Located in The Aqi Mountains in Bayannaoer, Inner Mongolia, the topography belongs to the stony hills and mountains of the plateau, located inland, which has been controlled by the continental air currents for many years, which is a typical inland desert feature.
Compared with the warm mountain forests in the south, the environment here is relatively harsh, but there are some creatures in the world that like to live in such an environment, such as rabbits and desert cats in the cat family, they do not like warm and humid places, but they are fond of arid and water-scarce semi-desert areas.
The so-called "one side of the water and soil to nurture the other side", this is also applicable to wild animals.
Some herders recently photographed the figure of the rabbit near Aqi Mountain, only to see an adult rabbit hiding in a stone crevice, sticking out its head, and when it saw the herders approaching, it immediately showed a fierce appearance, as if warning people not to approach.
Generally speaking, these small-sized wild animals, when they meet people, the first reaction is to escape, and the rabbit's performance is unexpected, and there must be something strange.
Sure enough, after a closer look, it was found that there were 4 small rabbits behind the rabbit, which looked like the cubs of this adult rabbit, no wonder it had to guard the mouth of the cave, it was originally to protect the child.
He was a small chubby man with a bitter and vengeful expression
Rabbit fox is one of the 12 species of wild cats in the mainland, mainly distributed in Central Asia, the distribution of the mainland is mainly Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, Tibet and other shrub grasslands, desert grasslands, deserts and Gobi, but occasionally in the hills, mountains and other ecological environments to see their figures.
The rabbit is very small, only 2-5 kg, like a cat. However, compared with the well-proportioned size of ordinary cats, rabbits are much fatter.
Especially because they are cold and the hair on their bodies is unusually exuberant, they look more "fat". Coupled with the relatively short limbs, it walks like a moving hairball.
The rabbit has a wide forehead, a short mouth, soft and fine hairs on its body, and a long belly hair, which has excellent warmth properties. Rabbits have two characteristics that are very obvious:
First, its expression, which always looks bitter and vengeful, is very funny. Someone once made their appearance into an emoji and put it on the Internet, and it suddenly became a fire, and the rabbit became an Internet celebrity animal, which was jokingly called "cat worship" by netizens.
The second is its ears, the ears of the rabbit are short and wide, the tip of the ear is round and blunt, and it looks very out of proportion on the large head.
But you know what? In fact, such a small ear as the rabbit is actually a compromise choice. Usually, in cold areas, large ears will accelerate the loss of heat, and no ears are best, but this is impractical.
Big ears have stronger hearing, but they are also impractical in the cold environment, so in the process of evolution, they chose to compromise and evolve as we see it today.
He often hides in the cracks of stones and occupies other people's caves
The claws of the rabbit are typical of feline paws, which are suitable for catching prey, not for digging. But rabbits are very dependent on burrows, they need caves to keep warm, they need caves to give birth, and they also need caves to avoid predators.
After all, in environments such as alpine meadows and desert grasslands, there is a lack of shelter, especially when facing birds of prey in the sky, it will be exposed, and caves become a good shelter. Therefore, in its habitat, some of the better rock crevices are often occupied by rabbits.
In addition, the abandoned caves left by other animals will also become the warm home of rabbits. In addition to this, they will also forcibly occupy the caves of other animals.
In the same habitat, marmots are often bullied by rabbits to cry without tears. Marmots are large rodents that can even be about twice the size of rabbits.
Its front paws are well developed, and it is very good at digging holes, and the holes dug out are deep and complex, which can be called "villa" level. Such a luxurious cave, the rabbit is very red-eyed, so they often take advantage of the marmot to go out and occupy its burrow.
If there are marmot cubs in it, then dinner has just fallen. Later, if the marmot returns, the rabbit will just ambush in the cave and give it a guard to wait for the rabbit.
Fierce in nature, he is the nemesis of the prairie rat generation
Felines are basically not easy to mess with, even domestic cats. Although the rabbit is small, but the personality is very fierce, is a real beast.
They have a strong sense of territory, as soon as there are other animals moving around, they will immediately ignite their sense of fighting, even in the face of some powerful opponents, rabbits dare to "shine the sword".
The prey of the rabbit is generally a variety of small animals, of which small rodents account for the vast majority, which can be called the nemesis of the rat generation. In terms of hunting success rate, the rabbit is even much higher than some big cats such as lions and tigers, and is an excellent hunter.
In addition to catching small animals such as rodents, birds, and lizards, rabbits are also a master of catching snakes. When facing a poisonous snake, the rabbit will quickly swing its front paws to beat the poisonous snake to the head.
Don't look at the rabbit fat mound, it can be very flexible, and the position is "rioting"! It is difficult for a venomous snake to bite if it wants to bite, so the rabbit fox also has the title of "viper buster".
Rabbits are generally active at night, taking ambushes to catch prey, sometimes they are on the ground, a "go" is half a day, its long abdomen hair, can well isolate the cold cold on the ground, to ensure that body temperature will not be lost. Plus, on the gravel, the long hairs make them move more quietly.
The rabbit is a full of cute creatures and is liked by many people. Relative to the historical distribution, the habitat of the rabbit fox has been reduced by more than half and is severely fragmented.
As of 2020, there are about 58,000 adult rabbits in the world, and the population development is showing a downward trend. Their population development is greatly influenced by human activities.