The heavenly path of "survival of the fittest, respect for the strong" has made the animal world full of killing more turbulent and full of conspiracies of life and death competition.
Several drone videos of a state natural resources survey bureau visiting Sanjiangyuan unraveled the conspiracy and manipulation of the yak tribe when the cattle king of the yak tribe competed for hegemony.
★ Wild Yak Archives
Wild yaks are wild creatures of domestic yaks with strong limbs and infinite strength; The body is covered with long hairs, and the long hairs on the chest and abdomen hang down to the ground, like a wool skirt; There are fleshy teeth on the tongue, licking food like a knife scraping; Roar like a pig, also known as a pig sound cow; The horns are thick, usually 40-50 cm, and the longest horn is nearly 1 meter, fierce and good at war.
Wild yak has a maximum body length of 2.6 meters, bull shoulder height of up to 1.8 meters, weight of up to 600 kg, extremely hardy, is a unique cattle breed of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, a national first class protected animal.
Wild yaks inhabit alpine meadows at an altitude of 3,000-6,000 meters, inaccessible alpine peaks, mountain basins, alpine grasslands, alpine desert grasslands and other environments, and are herbivores. Live together. One bull in every herd will be the king of the cattle.
The cow king has the right to mate, and each herd has a dozen or two dozen cows for his wife and concubine. During the period of estrus, the bull becomes extremely fierce, and the competition for the king is very fierce, and there is often a life-and-death battle between the bull kings.
★ One-horned cattle that carry forward the style
One of the tasks of the scientific expedition team is to investigate the natural ecology of wild yaks in the source of the Three Rivers in Qinghai.
It is the early autumn of October, and the wild yak enters the climax of estrus. Wildlife conservation experts told: At this time, at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters above sea level, the battle for the king of wild yaks can often be seen.
At the same time, experts warned: at this time, do not approach the wild yak that is competing for hegemony. Because the losers will be angry, frantically attacking every living thing they see, and even chasing the car and knocking it over.
Wild Yak Mountain. At ten o'clock in the morning, the drone of the expedition group took off. On the screen, a herd of wild yaks is climbing towards a high mountain platform. Experts say that when wild yaks reach the top, they will stand or lie on the ground and chew (ruminate), rest, or sleep.
The cattle are climbing the mountain with a dark-haired bull with white hair on its head. The white-headed bull is very athletic, with thick horns and a large bull's tail like a black torch held high behind its hips, which is a manifestation of its domineering.
Suddenly, a tall one-horned bull quickly swooped from the herd to the front, knocked the white-headed bull king aside with one shoulder, and stepped alone in front of the herd. However, when the cattle saw the one-horned cattle taking the lead, they scattered and no longer reached the top.
The one-horned cow turned back and viciously "barked" at the cattle a few times, as if threatening. However, the cattle did not hear and continued to scatter. This is not a support for one-horned cows!
Helplessly, the one-horned bull stepped back and slammed the white-headed bull king in front of his head. The white-headed bull king seems to be jealous of the one-horned cow. When the cattle saw the leader of the White-headed Bull King, they immediately gathered in a herd and followed the White-headed Bull King to the top.
The one-horned cattle retreated into the herd. The drone lowered its altitude to find that it was opening its bull's eyes and looking viciously at the white-headed bull king in front of it.
★ The Bighorn Bull King cliff is domineering
The next day. Same time. Same location. After the expedition's drone lifted off, it was found that another group of wild yaks had climbed the alpine platform. On one side of this alpine platform is a cliff, which is 700 to 800 meters long, but the top of the cliff naturally forms several large and small platforms.
Drones found that almost every platform had wild yak herds, large and small, resting. Just the largest rocktop platform has a herd of 30 wild yaks.
The cow king of this group of wild yaks stood out from the crowd, and its body seemed to be stronger than any of the cow kings in any group. A pair of horns is thick and curved, which can be called the absolute killer of the yak world - the bottom of the horn is obliquely long to the sides of the bull's head, and at a width of one meter, it is bent inwards and forwards, forming an angle that is particularly conducive to picking. The horns are smooth and shiny, as if they are often polished.
It was the Bighorn Bull King, and at this time, it was constantly shouting at all the platforms on the cliff. It held its head high and kept shaking its unique horns, as if to shout: Who's going to fight me? Come on, try it! Its tail was like a vigorous black flame, high up behind its hips, shaking vigorously, like a flag of challenge, and like a flag of victory.
However, there are no contenders.
★ One-horned cattle and bald bull king on a cliff tour
In the evening, all the wild yaks on the various platforms above the cliffs went down the hill to graze. Their feeding time is late afternoon and night.
The expedition team just wanted to retrieve the drone, when suddenly the one-horned cow and the white-headed bull king that they had seen earlier appeared on the screen. What are they doing on the cliff platform?
The one-horned cattle are in front and the bald bull king is behind, and they wander around on the largest cliff platform. This cliff platform is the highest, but not large, only 50 or 60 square meters, like a natural arena for fighting and competition.
The Bull King seemed to be dizzy and fearful of the cliff side, but after a few turns, he stood far away near the hillside and looked at the edge of the cliff facing the platform.
