In China's traditional culture, the magpie is a bird that represents "luck", and there is a "happy branch" in the theme of Chinese painting, a queqiao meeting in the drama, and a saying that the eyebrows are raised in the idiom. What's more, in the past, the washbasin commonly used in the countryside was also painted with magpie balls.
The probability of magpies appearing in our lives is high, which is beyond the reach of other birds, and we also like this bird, if they are found to nest in their own homes, not only will not expel them, but also provide them with some protection, so magpies are very widely distributed in China, in addition to grasslands and desert areas, they are almost all over our country, especially in the area of human activities, the most common.
However, japan, which is closer to China, does not have a magpie figure, and there are a total of 10 magpie subspecies in the world, but none of them live in Japan. As for why magpies do not live in Japan, you will know after reading the following reasons.
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Like sparrows, magpies live in the same place all year round and do not migrate long distances to escape the cold weather.
In general, the decision to decide whether the birds stay in the area for the winter or fly south to keep them warm depends largely on their food. For example, geese breed in siberia and other regions, and they feed mainly on aquatic life. When winter comes, extremely low temperatures can make the lake freeze, making it difficult for geese to prey on food in the water.
Swallows are carnivores that have evolved to fly in order to catch insects, but when winter comes, insects either burrow into the soil to hibernate or freeze to death, making it difficult for them to prey on enough food.
The lack of winter food forces some birds to fly south, but some birds are more adaptable, and a large number of birds fly south to set aside some food, allowing them to survive locally.
This is the case with magpies, whose food sources are very extensive, whether it is insects or small mammals, or plant seeds. The wide range of food sources allows them to stay in the area for the winter, thus avoiding long migrations.
Although magpies spread naturally, they do not have the ability to fly over the ocean, and it is precisely because Japan, which is surrounded by the sea on all sides, does not have a distribution of magpies.
Some people have seen that Japan's climate is not suitable for the survival of magpies, because Japan is surrounded by the sea on all sides and is attacked by sea breezes all year round, which is not conducive to magpies nesting. During the breeding period in Japan, it is the local rainy season, and the hatching success rate of birds that have experienced rain is very low, so it is not suitable for the survival of magpies.
However, this is not very reliable, because China's coastal areas are often attacked by sea breezes and rain during the breeding period of magpies, but magpies are also very common in China's coastal areas and Taiwan and other regions.
Of course, magpies are also distributed in Japan today, but they were introduced into Japan rather than spread naturally.
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For our country, magpies are auspicious birds, and their appearance represents the arrival of good things. But in many countries outside of our country, magpies are regarded as "pest birds".
The reason why our country likes the magpie, in addition to its very pleasing name, it also has many moving stories in our country. For example, during the Tang Dynasty, a man named Li Jingyi had a tree in front of his house and a magpie's nest on the tree, and he often fed the birds inside. Magpies are resident birds and do not easily leave their original habitat, so they are very familiar with each other and have feelings.
One day, Li Jingyi was unjustly imprisoned and suffered from being unable to escape. One day he saw a magpie in prison, felt that something good was about to happen, and sure enough, three days later he was acquitted, and some people said that it was the maize that had become a human being, and that the false transmission of the holy will had saved him.
In addition to this allusion, the magpie is best known for helping the weaver girl and the cowherd meet, so the Queqiao bridge is often used as a bridge connecting love.
Although magpies are loved in our country, magpies have a bad life abroad and are treated as "bad birds". This is really not to blame others, but because although the magpie is not a bird of prey, it is better than a bird of prey.
Magpies have a very wide range of feeding habits, except for carrion and do not eat, the rest are almost all eaten, including crops and fruits. And magpies are also very smart, they eat fruits are generally sweeter fruits, affecting the harvest of fruit growers.
Secondly, magpies will also take the initiative to attack small creatures, such as chickens, ducks, pups, etc., and even attack cattle and sheep that have just finished childbirth, and newborn cows and sheep may die of infection once they are attacked by them.
What's more, magpies are also very domineering birds, they have a strong sense of territory, other birds enter its territory they will fight back, even if the other party is a bird of prey, the magpie never cares. People have seen more than once the picture of magpies beating eagles.
It is precisely because of this image that many countries do not like magpies, including Japan, which do not treat magpies as auspicious birds, but as ordinary birds, or even evil birds.