Observing nature, we can find that the animal world often has behavior similar to that of the human world, whether it is solidarity and cooperation, working together in the same boat, or skillfully plundering, adultery and plunder, which occur from time to time. Some people say that animals are constantly imitating human behavior, and some people say that human society is the true portrayal of animal society.
I don't know if you have seen "Penguins of Madagascar", I believe that friends who have seen it must be impressed by the "Penguin Four Untouchables" in the cartoon, so today I will take you to understand the real life, really so "cheap" penguins.
Looking around the world, there are 18 species of penguins that have been found so far, most of which are distributed in the southern hemisphere, although they cannot fly, but swim like champions. The penguin looks cute and cute, and it is cute to walk with, which is really cute. But in the penguin world, there is a species that combines the roles of "rogue", "prostitute", "thief" and so on, which is the Adélie penguin.
Adélie penguins belong to a smaller breed in the large family of penguins, weighing only 4 to 6 kilograms and only about 72 to 76 centimeters in length, but they are the southmost animals in the world to breed, roughly distributed in Adélie at 77 ° south latitude, or the most common penguins on the Antarctic continent. It was because of the discovery of this group of penguins on the land of Adélie that people named them after the penguins.
The whole body of the Adélie penguin is mainly composed of black and white, except for the color of the head that is slightly bluish-green, their overall image can be described by a clear word. Because of this feature, people like to use the penguin image in cartoons or icons, and will prefer to use the Adélie penguin to appear in the camera. What is the most classic icon made of Adélie penguins, let's guess it.
In terms of food, the Adélie penguins do not eat much different from other penguins, generally based on scaly shrimp, squid and marine fish. When it comes to accommodation, Adélie penguins are as keen as most penguins to nest with stones. For humans, money may be a material pursuit that many people are keen on, and for the Adélie penguins, stones are like the currency of the penguin world. Humans flaunt their wealth, showing off houses, cars, and tickets, while Adélie penguins show off stones.
The role of stone is nothing more than nesting, and whether or not to build a comfortable nest not only means that the Adélie penguins live well or badly, but also the reproduction of offspring. Every spring, when the Adélie penguins breed, in order for the eggs to hatch properly, the penguins must build a nest of the right size on the melting snow. Adélie penguins are gregarious creatures, and a colony may have gathered as many as 100,000 penguins, and such a high density of colonies has led to insufficient resource allocation, that is, not enough stones for penguins to use. In order to be able to build nests, in order to obtain more stones, Adélie penguins do whatever it takes, and the male thieves and female prostitutes in human society also appear on them one by one.
Male Adélie penguins sometimes transform into thieves, specializing in stealing stones that are not guarded by penguins. Interestingly, when the Adélie penguins run to steal the stones, other penguins will also come and steal its stones. At the end of the day, the number of stones in oneself may not change, and even they may not steal as much as others steal their own, and they will not be able to make ends meet. Understanding the story of the male Adélie penguin's theft, I understand a truth, that is, "many acts of injustice will kill themselves."
"Male thief" means that the male penguin steals to obtain stones, while "female prostitute" means that the female penguin will use the "peach trap" to obtain resources. If the Adélie penguin nest is surrounded by walls and there are few stones, the female penguin will selectively approach the male penguin and take the initiative to arch her body to show goodwill. When the male penguin saw it, he understood it and went forward to participate in the "transaction". After a rainy season, the female penguin will take some stones from the male penguin's nest. Sometimes, cunning female penguins also play with male penguins who have just entered society. For example, the female penguin will flirt with the male penguin first, so that the male penguin mistakenly thinks that it can be traded, and then immediately grabs the stone and runs away, leaving the male penguin alone in the same place to be blown by the cold wind.
In the society of Adélie penguins, it is difficult to collect resources in a down-to-earth manner, after all, even if you do not do bad things, there may be other penguins to harass. In addition to the above-mentioned "male thieves and female prostitutes", Adélie penguins also pay special attention to "brotherly love".
Their "brotherly love" is not like "Ancient Puzzle Boy", but is reflected in the collective outing to hunt. The food of the Adélie penguins is in the sea, and the sea has the natural enemy of this group of penguins, the ring seals. In order to avoid being wiped out by the ring seal group, the Adélie penguin will push a penguin located on the edge of the water before going into the water, if the penguin surfaces, it means that there is no ring seal in this sea, it can be fed in the water, if the penguin is unfortunately killed, the other penguins will find danger and immediately transfer to find other predation points. It turned out that the "brotherly love" of the Adélie penguins was not to insert knives for the brothers' ribs, but to insert two knives for the brothers for food.
In addition, Adélie penguins also work part-time as the "guardian army" of the emperor penguins, protecting the emperor penguins from evacuating to the sea. In the documentary "Undercover Penguin Gang", there is a scene in which a seemingly petite Adélie penguin rushes to a group of emperor penguin cubs to drive away the evil giant stork (hù). Just by seeing this scene, people may be moved by the practice of the Adélie penguin, thinking that the penguin will also be "happy to help the geese", but in fact, the reason why the Adélie penguin helps the emperor penguin cubs is that they want land as a breeding ground, and if the emperor penguins do not leave, it will affect their living land. The next scene of the Adélie penguin driving away the giant stork immediately shows their true inner thoughts, and when close to the coast, the Adélie penguin will take the initiative to attack the emperor penguin cubs and urge the emperor penguin to leave quickly. The practice of Adélie penguins as "guards" for the emperor penguins is a bit like the ancient army escorting slaves, the army will protect the security of the slavery, but the real purpose of protecting them to move forward is to serve themselves.
If you look at it from the law of human society, the Adélie penguin's approach is like a crime, the Adélie penguin is an "ugly penguin", and even some of their behavior will make people feel "ruining the three views" and "hot eyes", but there is a difference between humans and these animals themselves, and we cannot judge whether the penguin's approach is right or wrong by human ethics and rules. I believe that many people will hate the grassland second brother hyena, because they often rob others of food, and the extraction tactics when attacking are too cunning. But the disgusting actions of hyenas and Adélie penguins have only one purpose: to survive. In the environment of the weak and the survival of the fittest, only by constantly evolving themselves and improving themselves can we avoid the dangers of nature, and living is the truth. If survival can't be done, how about life?