Jackals, tigers and leopards, is China's history of the wild environment of the more common four beasts, once widely distributed in most parts of our country, in the past people to the wild, these fierce beasts will sometimes appear in people's sight, luck will not be able to save their lives.
Jackals have appeared many times in China
However, the power of the head of the four beasts was not expected by people, and the jackal did not disappear, they just retreated to the inaccessible mountains, hid, and recuperated in places where people could not see, and restored the number of the group. With the increase of wildlife protection in China and the continuous improvement of the ecological environment, these measures have achieved certain results: in recent years, some areas with relatively good ecological environments have also successively sent news of jackals, such as in the Zhangye area of Gansu, Puer, Yunnan, Wolong, Sichuan, Qilian Mountain and other places have found the figure of jackals, some are photographed by infrared cameras, some are encountered by the management personnel of the protected area, and the pictures of jackals are infested, which is extremely rare.
So, what does a jackal look like and what kind of animal is it? Among the jackals, tigers and leopards, why do they rank first, and how strong can they be? It is said that it can deal with tigers, is it true?
Jackal: The head of the four beasts, how lethal is it!
Among the four beasts, the jackal is the smallest, growing into the following picture, with a body length of about 1 meter and a weight of about 20 kilograms, which belongs to the canine family. It has been widely distributed in the north and south of China's great rivers, from the jungles of south China, to the hills of central China, to the forests of northeast China, and high-altitude areas. Jackals belong to social animals, jackals usually seven or eight, more than twenty or thirty, collective life, collective hunting, mainly deer, chamois, musk deer, sheep and other medium-sized ungulates for food.
The jackal is bold, vicious and cunning, agile, extraordinary ability to bounce, even able to "fly over the wall", hard and sharp teeth, bite force of up to 500 pounds (much stronger than most other beasts of prey), can easily tear apart the skin and flesh of prey, can be called the most ferocious and flexible canine.
Among the four beasts of the Jackal, Tiger and Leopard, if it is about the strength of fighting alone, it should be ranked according to the "Tiger, Leopard, Wolf and Jackal". Therefore, the order of the jackals and tigers and leopards will certainly not be the ranking of strength. So what is the ranking according to?
Gregarious jackals, hunting is a team battle, group cooperation, attack methods are diverse. First surround the prey, block the escape route, and then attack in many ways, some grab blind eyes, bite off the ears and nose, some aim at the anus of the prey to "pull out the anus", pull out the intestines, and some tear the abdomen, neck, and legs, so that the prey is in unbearable pain, bleeding to death, and the scene is bloody. After killing the prey, the offal and meat are eaten separately, and they are quickly wiped out. Therefore, with the advantage of numbers and ferocious means, jackals can always override many animals, ranking upstream of the food chain, and the prey that is targeted can rarely escape. It can be seen that the strength of the jackal is reflected in the team combat.
In contrast, the hunting skills of wolves, tigers and leopards are less cruel. Tigers and leopards attack methods, generally a fatal blow, or lock the throat or attack the neck, the prey dies quickly. The wolf, on the other hand, uses fatigue tactics, chasing after them, running to death to eat their prey.
Ancient people often saw jackals besieging wild boars or biting their own livestock in the fields, and the offensive methods were extremely ferocious and unbearable. Tigers and leopards living in the mountains are not common, so in the hearts of the ancients, they formed an impression that jackals are most harmful to other beasts, and they are even more jealous. Therefore, it is understandable that the ancients ranked the jackals of the "jackals, wolves, tigers and leopards" in the first place.
Can jackals defeat tigers?
In India, the area where jackals live with tigers overlaps. In reality, jackals generally avoid tigers and avoid fighting with them, after all, the opponent is too strong, if there is no chance of winning, it will not take so big risks to fight with the king of the forest, eat other animals, isn't it fragrant? Usually, it is difficult for a group of jackals to defeat tigers, but it also depends on how big the jackals are.
In some cases, however, a large herd of jackals may still unite to attack tigers (mainly Bengal tigers), which will be forced into trees or flee when faced with a siege by the jackals. If the tiger escapes, it will be hunted by the jackals in batches, one group of jackals in the pursuit, the other group will take a break, so after a few rounds of rotation, the tiger will eventually be exhausted, the combat effectiveness is greatly reduced, it is possible to be killed by the murderous jackal. India once had a record of jackals working together to kill tigers, a female Bengal tiger was besieged by 30 jackals, in the duel, although 5 jackals were bitten to death by the tiger, the jackal eventually killed and ate the Bengal tiger by virtue of its numerical superiority.
However, this situation is also rare.
epilogue
With the development of the times, the four major beasts of prey have all experienced different degrees of sharp decline, and they have long been national protected animals. At present, the number of jackals in the world is too small, only less than 5,000, and the number of jackals found in China is only a few dozen, although the number is very small, but it is already developing in a good direction, and the frequency of jackals will increase in the future.
Although jackals treat their prey very fiercely, they rarely hurt humans, but are the natural enemies of wild boars, and in recent years, China's pigs have been seriously affected, destroying farmland, ruining crops, and injuring countless people. If the population of jackals can grow and develop, it may be able to curb the "arrogant behavior" of wild animals such as wild boars!