The Altai Mountains are a huge mountain system in central Asia spanning China, Russia, Mongolia and Kazakhstan, and are home to many rare animals all year round. Golden eagles, snow owls and eagle owls soar in the air, wild boars and mink bears often come out to move, and foxes go out of the dense forest to visit the roadside.
Otters go to the creek to fish when they are idle, beavers "build dams" at every turn, red deer, wild donkeys, goats and pan sheep know how to eat every day, and even moose that have not been seen for many years have begun to show their faces.
There are no tigers here, there are occasional black bears and brown bears, and wolves are regular customers here, but the lynx that are everywhere do not pay attention to them, it is the mountain king in the Altai Mountains.
01 Lynx love to eat meat, black bears mainly eat vegetarian food, the two of them are supposed to be able to "coexist peacefully" but have become sworn enemies
In the Taiga Forest of the Altai Mountains, wolves and lynx have always been a pair of old enemies. Neither complains, both are carnivores, both like to prey on herbivores, and in the food chain, are rival to competition.
However, it is reasonable that lynx and black bears should be able to "coexist peacefully".
Black bears are omnivores, mainly eat vegetarian food, tree leaves, grass roots, it loves to eat, especially like the fruit on the tree. For the deer and sheep in the mountains, black bears generally do not take the initiative to attack unless they have to, and at most they eat some rotten meat.
Lynx this guy is "small and big", loves meat, and likes to feed on sheep, deer and other herbivores, roe deer are the objects they often prey on. They only eat some grass when cleaning their stomachs.
From the food chain, lynx and black bears are supposed to be not competitive and hostile, and sometimes they can form alliances against wolves.
But in the Taga Forest, lynx and black bears have also become a pair of sworn enemies. So, how did this hostile relationship between the two of them come about?
02 The black bear not only stole the lynx's prey, but also grabbed it openly and slowly formed a beam
The black bear is large, but it has small eyes and is very close-sighted, but its ears and nose are very sensitive. Its downwind ears can even hear the sound of a kilometer away, and the nose can smell 300-600 meters.
Black bears are not vegetarians, they also eat meat and fish, especially like fish in the rivers, but black bears are lazy, do not want to hunt by themselves, but like to pick up small bargains, wait until the lynx and wolves catch the prey, they will go to grab, "for nothing".
Once the black bear smelled blood, it lifted its head, stuck out its small nose, sniffed around the source of the smell, and when it found the source, it took a bear step and walked over without hurrying.
If the lynx eats the remaining buried prey, the black bear is not polite at all, and it quickly swings its powerful bear paw, and in a few minutes, it will pull out the food, and then eat it with relish, basically sweeping the prey away.
Of course, when the lynx was nibbling on the freshly caught prey, the black bear ran forward with his own cattle tall and big horse, and roared very strongly to intimidate the lynx, and the lynx did not dare to continue eating, and the black bear took over the meal at this time.
The lynx is the overlord here, naturally dissatisfied with the black bear, and the prey that he hunted so hard, why let the black bear eat it? But in terms of size, lynx and black bear are not at all the same level, if you fight, the black bear can slap the lynx to death.
Slowly, the lynx and the black bear formed a bond.
03 The lynx jumped and jumped on the back of the black bear, and the black bear screamed in pain
Lynx are not so easy to deal with, and they will also be blind and will attack black bears when they are in a hurry, but generally only dare to attack female black bears with cubs, so it is easy to get started.
When lynx spot black bears, they tend to follow a stretch of road, a trick that cats use when approaching their prey. Seeing the right attack range, the lynx jumped and jumped on the black bear's back.
The black bear was caught off guard, and with its teeth and claws, it tried to throw the lynx to the ground, but it failed to do so, but was bitten by the lynx. Maybe it hurts, and it makes a growl from time to time.
This infuriated the black bear, waving its palms wildly, but it could not reach behind it in any way. The black bear was not stupid, and stood up and jumped hard with his feet, but the lynx was still lying on its back, taking a bite from time to time.
This trick did not work, and the black bear rolled on the ground again, trying to crush the lynx to death, but the lynx was so flexible that no matter how the black bear rolled, it could not hurt a single hair. Instead, it was bitten several times by the lynx on its neck, and blood flowed out. At this time, the lynx was willing to let go, and ran away with a cigarette. Of course, the lynx understood that if he provoked a black bear, his own life would be difficult to protect.
04 The lynx wants to take advantage of the black bear's sleep, burrow into the hole and steal its cubs
Black bears generally give birth in hibernation, and continue to hibernate after giving birth, regardless of whether the cubs are dead or alive, but the cubs will suck the milk of the mother bear when they are hungry.
The lynx guy was also bad, and when the black bear hibernated in the hole, he went to steal the black bear's cub. These newborn bear cubs, chubby, very tender, must be very delicious.
However, the lynx will not rush to take action, it first observes the side of the cave for half a day, while listening to the sound of the bear cave with one ear, while constantly sniffing the smell of the bear hole with its nose. It thought there was no danger anymore, so it turned and went into the bear hole.
First bite the bear cubs to death, and then run out of the hole with the bear cubs, but the female black bear sleeps dead in the hole. As for why the lynx wanted to bite the bear cub, the main reason may not only be to fill its stomach, but to retaliate, so that the black bear cut off its children and grandchildren, and there are no animals in this forest to rob its prey.
05 The black bear finds the nest of the lynx, first shoots the small lynx with the bear's paw, and then uses brute force to flatten the nest
Experienced hunters know that black bears are also vengeful. You either don't mess with it, and once you do, it's better to kill the black bear, otherwise, it will find an opportunity to retaliate against you.
For lynx, black bears also know that they are at a loss, robbing people of their prey every day, and people are not weird about you. Therefore, for the counterattack of the lynx, the black bear generally turns a blind eye.
But the lynx secretly preys on its cubs, which is really "unbearable for uncle and aunt". Once the black bear found the lynx's nest, without waiting for the mother lynx to go out to hunt, it directly rushed up to dig the lynx's nest, used brute force to flatten the lynx's nest, and slapped the little lynx with the bear's paw, leaving no living mouth, similar to the "three lights" policy when Japan invaded China. The female lynx watched the black bear's atrocities, and there was no way, it sneaked up on it, and if it confronted the black bear head-on, the chance of being shot to death was very high.
epilogue
There is no hatred in the world, it is all caused by one's own greed, animals, and so are people!