Chapter 1279: Group to discuss life

Their eyesight is very sharp. 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 of this, the success rate of hunting is much higher.
But people who don't know the habit of wild animals usually travel to the African savannah. On the tour bus, you will see some lions in the daytime, always lying in the shade of trees to rest, and will not hunt at all. Even if herbivores pass by them, they will at best look up. And will not hunt at all. And more often, they may not even look at it, just sleep and doze under the shade of the tree!
Because of this, some tourists who don't know the habits of animals will feel that the lions on the prairie seem to be particularly lazy. They just lie there and sleep all day long, not willing to hunt at all.
In fact, this is a misunderstanding of the behavior of lions. It's not that lions are lazy. It's just that you don't understand the life habits of lions. Lions are large carnivores, and their food intake is also amazing. When not hunting, they will sleep on the grass. In this way, strength can be preserved.
Because in the daytime, their hunting success rate is very low. If they are not too hungry, they generally would not choose to hunt during the day.
Those tourists who travel to the African savannah always want to be able to see the lions on the African savannah to show them hunting shows in a limited time, so that they can feel that they are on the African savannah this time. Travel is a worthwhile trip.
However, after many tourists go to the African savanna, although they can see a lot of wild animals, it is difficult to see the scene of carnivore hunting.
In this way, after returning from the African savannah, many tourists will say that the lions there are really too lazy, and herbivores pass by them, but they just ignore them. They will put a big lazy hat on the lion.
Actually, it's not that the lions are too lazy. It's just that the tourists are too ignorant. You know, lions hunt at night. Tourists always travel during the day, and few tourists travel to the prairie at night.
Because of this, we are watching some TV programs like "Man and Nature" or "Animal World". When you see a lion hunting scene, it is usually taken 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 night battle. It can be said that while our tourists are sleeping soundly in the bed, the lions have to start running on the prairie for their stomachs.
In the eyes of ordinary people, the lion is the king of beasts. Their life must be very easy. If you want to eat that kind of animal, you can eat that kind of animal. This is obviously a manifestation of ignorance.
In fact, we will consider the lion to be the king of beasts. This is because we don't know much about this animal. Just thinking that they are wild animals at the top of the food chain, they take it for granted that their lives are easy. If you want to eat that kind of herbivore, you can eat that kind of herbivore, and you can choose the prey you want to eat according to your hobbies.
In fact, this is a very wrong view. When you really understand how lions and tigers live, you will know how difficult life is for these kings of beasts. And we call them the king of beasts, how inappropriate it is.
Although lions are large carnivores, their size is only the largest among carnivores. But if you compare them to some huge herbivores, their size is nothing.
In the African savannah, there are too many herbivores that are much larger than a lion. Like the African buffalo and African elephant, their size and weight far exceed those of a lion. If the lions want these two animals to start, they must first weigh their own strength.
If you fight alone, the lion may have been able to beat them on the African savannah. For example, the strong tempered African bison. If the lions are to fight alone with the adult bison, it is not even a male lion's opponent to an adult bison.
A single lion may not even be able to beat an underage bison. Let alone African elephants. That seven or eight tons of weight, more than three meters tall body. Just standing in front of the lion, you can already scare a male lion with its head.
Therefore, the survival strategy of the lions on the African savannah is mainly to use unity and cooperation. It takes the power of a team to survive on the African savannah. It would be difficult to survive on the fiercely competitive African savannah if it was solely based on individual strength.
In other words, if the lion, the king of beasts, wants to survive on the African savannah, it is only possible to survive in a group to discuss life.
This is the most real situation in which the king of beasts survives on the African savannah. On that competitive stage. In fact, there is no real king at all. All animals in nature are mutually reinforcing, and no one can become a true king. If there is really an animal that can become the real "king of beasts". The other animals may have been extinct long ago.
Compared with the hard life of the lions on the African savannah. The life of a jaguar in the Amazon rainforest seems to be relatively easy.
Because there are too many types of animals living in the rain forest. In this dense forest, the jaguar always has endless prey. Even if you can't catch large prey for a while, you may eat some small prey.
The tropical rain forest is not like the African savannah. What is the difference between the dry season and the rainy season. During the rainy season, various animals have abundant food for them to enjoy. But when the dry season comes, all kinds of animals are in crisis of survival.
In the tropical rain forest, there is no such situation. Near the equator, due to the high temperature and active air convection, the probability of rainwater is much higher. Especially in the Amazon rainforest, due to the large number of rivers, the humidity on the ground is high. The temperature is high and the water vapor evaporates quickly. Therefore, in tropical rainforest areas, it rains often, and the rainfall is very abundant.
Animals living in such tropical rainforest areas don’t have to worry about the dry season. There is no drought here. All animals in this environment are like fish in water and can live well.
For the jaguar, living in such a food-rich place does not need to organize a group to discuss life. You can live a good life just by being alone.
Due to the different environment, in the tropical rain forest, there will not be large herbivores like those on the African savannah that are about running. In the Amazon rainforest, the largest herbivore may be the magical animal ‘tapir’.
