The world is amazing! An animal that resembles an elephant and a rat, the elephant shrew [xiàng qú].
The first episode of The Hidden Kingdom is an animal called the Elephant Shrew.
The elephant shrew is like a mouse, but it is not a rodent, it has a long and flexible nose like an elephant, and after modern scientific DNA testing, the elephant shrew has a "relative" relationship with the elephant. It lives in eastern Africa and feeds mainly on insects and other small organisms, especially beetles, spiders, worms, ants and termites.
The elephant shrew is known as the "smallest elephant in the world". In ancient times, elephant shrews were once the same ancestor as elephants, but over time they embarked on very different evolutionary paths.
Elephant shrews are able to sense odors, wind direction and vibrations by their noses, avoiding enemies and chasing prey.
Elephant shrews are monogamous and conjugal. When it encounters a female, it will constantly rub its tail on the trunk of the tree, emitting a strong gonadal odor to attract the attention of the female elephant shrew. After that, the female goes home with the male, and on the way the female usually becomes pregnant. The female stays at home as soon as she arrives home, and the male looks for food for the female.
Studies believe that the elephant shrew has been around 2,000 years ago.
Will such a cute elephant shrew one day shake the status of the hamster's pet? #奇妙的动物 #
