Now the probability of wild animals appearing in human living areas is getting bigger and bigger, and the more common is that many people are afraid of "snakes" just by hearing their names, even the golden python raised by an old man in Hangzhou can't help but come out of the loneliness to "visit the door", while other animals are as large as top carnivores such as jackals, tigers and leopards, and as small as the Yangcai arm golden turtle that was once declared extinct for nearly 40 years.
The increase in wild animals shows that China's ecological environment has become better, and the habitat of wild animals has also been restored, but the appearance of ferocious or "sinister animals such as jackals, tigers and leopards" and poisonous snakes also needs to arouse everyone's vigilance, especially when alone in the wild, to master the skills of "escape" or "self-help".
However, in our "neighboring country" India, what happens when a smaller animal close to a wolf or domestic dog attacks an old man walking on the road and one of his small pet dogs, then turns around and prepares to attack a person passing by on a motorcycle?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="19" > two passers-by in India were attacked by hyenas</h1>
According to the report of the British Sun newspaper quoted by the Global Network, on September 7, local time, in the central Part of India, in the western part of the Deccan Peninsula in India, Pune, Maharashtra, India, a hyena suddenly came out of the grass on the side of the road and attacked a male elderly man wearing a white suit and carrying an iron bucket, and his dog did not dare to come forward to "help", only to jump around on the side.
Just as the hyena turned to attack the person riding a motorcycle with goods next to him, a passerby quickly came forward and brandished a long stick or iron rod (it looked like a "dog fighting stick", about 1 meter in length), "three times five divided by two" to repel the hyena, and the local compensation work has been carried out to compensate the 2 injured who were injured by the hyena attack.
The Pune city forest department said the hyena was found dead about 45 kilometers (or 28 miles) from the scene of the "accident," and one official insisted that the hyena had been injured before it attacked passers-by, and that it was likely motivated by some kind of attack.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" Data-track="20" What species is the hyena >? How ferocious is it? </h1>
"Hyena" is actually a collective name for the mammalian carnivorous hyena family, there are 2 subfamily only 4 genera and 4 species, namely hyena subfamily and coyote subfamily and spotted hyena genus, hyena genus, brown hyena genus, coyote genus, corresponding to spotted hyena, hyena, brown hyena, coyote, that is to say, when we see "hyena" in general, it is likely to be one of these four species.
However, due to the influence of climate, terrain and other geographical environments, the population distribution of different species of hyenas is also different, let's briefly understand.
Spotted hyena
Spotted hyena, also known as spotted hyena, it is the "hyena" in the largest population, widely distributed one, its large size, strong bite force, can drag more than ten pounds of prey away for more than a hundred meters.
Adult spotted hyenas are about 0.95–1.6 m long and weigh up to 40–86 kg, mainly distributed in the savannahs and semi-desert areas of sub-Saharan Africa, where they can sometimes hunt antelope or "grab food" at the mouth of lions in addition to eating scavenger meat.
Because spotted hyenas are usually in groups, a group of up to about 80, so their ability to "besiege" and "dig out" is very strong, not only zebra, impala, wildebeest are on their "recipe", even the hippopotamus on the shore is sometimes "miserable", and even herds of spotted hyenas can "compete" with lions, saying that the "king of the prairie" lions have to "let" it three points.
Striped hyena
Hyena "breed" is also a striped hyena, it belongs to the "hyena" in the smaller one, and the average dog size is comparable, but the body is obviously stronger, the adult head body length of 1-1.2 meters, weight of 25-55 kg, and the bite force is very strong, the average bite force can reach 460 kg, that is to say, the general "dry bone" can be bitten.
The distribution of striped hyenas is relatively "scattered", with a certain population distribution in the northern and northeastern parts of Africa to Tanzania, as well as in the dry areas of the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, and parts of India, but most of them are mainly solitary.
From the perspective of food habits, the striped hyena has the characteristics of "omnivorous" and nocturnal, which is equivalent to what to eat, a wide range of recipes, plant fruits, birds, insects, fish and mammals are its "dishes", but because its sense of smell is very developed, it can also forage for the surrounding "carrion".
Brown hyenas
The "scientific name" of the brown hyena is called brown hyena, from the literal meaning can be known that the body hair of this "hyena" is mainly tan, in addition to the markings on the legs, other parts of the body can hardly see the markings, but its body hair sometimes has other color changes, common red, near black and gray and so on.
