Chapter 877: Motley Wolf
The spotted hyena's head hair was covered in blood, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.
Occasionally a glimmer of light flashed in the zebra's dark eyes , making people wonder whether it was dead or not.
Bifang sighed: "As of today, there are no more than 30 zebras domesticated by humans."
“That’s a pretty rare number.”
Since 1890, European colonists accelerated their plundering in Africa. In order to solve the problem that ordinary horses could not adapt to the hot regions of Africa, Europeans began to try to domesticate three local zebras, namely the plains zebra, the Grevy's zebra and the mountain zebra, but unfortunately they were unsuccessful.
It was not until the filming of "Zebra Race" that the locals finally trained ten zebras seriously. Unfortunately, after great efforts, finding the most professional trainers, and spending a lot of time, only two of them were successfully tamed and could be ridden safely. The other zebras could only be responsible for carrying goods.
"It is very difficult to domesticate zebras. Neither Africans nor European colonists were able to accomplish such a difficult task. In addition to their own personality factors, it may also be related to the fact that they live in groups without a leader to coordinate."
[Outrageous]
[Taming is always a two-way process]
[Zebra: Do you think I’m stupid?]
[Zebras are really vicious. Last time I went to the zoo, a young woman tried to touch a zebra and got her middle bitten off. Blood was gushing out.]
[Is this true or not? I’m a little scared]
【See it with your own eyes】
The hyenas were biting the zebra, and when the zebra's stomach was cut open, a larger spotted hyena squeezed into the group of hyenas. The rest of the hyenas moved out and watched the big hyena bite the zebra's stomach and drag out a piece of fat liver.
"He should be the leader of the hyena pack."
Bifang speculated, "Hyaenas have a strict social organization hierarchy. When foraging, the 'female leader' always gets the biggest and best piece of meat, and this is a matter of course."
Hyenas live in a matriarchal society, in which females weigh about 10% more than males and are the stronger and more dominant sex.
The next generation born by female hyenas of low status will also have low status, and other female hyenas must be responsible for helping to take care of the puppies.
After the leader took out the fattest liver and enjoyed it alone, the other hyenas excitedly began to share the food.
The lion group next to it is almost the same in form, but compared to the matriarchal society of spotted hyenas, the lion group is a different form. The male lion with a mane starts first, followed by the female lions, and finally the lion cubs.
Bifang said with a smile: "Don't think there is anything wrong with male lions. African lions are the only cat species that live in groups. They have complex social attributes. In a lion group, although the lionesses are responsible for hunting and raising cubs, the male lions also have a heavy responsibility. They are responsible for patrolling the territory and resisting invasions from other lion groups and rivals such as hyenas."
" Because the pressure of guarding the territory is almost entirely on the male lion, and because they have to fight every day, the average lifespan of a male lion is several years shorter than that of a female lion."
The leopard didn't go through so many twists and turns in the end. It caught the whole ostrich by itself, and without any companions, it naturally enjoyed it alone. It didn't even look at the wild dogs surrounding it.
Blood dripped down the leopard's whiskers, and its temperament was tough and ferocious, completely different from the cunning of the hyena and the majesty of the lion group. The style of painting was extremely different.
Compared to not having to compete with its companions, the leopard ate very quickly, filling its stomach in less than ten minutes and chose to leave.
"Competition is fierce in the animal world. Even the food of a lion group may be snatched away by a hyena. In order to avoid unnecessary disputes, almost every one of them has developed the ability to eat quickly. For example, a hyena can basically eat the entire prey in half an hour, leaving only the bones."
At this time, Bifang was less than thirty meters away from the lion group and less than twenty-five meters away from the hyenas. He could clearly hear the sound of the animals chewing meat and their heavy breathing.
This distance is already quite close, and many viewers were frightened and their palms were sweating.
When the leopard had eaten and drunk its fill and left, the African wild dogs nearby rushed over and drowned the entire ostrich.
The order in which they eat is completely different from that of lions and spotted hyenas.
"African wild dogs live in close groups, hunting together and raising cubs together. Although their size does not give them an advantage on the African savannah, they can often kill larger herbivores such as antelopes, wildebeests and zebras by relying on the power of the group."
"And judging from their behavior, wild dogs are a relatively loving family, especially when it comes to their pups. If there are pups at the kill, adult wild dogs will often let the puppies eat first, and then eat themselves."
"If the pups are far from the kill site, the adult wild dogs will eat first and then run home to spit out the meat and feed it to the puppies, wild dogs that are looking after the puppies, and old, weak, sick and disabled wild dogs that are unable to hunt."
"When eating, wild dogs will give way to each other, and a piece of meat will often pass through the stomachs of several wild dogs."
【Is it so cute? 】
[Actually, I have always wanted to ask, why does this African wild dog look like a tabby cat {dog head}]
[So loving]
In African spotted hyenas, the female leader is the first to eat, in lion groups, the male leader is the first to eat, and in the case of wild dogs, the cubs are eaten first.
Three completely different eating orders once again demonstrate the completely different characteristics of animals on the African savannah.
Several cubs, which were obviously smaller in size, staggered out from the pack of wild dogs and, under the protection of the big dogs, began to bite the ostriches.
Perhaps because they are not yet fully grown, fresh ostrich meat is still somewhat challenging for their teeth.
Upon seeing this scene, Bifang lay directly on the grass, crawled closer to them, and began to explain with interest.
"African wild dogs are actually very unique creatures."
"In the 1992 edition of the Handbook of African Mammal Behavior, there is a record of sightings of a pack of motley wolves near the 5,895-meter summit of Mount Kilimanjaro."
"The author of this book is Richard Easters, a renowned animal behaviorist and assistant professor of mammals at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University."
"In 2012, when the book was reprinted in the '20th Anniversary Special Edition', EO Wilson, the god of animal behavior and the founder of sociobiology, wrote the preface."
"With these scientists backing it up, the motley wolf is almost certainly the tallest canine in the world."
[It’s over. I don’t know any of them.]
[If this can be said from Fang Shen's mouth, he is most likely a super boss]
[What is a motley wolf? Is it another name for these wild dogs? ]
"Yes, the name of the motley wolf confuses many researchers in China who are very familiar with African mammals. But if you translate 'motley wolf' into Greek or Latin, you may suddenly understand."
When Bifang was giving the commentary, barrages of comments would automatically appear in the live broadcast room, with different subtitles displayed according to the region, greatly facilitating the audience's understanding.
This is also a very old function of the system. It is very useful and allows audiences around the world to see it at a glance.
"Lycaon pictus, that's its scientific name, Lycaon comes from the Greek, meaning 'wolf-like', and Pictus comes from the Latin, meaning 'painted'."
"The Latin name has an English common name, Painted Wolf, which is also the true origin of 'Motley Wolf'."
"The name 'Painted wolf' is a very accurate description of this animal, which looks like a wolf with colorful body colors, usually black, white, yellow and orange, like a calico cat that has been blurred in a photo. It can be said to be the most appropriate name, but it is the least widely accepted and used one among the many common English names for this animal."
【6】
[I bet, I will be hit by knowledge dimensionality reduction next! ]