Tapirs living in the Amazon rainforest are the largest terrestrial mammals among several types of tapirs in the world.
The Central American tapir is the largest of the three American tapirs, and the most continental mammal seen from Mexico to South America. Like other tapirs, their noses are longer and can stretch flexibly. The forelegs have four toes and the hind legs have three toes.
Poor vision, sensitive smell and hearing, alertness and timidity. The body length is about 180~250 cm, the shoulder height is 73~120 cm, the tail length is 5~13 cm, the weight is between 150~300 kg, and the average weight is 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 patches on the lips, ear tips, throat, and chest. This is a unique feature of Chinese and American tapirs.
There is a long, narrow mane on the back, but it is not obvious. The legs are short and slender, allowing them to adapt to rapid movement through the undergrowth. The nose and upper lip are short, with a fleshy beak, used to find food and detect tactile stimuli. They have very small eyes, big ears, upright, oval and immobile.
The Central American tapir inhabits an area of ​​3,600 meters above sea level. It is close to swamps, mangroves, humid tropical rainforests, riparian woodlands, monsoon deciduous forests, mountain cloud forests, and sparse alpine grasslands (alpine plateaus without trees). Food and water are important criteria for their habitat selection.
The Chinese and American tapirs live alone and gather together during the breeding season. They are nocturnal animals, but they can also be active during the day. Due to its large size, it is difficult to dissipate heat, so night activities can avoid the high temperature of the day.
Chinese and American tapirs are good at swimming and climbing, and can quickly cross rugged roads. The trajectory when walking is jagged. Generally live near water, especially like swimming and wading.
Chinese and American tapirs are largely solitary animals, with very few voice communications. According to observations on the island of Colorado in Panama, the most common sound is a continuous whistling sound, usually after the sound is made, the nearby Chinese American tapirs also make the same sound.
Young tapirs often make high-pitched screams. At this time, the female will find that the cubs are left behind and will wait until they regroup before setting off. The most important senses of Chinese and American tapirs are smell and hearing, both of which are used to find food and detect threats. They can also find nearby tapirs by smell. Because the eyes are small, the eyes do not seem to be an important way of cognition.
Compared with the animals that live on the African savannah. The animals in the rainforest, all living habits and animals on the prairie, may be completely opposite.
In the African savannah, it is not just lions who have to form groups to live. The same goes for other animals. It can be said that in the African savannah, there are almost no species that live alone. All animals must be grouped to live.
Both carnivores and herbivores have to form groups to live on the fiercely competitive African savannah.
In addition to lions, these carnivores include African hyenas and African wild dogs. They are all in groups to discuss life on the African savannah. Only the African cheetah is an animal that likes to walk alone.
Of course, the reason why the cheetah can live alone. That's also because people's hunting skills are relatively high. The success rate of hunting by others is also the highest among all carnivores on the African savannah.
All this benefits from the excellent running talent of Cheetah. Because the cheetah is the fastest animal on the African savannah. Therefore, as long as it fancy prey, it is generally difficult to escape. Of course, the cheetah also has a disadvantage. Just lack of stamina. Although it runs very fast, it cannot continue to run at the fastest speed.
Cheetahs are carnivores, and their prey are mainly small and medium ungulates, including Thomson’s gazelles, Ge’s gazelles, impalas, and small wildebeests. They also attack zebras when food is scarce. In addition, ostriches are also cheetahs that often prey Object.
Sneak approaching to a distance of 10 to 30 meters from the prey, and then hunt the prey, the maximum speed can reach 120 kilometers per hour, and only one foot on the ground, but can only run for a maximum of 3 minutes, overtime physiological structure makes the cheetah must Slow down, otherwise 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 succeed. After catching the prey, the cheetah can continue to bite the neck of the prey with its mouth until it stops breathing. During this period, the nose breathes a lot. However, after running at full strength, the cheetah's physical condition is weak and it takes tens of minutes to recover, so it can't meet the African jackal. , Can only give up the prey.
However, there has been an extreme case of a cheetah betting to drive an African jackal away after hunting. If a cheetah hunts unsuccessfully for 5 consecutive times or if its prey is snatched away, it may be starved to death because it has no energy to hunt.
Therefore, although the African cheetah is a master hunter on the African savannah. But their lives are also very difficult. This is because the prey they finally get can be taken away by other animals. Especially hyenas and lions often cheetahs’ prey.
Because these two animals are very mean. When they see a cheetah hunting, they will follow behind. Once they see the cheetah catching successfully, they will immediately run over and the prey that the cheetah has managed to catch.
Faced with such a situation, Cheetah is also very helpless. After all, although cheetahs are about running, their bodies are not very strong. Not to mention that lions, which are much stronger than them, can easily cheetahs' prey. Even a hyena that is not as big as a cheetah can a cheetah's prey.
The reason why hyenas can do this. The first is because these animals also live in groups. It also depends on organizing groups to discuss life on the African savannah. What is even more powerful is that this animal can eat carrion.
In this case, some poisonous bacteria are born in the hyena's mouth. If other animals are bitten by hyenas, it is very dangerous.