Every year farms are attacked by wild animals, clever farmers try to come up with different ways to protect them, they fortify their ranches to build tall fences, buy impressive guns, all attempts fail, but the farmers Steve is the smartest of them, Steve gets $9 million, which is the amount of money texan farmers lost to predators in 1988, and after calculating the losses the donkeys came into play, all the equipment people got thanks to advances in technology, a year later Texas ranches are guarded by 1800 donkeys, but how could this happen? Donkeys are not very intelligent, nor are they like hurting dogs, and it must be admitted that it is difficult to confuse the two.
It was the idea of ordinary people, but farmers already knew the secrets of donkeys, these seemingly harmless animals had a hatred for dogs and their abilities, coyotes, foxes, wolves, donkeys did not care, they did not want to see these animals on their territory at all, even if these predators donkeys thought that someone was threatening the donkey herd, which meant that it would take steps to scream loudly to attract the attention of the farmers and immediately catch up, in some cases it would also kick hard with its forelimbs, Imagine if predators told each other about their hunting, on average a donkey could watch over 200 sheep, and if they all grazed in the same area, it was obvious, where they protected poor sheep after basic military training, in addition, donkeys were not only well trained people, even breathing animals with outstanding guard qualities, how it worked, there are correct genes, super donkeys like any purebred, female animals are better at protecting ordinary males, For example, they sometimes mistake newborn lambs for intruders into their territory, donkeys must be medium or large, donkeys have good eyesight and hearing, loud and fast, strong kicking, strong teeth, and calm temper, and donkeys will fully assess the situation, and it can scare predators away with just a shout.
A group of predators versus a group of donkeys It would be a legend, donkeys seem to be only suitable for one-on-one combat, in fact, donkeys were really cool during World War I, during Which a donkey even received the Purple Cross for helping its owner, rescuing the wounded from the battlefield, saving more than 300 people, not even expecting that donkeys could do this, whether there was courage in their DNA, maybe donkeys, like horses and zebras, are descendants of a common ancestor of the equity family, Scientists believe that in the process of evolution, ancient animals adapted to running in open space and grew long legs, and eventually, ordinary horses had strong bodies, zebras had stripes for camouflage or other purposes, scientists have not yet agreed on this, in fact, what people usually call stubbornness is a more developed sense of self, donkeys are less attached to people, so it is very difficult to get them to do what donkeys do not want to do, or what they think is dangerous, There are more than 40 million donkeys in the world today and maybe even more, yet donkeys are not always used as guards, but most of the time, injured dogs come to the rescue, they protect the herd from predators and strangers, hounds help animals from one place to another, send back animals that get lost on the road, and do some other useful things, these skills of hounds have been honed for hundreds of years and fixed as patterns of behavior.
But if dogs are so good, why do people need donkeys? The reason is that the average lifespan of donkeys is several times longer than that of dogs, some can even live to 60 years old, if the defense conditions are good, they cannot escape, the price of a donkey is 500-800 US dollars, which depends on its ability to guard, at the same time, the price of a purebred dog can start from 1 US dollar, the maintenance cost of donkeys is between 150 and 200 US dollars per year, which includes homemade food, pruning and various small things, in general, donkeys can eat the same grass as dogs, just regular veterinary examinations, including routine examinations, Vaccinations, lab tests, and dental care cost $700 to $1, and don't forget about food, which costs, from $120 a year, and may also require a variety of toys, candy colors, and other things.
Dogs are cute and calm but given the price difference, money is a key factor, now back to the intelligence problem of donkeys, we tend to think of donkeys as stubborn and stupid, but scientists believe them, find that donkeys learn and solve problems as fast as dolphins or dogs, a professor bluntly said that donkeys are smarter than horses, don't know how you feel about it, welcome comments.