Chapter 13 Africa’s Second Brother
But today, as soon as it climbed up the big tree, it saw some ugly guys on the border of their territory, snooping around their territory.
Chu Ye was startled when he saw it, because he knew that these things were scarier than the lion brothers.
The things Chu Ye saw that were more terrifying than the lion brothers were none other than the famous African second brother, the spotted hyena.
The reason why spotted hyenas have won the reputation of Africa's second brother is inseparable from their fighting power.
Although hyenas are not very big, they are generally only about 1.5 meters long and only 60 to 70 centimeters tall. The weight is no more than forty or fifty kilograms. Of course, the female will be heavier, about sixty or seventy kilograms.
But with these body shapes and weights, in front of lions, they are basically a species of the second family. They can dominate the African savannah and become the second brother of Africa. It has to be said that hyenas are the most popular animals on the African savannah. It has its own wisdom for survival and its own unique way of life.
Although the hyena is called a dog, it is not a dog because it is not a canine. Hyenas are members of the hyena family. The spotted hyena is the largest animal in the hyena family.
Not only are hyenas not canines, in fact, their ancestors may be cats, and they may have evolved from a civet.
In fact, hyenas are a very powerful species.
Not to mention that today's hyenas are very powerful, their ancestors were even more powerful.
The ancestor of the hyena is a giant hyena.
About 10,000 years ago, there were some giant hyenas living on the earth. They were huge and much larger than today's hyenas.
Not only was it much larger than today's hyenas, it was even larger than today's lions. At that time, the giant hyena was two to three meters long, about 1.2 meters tall, and weighed more than 300 kilograms.
The giant hyena at that time was definitely the dominant carnivore on land. Don't say that ordinary carnivores can't compete with it. Even the saber-toothed tiger, who was also the overlord at the time, did not dare to easily provoke the giant hyena.
The strength of the giant hyena at that time was definitely the largest among carnivores. An adult male giant hyena can defeat an adult female saber-toothed tiger. Of course, male saber-toothed tigers are another story, maybe they can still defeat giant hyenas.
Although, the strength of today's hyenas cannot be compared with that of their ancestors 10,000 years ago. But they still did not disgrace their ancestors.
They still rely on their tenacious survival ability to occupy a place on the African savannah, and they have even won themselves the reputation of Africa's second brother.
Of course, many people sneer at hyenas due to their ugly appearance and some very normal hunting methods they adopt in order to survive. I think hyenas are very shameless animals.
But in fact, the so-called cylinder removal technique is not unique to hyenas, nor is it only used by hyenas. It can be said that many carnivores on the prairie know this trick. Even the biggest lion in Africa will use this trick.
Lions often use this trick when hunting buffalo.
This is because it is difficult for small animals to kill larger animals with one strike. They cannot take down their prey quickly. Therefore, we had to start from the weak point behind the prey.
Due to their small size, hyenas hunt wildebeests and zebras that are much larger than themselves. In order to hunt successfully, they have to adopt this method.
Lions generally don't need to use this method because of their large size.
When hunting zebras and wildebeests, they can perform a beautiful and elegant volley choke, which is a fatal move.
But when lions hunt buffalo, it's the same as hyenas hunting wildebeest. Due to the disparity in body size, some extreme measures had to be used.
Actually, it's not just hyenas.
African wild dogs and African jackals do this.
Their size determines that they cannot defeat the enemy with one move.
They must start from the back of the prey and torture the prey to death.
Although this method is indeed very cruel. This is what carnivorous animals have to do in order to survive. If their prey is willing to lie there and let them choke, why would they take such extreme measures?
But will the herbivores be captured without mercy? Obviously not, so such an extreme hunting method will always exist in the African savannah.
The survivability of hyenas is indeed amazing. They can go without food or water for half a month without any problem. Of course, they do whatever they can to survive.
There was once a hyena that lost its ability to hunt because its leg was bitten off by another carnivore.
Ordinarily, it would be impossible for a hyena like this to survive. Because on the African savannah, except for wild dogs, no animal can continue to survive after being injured and sick.
In the African savannah, any injured or sick animal will die. Because not only do you easily allow other predators to prey on you. Also, you can easily starve to death.
The hyena family is like this. When a hyena is injured, it may be expelled from the family. Because they don't have the ability to support a family member who can't work.
Although this situation seems very cruel. But it is also an advantage for the entire hyena family, which allows the entire hyena family to maintain extremely high combat effectiveness.
The hyena with a broken leg was forced to leave the family because of his injury.
But it didn't want to die. When it couldn't get food, in order to survive, it actually relied on eating its own broken legs.
What kind of behavior is this makes people shudder when thinking about it, but they have to admire the hyena's ability to survive.
Also, when a female hyena is nursing her cubs, she can travel dozens of kilometers every day from the hunting site to her den to feed her cubs.
What kind of spirit is supporting them? It is obviously a mother's nature to be willing to endure such fatigue.
Hyenas should be said to be one of the most successful animals that survive on the African savannah. Unfortunately, due to its ugly appearance, it has to bear the reputation of being a cylinder digger.
Human society often likes to use appearance to judge whether a person is good or bad. Just like when we watch TV series, good people generally have good looks, good looks, thick eyebrows and big eyes. The bad guys all have sharp mouths, monkey cheeks, and sinister eyebrows.
