The Amazon Forest Cockroach can reach a maximum of more than 10 meters and weigh more than 225 kilograms, its mouth can be opened up and down about 180 degrees, it can easily swallow prey several times larger than its own size, swallow crocodiles as easily as gnawing chicken legs, and strong strength can crush a male American cup weighing 90 kilograms to pieces.
In the Amazon rainforest, the forest python is the most notorious "silent killer", its body emitted a smell equivalent to the putrid smell emitted by animals that have been dead for 5 days, can directly smoke people unconscious, when it is close, even if it holds a powerful weapon.
The so-called "all things live together", the same is true of species in nature, any animal has its own natural enemies, this natural enemy model dragged in nature is also called ecological chain.
So does a giant python with a body length of tens of meters like the Amazon Sen Grasshopper have natural enemies?
Once the British BBC did a documentary on the Amazon rainforest, one of which was about the python living in the Amazon rainforest.
In the documentary, Lindsay, a wildlife photographer from the UK, captures a stunning scene in the Amazon River:
A 6-meter-long python lurks under the dark rocks of the Amazon River, staring dead at the jaguar on the shore who lowers its head to drink, this jaguar seems to have just reached adulthood, may have just left its mother to live alone, obviously full of dangers The Amazon River is not prepared for any response.
Just as it finished drinking the water and was about to leave, the huge forest cockroach suddenly jumped up from the water, the huge mouth bit the neck of the jaguar, the jaguar was obviously frightened by this unstoppable attack, forgot to struggle and resist, the forest cockroach quickly wrapped around the jaguar, the strong winding force made the jaguar scream, and after a few minutes there was no breath.
Just as the forest cockroach was about to start enjoying its prey, there was a small sound from the nearby jungle, and the giant python stopped to spit letters and carefully observe the surrounding environment. This sound is getting closer and closer to the giant python, and the forest python seems to be frightened in some way, and it can't take care of the food in its mouth, and quickly swims towards the nearby river, intending to swim into the water to escape.
But this giant python still took a slow step, and a large area of black-pressed ants emerged from the jungle and quickly chased after it. This group of ants is not only fast, but also extremely large in number, and soon they blocked the way of the forest python and attacked it, hundreds of ants climbed on the forest python and kept gnawing.
Under the gnawing of the ants, the python was in pain, and kept struggling, in just a few minutes, the python completely stopped struggling for a life, and after a while, the ant army left in groups, leaving only a pile of python bones.
It's really a praying mantis catching cicada yellow finches behind, and the frightening Amazon Sen Grasshopper is not worth mentioning in front of this group of ants, but this group of ants is certainly not an ordinary ant in life, but a kind of marching ant living in the Amazon River Basin.
Marching ants are a social social animal, belonging to migration ants, seemingly insignificant, but in fact they are very terrifying, "after the marching ants, no grass", they can prey on any animal on the migration road, whether the animal is large or small, as long as it blocks their path, as long as it is targeted by them, it will eventually become a pile of white bones.
The reason why marching ants are the natural enemies of giant pythons is because this kind of ants are infested in groups, so it is also known as "military ant groups", once prey is found, they are hundreds of collective dispatches, after tracking the target prey, marching ants will use their jaws to tear the prey little by little.
Coupled with the poison in the saliva of marching ants, if the python is bitten by it, it will soon be paralyzed, and then the action becomes slow, or even paralyzed, and finally can only wait for death, and the biggest difference between marching ants and ordinary ants is that they naturally grow a very powerful jaw, like a large pincer, as long as it is bitten by the pincers, the marching ant will not easily spread its mouth, in addition to the tail thorn is also one of their means of attack.
So imagine that the python may be able to spray venom, but in the face of such a large number of marching ants, no amount of venom is enough to spray, plus the python has no hands and feet, groups of ants climb to the body to bite its flesh and skin, the python has nothing to do, it is simply the most typical representative of "unity is strength".
In addition to marching ants, what other natural enemies do pythons have? There are quite a few in nature.
1. Honey badger.
The honey badger living on the African savannah can be said to be not afraid of the sky, even the lion and the "second brother" hyena do not put in the eyes, but also eat the poisonous snake as a "spicy strip", one bite at a time. As weasels, honey badgers, although small in size, are very flexible, and the reason why they are so brave is because they have a "flesh and skin separation" ability.
The claws of the honey badger are only 2-3 cm shorter than the lion, and such sharp claws can be scratched or scratched when fighting with the python, and the python's body can be immediately scratched with several blood marks. In addition to its hard body, the honey badger also has another housekeeping skill: anti-poison, which is why it is not afraid of snakes.
The canine teeth and molars of the honey badger are very developed, its jaw is strong and powerful, it can easily tear the viper in half, and some components of the blood in their body can inhibit the blood circulation toxins of the viper, even if they eat the viper, they will not be poisoned.
2. Peruvian giant centipede.
Peruvian giant centipede is recognized as the largest centipede in the world, with an average length of about 40 cm, the largest centipede can reach about 36 cm, in the Peruvian giant centipede recipede, small to other insects, as large as frogs, snakes, birds, mice, and even bats are their prey.
When giant centipedes encounter prey, they will quickly spray a large amount of venom at each other, killing a mouse in just a few seconds. There have been locals living in the Amazon River Valley who have witnessed giant centipedes vs pythons, and after a few rounds, the pythons are not cheap at all, and finally they can only escape.
3. Comodo monitor lizard.
The Komodo monitor lizard is not afraid of the python, it will not only spray venom in its mouth, but also contain a large number of bacteria, once it bites the prey, it sprays venom at the same time, the bacteria in the saliva will also attach to the prey wound, these bacteria multiply extremely amazingly, and finally the prey will die of sepsis or bacterial infection. #所见所得, it's all scientific #
