In the African savannah, there are many strange animals, attracting the attention of countless people, especially lions are talked about, with the development of science and technology, the speed of network dissemination so that all the new things in the African savannah are always displayed in front of people's eyes, the vast majority of people's eyes are focused on the African steppe overlord lion, such as the incredible bad boy army, the fallen lion king Solo the Great, the tragic boy Styx boy, etc., people pay a lot of attention to the lion. However, in addition to lions, there are two other animals that are less conspicuous but very representative: hyenas and wild dogs.
The Lion King
First, look at the hyena, the hyena is not a dog, it is not a canine but a cat, fierce, but never hurts.
Hyenas and wild dogs rarely get along peacefully
Nominally, the hyena carries the word dog, and many people think it is a canine, in fact, the hyena is not a canine, but a feline beast. Before genetic testing technology, people usually judge animal attributes by form and living habits, hyenas like to live in groups, and in form they are more like an ugly-looking canine, and they will also eat scavenger and gnaw on bones, which makes people naturally think that hyenas are canines, which can be seen from the naming. With the advent of genetic testing technology, hyenas were found to be genetically closer to felines, so they were divided into feline-like hyenas.
Wild dogs besiege hyenas
Hyenas are fierce, with the title of african second brother, second only to lions, more ferocious than leopards, single-handedly can rob leopards of prey, they have a large proportion of food is based on plunder, if it is a group of hyenas, they will also expel lions, and even bite some young lions and female lions.
Hyena herd chases after lions
It can be seen that the hyena's combat effectiveness is very strong, but what makes people wonder is that hyenas are naturally friendly with humans, and often move around human tribes, and even interact with humans, humans leave the remaining bone residue to hyenas, and hyenas form a protective line around the tribe, invisibly blocking the harassment of humans by other beasts of prey. Some tribes even formed a very stable and mutually beneficial relationship with hyenas, and thus developed tourism, hyenas have never been recorded to hurt people, and will cooperate with humans to take photos, which is very rare in wild animals.
Hyenas and small children
Second, the status of wild dogs is low? As one of the few canids in the African savannah, wild dogs became the face of canines in Africa.
Wild dogs are the most successful canids in Africa, once there were wolves in the African savannah, and eventually became extinct due to unadaptability and competition, and eventually only a few canines such as wild dogs and jackals survived, and wild dogs are well-deserved representatives of canines.
Wild dogs chase hyenas
Many people think that the status of wild dogs is low, but this is just an illusion, in fact, the biggest enemy of wild dogs is not a feline beast, but a disease, the vast majority of wild dogs die of disease, only a few wild dogs are bitten by other beasts of prey, wild dogs live in groups, if they fight alone, they do not have much advantage, but wild dogs live in groups, united, even lions do not dare to easily provoke.
Wild dogs besiege lions
In terms of hunting, wild dogs have strong endurance, hunting efficiency is second to none in the African savannah, once the prey is targeted by them, it is almost impossible to escape, and the wild dog group will chase for days and nights until the prey is exhausted. Because wild dogs eat their prey alive, they are the most feared animals by African herbivores, and some prey would rather jump into the water to feed crocodiles than be preyed by wild dogs in order not to be preyed by wild dogs.
Hyenas and wild dogs are good at biting the buttocks of their prey, which of them is better and gets the title of director of the prairie anorectal department?
hyena
Hyenas are known as the holy hand on the prairie, are experts in this field, good at biting the buttocks of prey when hunting, herbivores meet hyenas to prey, first of all, will protect their hips, several animals in a circle, always maintain a frontal face to the hyena. In addition to prey, even lions must protect their hips from hyena attacks.
Wild dog hunting
And wild dogs are known as egg pulling experts on the prairie, this is because wild dogs prey often attack everywhere, rushing up, because the prey is tall, wild dogs are not good at locking throats, the most effective strategy is to bite the sensitive parts of the prey, which will lead to the rupture of the prey's internal organs, self-casting nets.
Wild dogs hunt wildebeest
Hyenas and wild dogs are adept at biting the buttocks of their prey, so who are more powerful? First of all, let's look at the ability to fight alone, hyenas are larger, about half larger than wild dogs, on the ability to fight alone, hyenas are undoubtedly better.
Wild dogs and hyenas face off
But wild dogs are good at living in groups, no matter who the opponent is, they are all rushing forward, and judging from the results of several battles, the wild dogs always have the upper hand.
When the hyenas found a piece of food, the herd of wild dogs that followed rushed up and attacked the hyenas with the most familiar move of the hyenas, and the outnumbered hyenas hurriedly squatted on their hips and finally had to give up food to escape.
Hyenas under siege
A hyena drinking water by the river encountered a herd of wild dogs, trapped in a hollow of earth by wild dogs, crouched down, sat on the ground, and watched the group of wild dogs very vigilantly.
Wild dogs and hyenas
In the face of the siege of the wild dog group, the hyena resisted, but the wild dog moved quickly, the two hyenas attracted the hyena attack on the front, and the other hyenas waited for the opportunity to bite the hyena's buttocks, and the hyenas were difficult to take care of and very passive.
Faced with this situation, the hyena had to flee to the water, there was a crocodile threat in the water, although it was very afraid of the crocodile attack, but at this time the threat of the wild dog was even greater, and it could only temporarily hide in the water.
Runaway wild dogs
In the end, the hyena seized the opportunity to escape, it fled at a rapid speed, and its limbs were off the ground, which showed that the heart was very wandering.
In the African savannah, the less conspicuous herd of wild dogs is the true king of the prairie, the deserved director of the prairie anorectal department.