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Elephants in heat will become extremely irritable in temperament, they will even start to attack other animals around them, until they find a mate, this terrifying behavior continues until the male elephant finds his mate, and even some powerful carnivores are attacked by this violent elephant, and even one male elephant in estrus, his rhinoceros neighbor as a tool to vent his anger.
What's going on here?
Why do elephants use the rhinoceros around them as a tool to vent their anger during the estrus period?
Why?
1. Elephant estrus.
Elephants are very gentle animals, and in life, they will never attack those animals who live in harmony with themselves, they will always protect the weak in the group, protect the homeland and territory, this behavior is called the elephant bones, the spirit of respecting the weak.
But when elephants are in heat, their temperament becomes extremely irritable, and they will attack the animals with which they usually live in harmony.
At the age of 13 or so, when the bull elephant becomes sexually mature, it will begin to leave the herd and look for its other half, and once this time comes, the bull elephant's temperament will also change to a certain extent, and it will become more irritable.
The estrus period of the elephant is related to the season, in January and February of each year, it is the estrus period of the male elephant, the estrus period of the hybrid elephant will last for three months, and the estrus period of the Asian elephant will last for half a year.
And during the estrus period, the behavior of male elephants is very strange, they often use some movements that we have never seen before, and these actions are a great threat to other animals.
And during the estrus period, the behavior of the male elephant will become more brutal, and will often collide and attack the animals around them, and at the same time hurt the animals around them.
In order to allow the male elephant to pass the estrus period safely, those who get along with the male elephant will choose to let these male elephants live alone for a period of time, and after the estrus period, the temperament of the male elephant will slowly return to normal.
At this time, the testosterone level of the male elephant will also rise sharply, and the rise of this hormone level will also have some bad effects on the behavior and temperament of the male elephant, and the secretion of this hormone will make the male elephant's temperament more irritable.
At the same time, it will also make the elephant's body become very sensitive all of a sudden, and it will be easily provoked, and it will also make the bull elephant more aggressive, more dangerous, and the bull elephant at this time is more difficult to control.
And in the estrus period of the male elephant, there will be a very special phenomenon, that is, the dense glands of the male elephant in the head will secrete a special liquid, especially in the estrus period, the secretion of this liquid will increase greatly, and in the composition of this liquid, there will be a special substance, called "butyric acid", the composition of this substance, very unpleasant, but also make the head of the male elephant, become very smelly.
Therefore, when the male elephant is in estrus, it will not only attack the animals around him, but also spew out this poisonous liquid to the animals around him, and the smell of this liquid will make those animals who smell it immediately become very bad, and it will also make the animals have an extremely uncomfortable feeling, and even make the animals have a feeling of dizziness.
In fact, during the estrus period, elephants will also become very aggressive, and in the animal kingdom, elephants are very strong in combat, in the body of elephants, there are two of their most proud weapons, that is, their tusks and trunks.
And in the body of the elephant, the power of the trunk is also very powerful, this power can even be equivalent to the tiger paw of the Siberian tiger, each trunk of the elephant contains more than 1,000 muscles, this muscle is very developed, and it is also very elastic, can be expanded and contracted at will, and can also carry out various actions.
The fighting strength of the elephant is very strong, so when the elephant is in estrus, it is more dangerous, if someone accidentally intrudes into the elephant's "territory", it is easy to be attacked by the elephant.
2. Why do they attack rhinos?
In Kenya, Africa, there is a male elephant, in estrus, his rhinoceros neighbor, as a tool to vent anger, specifically attacked it, this incident also made people very surprised, elephant is a gentle animal, they will never attack those animals that live in harmony with it, so why does this male elephant attack the rhinoceros?
Experts have also explained this problem, and they believe that the male elephant may have encountered some problems during the estrus period, which is why it became so irritable, and at the same time attacked the rhinoceros.
And the estrus period of this male elephant has been many years, so why did this male elephant attack the rhinoceros?
After a series of examinations of the male elephant, experts found that the body of the male elephant did not show any abnormalities, and similarly, its temperament did not change much, so why did this male elephant attack the rhinoceros?
In fact, in people's opinion, animals in nature are often affected by their own physical and psychological factors, and there are many creatures in the world that have their own physical and psychological defects, and elephants are no exception.
Therefore, experts believe that this male elephant may have some physical or psychological problems that cause it to become so irritable during estrus, and in these problems, I am afraid that it has a certain relationship with its estrus.
3. Adolescent elephants are more irritable.
In fact, in the eyes of humans, this male elephant is indeed an elephant in estrus, and its behavior is no different from that of other male elephants in estrus, and this male elephant also has the same characteristics as other elephants in estrus, that is, irritable and aggressive.
And in the adolescent elephant, more irritable and arrogant, they will attack other animals, this kind of attack, is an aggressive behavior, not a venting behavior, so experts believe that this male elephant, there are some physical or psychological problems, causing its behavior, become so irritable.
Like this male elephant, there are some elephants that have the same problems as it, and these elephants are all in the stage of puberty, so experts speculate that this may be a stage of problems, which will soon pass.
Therefore, experts suggest that it is best to give elephants more time during their adolescence to live alone, and when the time of solitary life has passed, they will become more gentle and will no longer attack other animals.
epilogue
In nature, animal behavior is often affected by physical and psychological factors, and some animals behave very strangely, and experts cannot explain this behavior more.
Therefore, we should respect and protect the living environment of wild animals, do not disturb them at will, and at the same time protect the natural environment, so that humans and animals can coexist peacefully.