In 1998, in Ethiopia, Africa, a hungry old male lion, in order to fill his stomach, launched a surprise attack on a male giraffe, only to be kicked in the head by the angry giraffe and killed on the spot.
African lions are one of Africa's top predators, hunting in the African savannah, there are few prey that cannot be gnawed, but giraffes are rarely targeted by African lions, or dare not be targeted.
This hungry old lion no longer has any combat effectiveness, his claws are old, his bite force is not good, he dragged his tired body for a long time without looking at the prey he could catch.
Finally an herbivore appeared in front of him, but it was a giraffe, the old lion raised his paws and took a few steps back, the lethality of the giraffe was too strong, and the old lion knew that once he rushed up, he was likely to look for death.
But the lion looked around, there was no other prey to choose from, and if he did not eat, he would face death.
In a dilemma, the old lion finally chose to rush forward.
The giraffe's defense is very strong, the thickness of the skin even reaches 3 cm, the old lion is difficult to directly use the bite to cause damage to the giraffe, can only try to pounce on the back of the giraffe again and again, trying to avoid the hind leg attack while consuming the opponent's physical strength.
But the old lion is old after all, his bouncing power has dropped too seriously, and there is not so much physical strength for him to jump on the back of the giraffe again and again, after all, the giraffe has long legs and a high back height.
Adult giraffes can generally reach a height of 6 meters, and their legs alone can reach 2 meters, which is almost comparable to a one-storey high back, which makes it extremely difficult for old lions to jump.
The giraffe's sudden attack frightened the giraffe, whose four long legs constantly kicked and kicked around, running away.
The old lion hurried to catch up, he knew that he couldn't let the giraffe run, otherwise he could only watch the giraffe run away.
With the blessing of long legs, plus thick thigh muscles, once the giraffe passes the running period, his speed will reach a maximum of 80 kilometers per hour, and it is difficult for a lion with such a normal speed to catch up.
The old lion's impact again and again finally angered the giraffe, and the four long legs swung harder around, and finally the old lion was kicked squarely.
The hoof with a diameter of 30 cm kicked directly into the head of the old lion, kicking the old lion out.
The giraffe itself weighs 1800 kilograms, and the huge weight is all supported by four long legs, so the giraffe's legs are very powerful.
The front legs carry the weight of the whole body to overwhelm the enemy, while the hind legs bear all the explosive power of the giraffe, and each giraffe's hooves are very hard, and his back kick can cause a huge impact.
After testing, the maximum force of the giraffe's back kick can exceed 5,000 kg, such a force An ordinary lion can not stand it, let alone an old and weak old lion.
When the old lion was kicked and fell to the ground, he had no vital signs, and there was even a deep depression in his braincase.
The old lion died quickly, in fact, at this time, the giraffe had not yet made his trick, the head mallet.
The neck of the giraffe is very long, generally more than 1.8 meters, mostly more than 2 meters, and the giraffe's skull is very hard, sometimes when dealing with enemies, they will directly throw their heads out, using the head hammer skill.
The giraffe's neck is long and powerful, and in the process of swinging back and forth, with inertia and the strength of the neck itself, the head hammer will be a very heavy blow once it hits the enemy.
Giraffes are herbivores, and there are many theories that the long neck of the giraffe is because he loves to eat the young green leaves on the top of the tree, which makes the gentle-looking giraffe feel humble.
Because of their appearance, most people's impression of giraffes is gentle and harmless, and even has little fighting ability, but in fact, giraffes can crush most grassland animals with their huge size, and he is even included in the "Five Beasts of the Grassland".
Although giraffes are highly combative and difficult to hunt, they are not completely impossible.
Because the neck is too long and the legs are too high, every time the giraffe comes to the river to drink water, it needs to fork the limbs and long legs as far as possible, and then hang the long neck straight down, and the giraffe's precautions when drinking water are greatly reduced.
Therefore, once a group of lions wants to hunt giraffes, they will use the river as a hunting place and form a small team of eight or nine lions to wear down the endurance of giraffes.
Drinking water is an extremely dangerous thing for the giraffe herd, and every time the giraffe has to surround the surroundings with his high vision, listening with his super perceptual ears for the presence of hunters within tens of meters.
Once the trapper information hidden around is discovered, the giraffe will also transmit the dangerous situation to the partner, warning them not to come over for the time being.
The information exchange between giraffes is through a very low frequency infrasound wave, which can effectively isolate creatures other than giraffes, especially from hunters, which also greatly improves the survival rate of giraffes.
Bibliography:
An Encounter with an African Lion and a Giraffe
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