Chapter 545: Vultures circling in the sky
In fact, for carnivores, hunting can be roughly divided into two hunting situations, one is teamwork and the other is hunting alone. Both forms have advantages and disadvantages.
If you hunt in a group, your success rate is very high. However, after catching the prey, it is shared by everyone. In this case, there are two situations again. If the prey that everyone hunts together is relatively large, everyone can get a share of the pie. If the prey you hunt is relatively small, it may not be enough.
If you hunt alone, your success rate will be much lower, but once you succeed, you can enjoy your prey alone. Therefore, these two hunting methods have their own advantages.
It's just that wild dogs are relatively weak. If they hunt alone, it is almost impossible for them to succeed. Therefore, they rarely hunt alone.
But hyenas are different. Relatively speaking, hyenas are relatively powerful. A single adult hyena can defeat an adult cheetah. Therefore, hyenas sometimes like to hunt alone, so that they may get more food.
But when hyenas act alone, they are in danger. Once you encounter a group of wild dogs, the lone hyena will be in trouble.
Therefore, the African wild dog is also a very powerful animal.
African wild dogs, also called variegated wolves. The body length is 100 cm, the tail length is 30-45 cm, and the weight is 17-36 kg. The coat colors are messy, including black, yellow and white, and each individual's coat color and markings are different. The forelimbs have no claws. The premolars are larger and can grind large bones, similar to a hyena. They live in groups and use calls to locate themselves.
An adult African wild dog weighs 18-34 kg, is 85-141 cm long, and has a tail length of 30-45 cm. There is not much difference between the sexes, with males being about 3-7% larger than females. African wild dogs in southern Africa are generally larger than those in the east and west.
The coat color of African wild dogs is significantly different from that of other canines. Their coat colors are peculiar and gorgeous. Like zebras, the markings of each African wild dog are unique, and no two have the same color spots, so It can be easily identified by the color spots.
There are areas of brown, red, black, yellow and white on their bodies, as if some painter had applied the colors haphazardly. Their fur is short, sparse, and even bald in some places.
But generally speaking, their heads are darker in color and their tails have white fur. The ears are big and round, usually standing upright on the top of the head, which is very eye-catching. The body is slender, with long muscular legs and four toes on each foot. The African wild dog is the only canine whose front limbs lack upper claws.
African wild dogs are cooperative hunting animals and live in close-knit groups. Each group has a pair of breeding alpha dogs who mark their territory with urine. Lifespan is approximately 10 years. They are led by a leader and hunt within their territory. The alpha female does not allow other females in the group to breed, and female African wild dogs take turns caring for the newborn puppies. Their behavior is very much like that of puppies. They are generally submissive and rarely domineering.
They will lick their lips, lie on their backs, hold their ears flat, and chatter without making eye contact. If they meet with bared teeth, an erect tail, or a stalking posture, these indicate the intention to ambush other wild dogs.
No stalking threats are found within dingo families. It is very rare if there is a physical conflict leading to a serious fight. At this time, if one party tries to grab the other wild dog's throat, the other party will grab the ground and pretend to be dead until the other party gives up.
African wild dogs are animals that attach great importance to teamwork. They usually hunt and live together.
This is mainly because African wild dogs are smaller and not as powerful as hyenas. Because of this, African wild dogs always maintain teamwork.
In this regard, hyenas are not as united as African wild dogs. There is a fierce struggle for power within the hyena pack. This may be the reason why some male lion hyenas are never willing to surrender to the female lion leader.
As long as African wild dogs unite, they dare to fight even if they encounter lions. Because of this, the African wild dogs are considered a powerful team on the savannah, and have also won the reputation of Africa's third brother.
After hearing what Chu Ye said, the fat man asked in confusion, "If it was an African hyena, why did it only eat the internal organs?" Wild dogs are also social animals. If they want to eat food, can't they quickly eat up the entire prey? '
After hearing what Fatty said, Chu Ye said, "This is what I'm very puzzled about. If they are wild dogs, then they should hunt and eat together like hyenas. Why do they only eat offal and not animals?" 's body! '
'yes! Therefore, although the boss's analysis is reasonable, it also has flaws! 'The fat man said again.
Chu Ye didn't say anything for the time being, it was thinking about this issue.
It's just that this question is really confusing, and I can't figure out what's going on.
At this time, the fat man said again, "Boss, since we can't understand this problem, forget it, let's run away!" '
After hearing this, Chu Ye said helplessly, "Okay, let's run away first. If we encounter any abnormal situation, we will solve this matter later." '
Chu Ye felt that there was no point in thinking about this issue here all the time. It was better to run away first and then think about this issue slowly.
So, Chu Ye led Fatty and Feifei and started walking forward along the river bank again.
As Chu Ye walked, he also warned everyone, "Everyone should be careful. It seems that there are some special animals in this place." '
After hearing this, Fatty and Feifei nodded in agreement.
In this way, they walked forward for several hundred meters without feeling anything was wrong. Everything seemed normal.
Chu Ye accidentally looked up at the sky and saw a group of vultures circling in the sky not far away, as if they had discovered some prey.
Vultures are also very magical animals on the prairie. They look a bit ugly and like to eat carrion. This makes people feel that this animal is an evil animal.
However, it makes sense for humans to judge this kind of animal this way. After all, if you see a vulture circling in the sky in a certain place, a bloody death is likely to have occurred below.
Of course, this is just a problem that humans look at from a secular perspective. From the perspective of nature, all this is perfectly normal.
