with adult bison, then even a male lion would not be an opponent of an adult bison.

A single lion may not even be able to beat a juvenile half-big bull. Not to mention African elephants. The weight of seven or eight tons, the body of more than three meters high. Just standing in front of a lion can scare a male lion into a fright.

Therefore, the lions' survival strategy on the African savannah mainly uses the method of unity and cooperation. To use the power of the team, it is possible to survive on the African savannah. It would be difficult to survive on the fiercely competitive African savannah if one relied entirely on one's own strength.

In other words, if the lion, the king of beasts, wants to survive on the African savannah, he can barely survive unless he forms a group to discuss life.

This is the most real situation of the king of beasts living on the African savannah. In that competitive arena. In fact, there is no real king at all. All animals in nature are mutually reinforcing, and no one can become the real king. If there is really an animal that can become the real 'King of Beasts'. Those other animals may have been extinct long ago.

Compared with the hard life of lions on the African savannah. Life seems to be relatively easy for the jaguar in this part of the Amazon rainforest.

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There are so many species of animals living in the rainforest. In this dense forest, jaguars always have endless prey. Even if you can't catch large prey for a while, you may eat some small prey.

The tropical rainforest is not like the African savannah. There is no difference between the dry season and the rainy season. During the rainy season, all kinds of animals have abundant food for them to enjoy. But in the dry season, all kinds of animals are in crisis of survival.

In the tropical rainforest, there is no such situation at all. Near the equator, due to the high temperature and active air convection, the chances of rainwater are more likely to form. Especially in the Amazon rainforest, due to the large number of rivers, the humidity on the ground is high. The higher the temperature, the faster the water vapor evaporates. Therefore, in the tropical rainforest area, it often rains, and the rainfall is very abundant.

Animals living in such tropical rainforest areas don't have to worry about the dry season at all. There is no drought at all here. All animals are at ease in such an environment and can live well.

For jaguars, living in such a food-rich place does not need to form a group to discuss life. You can live well just by being alone.

Due to the different environments, in the tropical rainforest, there will not be large herbivores like those running on the African savannah. In the Amazon rainforest, the largest herbivore may be the magical animal 'taper'.

The tapir, which lives in the Amazon rainforest, is the largest land mammal among several tapirs in the world.

The Central American tapir is the largest of the three American tapir species and the largest land mammal seen from Mexico to South America. Like other tapirs, they have long, flexible snouts. The forelimbs are four-toed and the hind limbs are three-toed.

Poor vision, sensitive sense of smell and hearing, vigilant and timid. The body length is about 180-250 cm, the shoulder height is 73-120 cm, the tail length is 5-13 cm, and the weight is between 150-300 kg, with an average weight of more than 230 kg. The whole body is dark brown or reddish brown, the head and cheeks are lighter in color, and there are white spots on the lips, ear tips, throat and chest. This is a unique feature of the Central American tapir.

There is a long and narrow mane on the back, but it is not obvious. The legs are short and slender, allowing them to move quickly through undergrowth. The nose and upper lip are short and fleshy beak, used for finding food and detecting tactile stimuli. Their eyes are small and their ears are large, erect, oval, and immobile. ?

The Central American tapir inhabits areas at an altitude of 3600 meters. Adjacent swamps, mangroves, humid tropical rain forests, riparian woodlands, monsoon deciduous forests, mountain cloud forests, alpine sparse grasslands (alpine plateaus without trees). Food and water are important criteria for their choice of habitat. ?

The Central American Tapir mainly lives alone, and will gather together during the breeding season. It is a nocturnal animal, but it can also be active during the day. Due to its huge size, it is difficult to dissipate heat, so nocturnal activities can avoid the high temperature of the day.

Central American tapirs are good swimmers and climbers, able to cross rough paths quickly. The trajectory when walking is jagged. Generally live near the water, especially like swimming and wading.

Central American tapirs are largely solitary animals with little vocal communication. According to observations on Colorado Island in Panama, the most common sound is a continuous whistling sound, which is usually followed by the same sound from nearby Central American tapirs.

Young tapirs often utter high-pitched screams, at which point the females will notice that their cubs have fallen behind and will wait until they regroup before setting off. The tapir's most important senses are smell and hearing, both of which are used to find food and detect threats, as well as to find nearby tapirs by smell. Eyes do not seem to be an important cognitive modality due to their small size.

Compared with animals living on the African savannah. All the living habits of the animals in the rainforest and the animals on the prairie may be completely opposite.

On the African savannah, it's not just lions that live in groups. The same goes for other animals. It can be said that on the African savannah, there are almost no species that live alone. All animals must form groups to live.

Both carnivores and herbivores must form groups to survive on the highly competitive African savannah.

In addition to lions, these carnivores also include African hyenas and African wild dogs. They are also living in groups on the African savannah. Only the African cheetah is an animal that likes to be alone.

Of course, the reason why cheetahs can live alone. That's also because people's hunting skills are relatively high. The success rate of hunting is also the highest among all carnivores on the African savannah.

This is all due to Cheetah's excellent running talent. Because the cheetah is the fastest animal on the African savannah. Therefore, as long as it takes a fancy to the prey, it is generally difficult to escape. Of course, cheetahs also have a downside. Just lack of stamina. Although it runs fast, it cannot run at top speed consistently.

Cheetahs are carnivores, and their prey are mainly small and medium-sized ungulates, including Thomson's gazelle, Gazelle's gazelle, impala, wildebeest, etc. When food is scarce, they will also attack zebras. In addition, ostriches are also frequent prey of cheetahs. Object.

Stealthily approach the prey at a distance of 10 to 30 meters, and then hunt the prey. The speed of hunting can reach up to 120 kilometers per hour, and only one foot is on the ground, but it can only run for 3 minutes at most. Slow down or they will die from overheating. Usually the prey can be hunted within 1 minute. If the cheetah fails to hunt, it will be a waste of energy.

Roughly only 1 out of 6 hunts will be successful. After the cheetah has just caught the prey, it can continue to bite the neck of the prey with its mouth until it dies. During this period, the nose breathes a lot, but it runs with all its strength.

The last cheetah was in a weak physical condition and needed tens of minutes to recover. Therefore, it was even more unable to face the African jackal and could only give up the prey it got.

But there was an extreme case where a cheetah even risked its life to drive an African wild dog away after hunting. A cheetah may starve to death if it fails to hunt five times in a row or if its prey is robbed, because it has no strength to hunt anymore.

Therefore, although the African cheetah is a master hunter on the African savannah. But their life is also very difficult. Because, the prey they finally obtained may also be snatched by other animals. Hyenas and lions, in particular, tend to steal prey from cheetahs.

Because both animals are very mean. When they see a cheetah hunting, they will follow behind. As soon as they see the cheetahs successfully hunting, they will run over immediately and snatch the prey that the cheetahs have finally caught.

Faced with such a situation, Cheetah is also very helpless. After all, while cheetahs are about running, their bodies aren't very strong. Not to mention that lions that are much stronger than them can easily snatch the prey of cheetahs away. Even hyenas, which are not as big as cheetahs, can snatch the prey of cheetahs.

Hyenas are able to do this. First of all, because this animal also lives in groups. It also relies on organizing groups to discuss life on the African savannah. Another point that is even more powerful is that this animal can eat carrion.

In this case, let the mouth of the hyena be born with some poisonous bacteria. If other animals are bitten by hyenas, it is very dangerous.

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