The unicorn seemed to be paying attention to that cliff edge. It was as if there were some secret hidden under the cliff. The one-horned cow is not afraid of heights, it stands on the edge of the cliff, looks back at the entire platform, and repeatedly looks for a long time before accompanying the white-headed bull king away.
★ The cliff battle between the White-headed Bull King and the Bighorn Bull King
At ten o'clock in the morning of the third day, all the platforms on the cliff were crowded with wild yaks. This is where all the wild yak herds in the vicinity have gathered. It turned out that this day was holding a yak battle for supremacy. Whoever can compete for the position of the Great Bull King is the biggest Bull King of this mountain!
On the highest cliff platform, the domineering Bighorn Bull King has taken over it. He kept opening his nostrils wide, squirting rough breath in one gulp after another, shaking his head and shaking his head, showing off his two large and unique horns. The tail behind the hips was like a roaring black flame, dangling proudly in the air.
One by one, the bull kings reluctantly walked up the cliff platform, as if they were playing a scene. Probably none of them wanted to be the Big Bull King, or they simply didn't have the ability to take the position of the Big Bull King by fighting the Big Horned Bull King. So, they only symbolically battled for a round or two, immediately turning their heads and fleeing off the platform.
The last to come to power was the White-headed Bull King! The screen of the drone shows that the white-headed bull king stands under the stage and looks up at the big-horned bull king for a long time, and several times he wants to turn his head and go down the mountain to show abstention, but he is pushed back by the one-horned bull behind him. Why would the White-headed Bull King listen to the one-horned cow?
The White-headed Bull King had to walk onto the platform with a hard scalp. The two cows stared at each other, circled the platform a few times, and then slammed their horns against each other.
★ The one-horned bull suddenly rushed out, knocking the bighorn king off the cliff
The BigHorn Bull King is experienced in the decisive battle, and the White-headed Bull King is full of firepower, which can be described as a chess opponent. After a series of collisions, the horns of the two bull kings were on top of each other and never separated again.
Suddenly, the Big Horned Bull King pushed the White-headed Bull King backwards one after another, and in a flash, the White-headed Bull King staggered again.
The two sides have been fighting for too long, so the physical exertion is too great. The two sides are deadlocked on the platform.
Suddenly, the one-horned bull under the platform looked up and yelled at the two sides of the platform. However, the two sides had no time to take care of it, and still did not give up.
The one-horned cow watched the two cows slowly advance and retreat on the edge of the cliff, swooping on the platform and crashing into the bighorn bull king with lightning speed.
Neither side of the frame thought that the unicorn would sneak up on the platform and sneak up. So no one was defending against an attack by a third party.
The thunderous head of the one-horned bull was crashing into the chest of the bighorn bull king, and with a click, several of the ribs of the bighorn bull king were smashed by the brush, and he was involuntarily knocked into the cliff and fell off the cliff.
The unicorn immediately ran back to the bottom of the cliff after hitting it, as if nothing had happened.
★ The white-headed bull king hovered over the cliff for a long time
At ten o'clock the next day. In order to observe the dynamics of the wild yak herd after the death of the bighorn bull king, the expedition team once again came to Yak Mountain.
When the drone rose, it found that the huge alpine platform was deserted. After the BigHorn Bull King dueled and fell off a cliff, the White-headed Bull King naturally inherited the position of the Big Horn bull king. So all the cattle left here and returned to their pastures.
However, only the white-headed bull king wandered alone on the cliff platform. Was it a demonstration, or was it angry at the fall of the Bighorn Bull King during yesterday's showdown?
Under the platform, the white-headed bull king's clan looked at it with their eyes, hoping that it would return to the group as soon as possible. The White-headed Bull King is still circling around the platform, and seems to be upset.
★ The one-horned bull crashed into the white-headed bull king
The white-headed bull king wandered for a long time, and suddenly roared loudly at the unicorn under the platform, as if to rebuke the unicorn for its injustice. The one-horned bull suddenly swooped onto the platform, and instead of confronting the white-headed bull king, his ears were grinding, as if he was patiently communicating something.
The two cows were constantly rubbing their bodies together, slowly moving on the platform.
Drone screens show that the one-horned bull is slowly pushing the bald bull king to the edge of the cliff. Even the operator couldn't help but shout at the screen: White-headed bull king, beware of the cliff!
However, before the shouting could be stopped, the one-horned bull head lifted the white-headed bull king to the edge of the cliff. The Bald Bull King was caught off guard, but stopped in time as he approached the cliff. Unexpectedly, the one-horned bull once again slammed into the white-headed bull king.
★ The one-horned cow became the new cow king
Amid the screams of the drone operator, the white-headed bull king roared and was knocked off the cliff by the one-horned cow.
Where is the Bull King? Why only one-horned cattle? At this moment, the white-headed bull king's clan looked at the ring that decided the life and death of the bull king in confusion.
But the one-horned cow walked off the platform with great momentum, walked into the herd, and ruthlessly provoked the cattle.
The cow is headless and does not go. At this time, the figure of the white-headed bull king was missing from the cattle herd. All the cattle reluctantly followed the one-horned cattle down the hill... (About the author: Wang Tianxiang, senior journalist and writer, has published 42 monographs such as novels, written more than 200 TV series, created dozens of special TV films such as history, culture, scenery, and documentary, published hundreds of articles in various newspapers and periodicals, and published more than 1,000 online articles.) ）
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