Brown hyenas are the size of striped hyenas and resemble dogs, adult individuals generally have a head length of 1.1-1.25 meters, weigh about 40-55 kg, are mainly group activities and are dominated by females, usually diurnal and nocturnal.
Brown hyenas not only have good eyesight and hearing, their sense of smell is also extremely sensitive, "group members" can get in touch with each other through smell, but this hyena also has omnivorous characteristics, melon fruits and vegetables and small animals, carrion and so on eat everything, often "trailing" behind lions, cheetahs and other beasts of prey "to pick up leaks" or "grab food", so it is called "scavenger" on the grassland.
However, the brown hyena has a small distribution range, the smallest of the four animals belonging to the hyena family, mainly distributed in the savannas and deserts of southern Africa, but the population is relatively sparse, almost extinct from South Africa, one of its origins, and has been listed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
aardwolf
Although the coyote has a "wolf" word, but it is not directly related to the real wolf, and he has a lot of "similarities" with the striped hyena, mainly reflected in the fact that the whole body is covered with thick needle hair, and there are obvious black vertical stripes, but the difference between the coyotes and the striped hyena is also very large, the main coyotes belong to the smallest of the four animals of the hyena family, the adult body length is about 80 cm, and the four legs of the coyote "calves" are all black.
Unlike the other three "relatives" of the hyena family, the coyote has long forelimbs and short hind limbs, and this body "structure" is not conducive to running, so it is doomed to not be able to "fight" or quickly "escape", and the coyote is more timid, and when encountering danger, it will only confuse natural enemies by spewing out a liquid with musk smell, so in a complex natural environment, it gradually evolves into a specialized anteater, the main food is termites, which can smell the smell secreted by soldier ants through a sensitive sense of smell to find the nest, and lick it directly with its tongue. Adult coyotes can eat about 250,000 termites in a single night.
In addition, because the coyote is nocturnal, when there are few termites, those insects that come out at night are also its prey objects. However, due to climate changes and the impact of human activities, the grassland is constantly degraded, not only the habitat of the coyotes is affected, but its feeding habits are gradually changing, and sometimes it also preys on small animals or eats some carnivorous "leftovers".
It is worth mentioning that due to the specialization of coyotes, that is, mainly licking termites or preying on insects, it is not suitable for group activities, that is to say, coyotes mostly forage alone, and sometimes even "lovers" are in a state of "separation".
Coyotes are mainly distributed in the coastal and southern regions of northeast Africa, and their main natural predators are domestic dogs, lions, leopards and large snakes. However, it has been pointed out that although the coyote is the weakest of the hyena family, it can "occupy a place" in the natural "big meat grinder" of the African savannah, in addition to some unique survival skills, or related to its "mimetic and fierce hyena", which looks more fierce, and some predators dare not easily provoke it.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="95" What should people do > if they encounter hyenas in the wild? </h1>
Some of the situations of the four animals under the hyena family introduced above, from the distribution point of view, the probability of encountering hyenas in the wild in China is almost zero, unless it is like the "Hangzhou Wildlife Park Golden Leopard Escape Incident", otherwise it is really unlikely.
However, the probability of encountering hyenas in Africa, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula and India still exists, but because different types of hyenas have different diets, lifestyles, etc., the harm to humans is not the same.
In the four animals of the hyena family, striped hyenas and coyotes are mainly solitary, and coyotes are timid, so such solitary animals are generally relatively weak, or generally dare not easily attack "prey" larger than themselves. Spotted hyenas and brown hyenas like to live in groups, usually "fighting" with lions, so after the "African brother flathead brother", known as the "African second brother", is also a very fierce existence, the single lion, see the hyena also has to "clip the tail" to escape.
The ferocity of spotted hyenas and brown hyenas is not only manifested in the fact that individuals are good at running, bite force, etc., but also in group activities, they are all in groups of activities, and will stage the unique skill of digging anus, even lions, hippos, African bison are also frightened, so it is also known as digging beasts, so once people encounter these two kinds of hyenas in the wild, the chance of survival can be said to be very delicate, because it is unrealistic to want to run through hyenas with a speed of about 50 kilometers per hour.
But as long as there is a glimmer of life, do not give up, including "learning" the African leopard to climb the tree, finding branches and other "weapons", and "becoming a giant" with your hands spread or raised.
But then again, although the group of spotted hyenas and brown hyenas is very effective, there are few reports of injuries, that is to say, hyenas hurt people is still very rare, which is mainly related to the hyena habitat is very far from the human activity area, and hyenas have a certain degree of scavengivism and other factors.