"Goose goose goose, song to the sky". There are many stories about geese, but people still know very little about geese, and most of them still stay in how to cook more delicious. The goose is a very powerful animal, where is the power? In the countryside, the geese are walking sideways, even in the face of their owners, they are not afraid at all.
In folklore, there is also a saying that where there are geese, there are no snakes, and snakes are afraid of goose dung, is this true?
Goose attack means
Of course, animals also have means of attack, such as snakes with entanglement and venom as the main means of attack; crocodiles attack prey with strong bite force; woodpeckers use sharp beaks as a means of hunting, so what about geese? It seems that in our impression, the goose does not have any means of attack.
The goose's attack method is relatively simple, that is, with its mouth, but the goose has no teeth, how to cause damage to the opponent? The edges of the goose's upper and lower beaks are jagged and sharp, giving the opponent a fatal blow. First of all, the goose will bite the opponent with its mouth, and then use the flexible neck, throwing around, the purpose is to use the upper and lower beaks to cause damage to the opponent as much as possible, the principle is also very simple, that is, with the hand to pinch their thighs, and then rotate, you will feel pain, the pinch will be red, but the goose's upper and lower beaks are jagged, give it a look, directly bleed. This is the attack method of the goose, which seems to be very simple, but the lethality is quite large.
Goose droppings
Why is there a saying that snakes are afraid of goose dung?
Let's first look at an experiment, people put a snake in an enclosed space, hungry for a few days, and then sprinkle male yellow at 1 meter in front of the snake, people found that at this time the snake is unwilling to get close to the male yellow, and the head is turned back to the male yellow, the staff also tried to turn the snake head to the direction of the male yellow, but the snake will be backed, which shows that the snake will have a certain resistance effect, but when the staff put the mouse on the other side of the male yellow, the situation is different.
In the second test, the staff put a mouse on the opposite side of the snake, and it turned out that the snake actually skipped the male yellow and pounced on the mouse. This shows that in the case of both male yellow and hunger, the snake will not be afraid of male yellow, so will the snake be afraid of goose dung?
First of all, it is certain that snakes hate male yellow, but it is not completely contradictory. Secondly, there is indeed a substance similar to male yellow in the goose dung, so the snake usually takes a detour when it encounters the goose dung, but if there is a piece of food in front of the goose dung, then the snake will not hesitate to pounce on it, which shows that the goose dung cannot block the attack of the snake, and the snake is not afraid of the goose dung.
And the current goose and the previous goose are somewhat different, the previous goose mainly eat meat food, so most of the excreted feces contain male yellow analogues, but now the geese are eating feed and weeds, so the feces basically do not contain male yellow analogues, that is to say, the feces of the geese are not enough to make the snake hate.
Snakes are cold-blooded animals, mainly rely on the sense of smell for activities, through the analysis of the gas composition in the air, so for particularly irritating substances will produce fear, rejection reaction, make resistance behavior, male yellow is one of them, in addition, the home seasoning is also the same role, such as garlic, wind oil essence and so on.
Goose vs Snake
In the countryside, there are occasional duels of big geese vs snakes, so who will win?
People who have seen the battle between the goose and the snake already have the answer in their hearts: the goose will win!
Although its attack means are single, the goose also has a skill, not even humans, that is, flying skills. However, the current goose can no longer fly, but the short-term ability to stay in the air is still there.
When fighting with snakes, they usually keep waving their wings, letting themselves fly, occupying air superiority, and then using the impact of the dive to give the snake a fatal blow with the duck paw, and then with the mouth of the goose, the snake can't do anything about it. Some people will think, if you change to a poisonous snake, you can win the battle?
Hard!
First of all, the goose has a very thick feather protection, even the snake's poisonous fangs are difficult to penetrate into the skin of the goose, the goose is so agile, the snake has no way to wrap it, so it can only be passively beaten.
Therefore, the goose is actually not afraid of snakes at all, perhaps because the snake knows that it cannot beat the big goose, so there are generally big geese in the place, and there will be relatively few snakes. In addition, geese now live in human territory, which is itself an area where snakes dare not come, so it is not very accurate to say that there are no snakes where there are geese.
summary
Many folk sayings are actually not scientifically based, so they cannot be fully trusted, otherwise they may bring harm to themselves, which is worse than if you believe that snakes are afraid of goose dung, and then use goose dung to attack snakes, is it not a way to seek your own death? Therefore, we must have a correct understanding.