When hearing the name "killing bird", many people are afraid to encounter such birds, a little careless will become the ghost of the claw, but this is not the case, every creature in nature has its own territorial consciousness, if not you have violated, their hearts are still friendly, and this so-called "killing bird" lives in the Australian grasslands, there are many native animals and plants, because of the shackles of the continental biosphere, let them live more freely, and this so-called " After all, it is currently the third largest bird in the world, and like the ostrich, the largest bird, it belongs to a large animal that cannot fly, but even so, they are famous for a pair of slender and powerful thighs, which makes the public feel frightened, so it is called "the most dangerous animal in the world" by Guinness, and many sinister names are linked to it, but in its heart, it is lazy to cause trouble.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > looks fierce, and those who see it retreat</h1>
Crane ostrich belongs to the giant of the crane ostrich family, there are currently single-weeping crane ostrich, double-weeping crane ostrich, pygmy crane ostrich, four species of emu, of which double-weeping crane ostrich is the largest, most of which are distributed in the lowland rainforest of southern New Guinea and the northeast of Australia. Normal crane ostriches can reach a height of about 2 meters in adulthood, weighing about 80 kilograms, seeing this data is inevitably frightening, and in the crane ostrich, unlike other animals, their females appear larger, bright appearance, feathers are mainly brown-black, the top of the head is hairless, and there are two pieces of bright red flesh hanging from the neck to the chest, which is particularly easy to distinguish.
If you look at it from a distance, the crane ostrich emits beautiful hairs all over its body, which is particularly beautiful when the sun is shining, the feathers on the body are as gorgeous as armor, and the blue feathers on the body, like the Australian blue, symbolize the unrestrained blue sky.
They like to live alone in the jungle of cats, and only when it comes to the breeding season, they appear in pairs. Born to love vegetarian food, in general, to eat seeds or berries, the amount of food is huge, a day can eat 10 pounds of fruit, which is also reasonable, after all, such a large body, there is a large amount of rice is normal, and when the fruit is scarce, they will also find some fungi or insects, frogs and other small animals to feed, if the fruit is sufficient, they are willing to become vegetarians.
And the crane ostrich is born toothless, as a bird animal, in the time of eating can only rely on swallowing, earlier there were zoologists with crane ostrich to do the test, it only takes 1 second, it can directly swallow the fist of the apple, such a speed, it is difficult for birds to match it.
The evolution of the crane ostrich is a long history, if you really want to go back, they lived in the same period as the dinosaurs, survived the mass extinction of the dinosaurs, and if you calculate it, it is also a cousin of the dinosaurs, so you can imagine its ferocity.
From the contact, you can feel that the crane ostrich personality belongs to the timid and shy, once found that there is danger, they will use sharp claws to escape, even if the body is bulky, they can also travel at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour in the dense forest, until they can not dodge, they will not skimp on the possibility of fighting with danger, using the huge paws to repel each other.
The soles of the feet are its sharpest weapons, each foot has three toes, long fingernails are like a dagger, there have been related scenes, the claws of the crane ostrich can easily dig out the internal organs of animals, so powerful Gong Lili, but also let the U.S. military stationed in Australia during World War II prohibit the provocation of such birds, once found to retreat, once angered, it will usher in an attack.
But some people think that they have guns in their hands, why are they afraid of such animals, but when people shoot at cranes and ostriches, they will pretend to die on the ground, and when they find an opportunity, they will fight back in time, so they think of attacking, it is better to retreat.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="22" > the world of matriarchy, where males have no dignity</h1>
In most creatures, males have a strong right to speak, but in the world of cranes and ostriches, females have absolute right to speak, larger than males in size, when every winter comes, females begin to estrus, so like the emperor flop to find males, but helpless as females, can only choose, and can not enjoy the harem as the emperor, to achieve the joy of rain and dew.
When the desired male is found, the female crane ostrich will give orders, and the male can not resist, has no choice, directly followed the female into the grove, to complete the big things in life.
And when the female is pregnant, it will first carefully lay the egg, and then "do not keep the woman's way" to throw the egg to the male, let it incubate the egg, go outside to be happy, at this time the female just laid the egg, will not find another male, after all, the body has just experienced the pain of childbirth, how can it find joy again?
And the "humble" male can only follow the instructions of the female, concentrate on hatching eggs, there are 3-6 normal nests, and bright green, until the birth of the little crane ostrich, the male also has to carefully raise and protect the small crane ostrich for about 9 months, teach them how to find food, find food if it is too big to help peck and feed them into their mouths.
But the male which female comes carefully, in the dangerous jungle, the male with 3-6 small crane ostriches, always can not take care of it, what kind of danger can not take care of the east and west, so the general small crane ostrich hatching is easy, but it is very difficult to grow, a nest of small crane ostrich normal only half can live to adulthood.
The female seems to be only responsible for mating and laying eggs, and in the process of male care, it will hardly reappear, even if it meets in the jungle, it will only focus on itself, and will not take care of its own children.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="37" > deadly killer in the bird world, and can kill with one kick</h1>
Although the crane ostrich likes to go alone, but even if you encounter a single crane ostrich is a very dangerous thing, they have a strong sense of territory, as long as you have a violation, they will fight back desperately, with claws as sharp as a dagger, plus the size of the body, its attack is huge enough.
According to relevant research, the crane ostrich can do forward or backward kicks when attacking, generally will use the claw as a sharp weapon of attack, occasionally with the mouth to peck, do not underestimate it, as long as you are attacked by its kick, it may be directly stabbed or fractured, if it is a small animal, it will be killed on the spot. When encountering it, do not crouch down or turn your back on it, which is very easy to cause serious injuries.
There have been relevant records earlier, in 1926, the 16-year-old boy and his brother encountered a crane ostrich in the forest, because the child played too hard, picked up the stone and smashed it, the crane ostrich at this time felt a huge danger, and then saw that the other party was a thin child, and the angry crown it kicked the younger brother, and at this time the brother saw that the younger brother was hurt, he took up a wooden stick to fight back, how can the skinny child be able to defeat the huge crane ostrich, kick him to the point, Sun Hou swung his sharp claws at his brother, causing a 0.5-inch wound to appear on his neck, and finally lost too much death, and from then on, the crane ostrich was crowned with the title of "killing bird".
According to the data, the current record of injuries is as high as 150, of which 22% are caused by crane ostriches in the breeding period and are attacked by humans, 5% are food protection behaviors, and the remaining 73% are attacks caused by improper feeding by humans, after all, most of the crane ostriches live in nature, and the possibility of human contact is relatively small.
It can be seen that the crane ostrich itself does not have the consciousness of active attack, most of which comes from the consciousness of self-protection, and it can be seen from the living habits of the crane ostrich that they like a quiet life, do not like to be disturbed by the outside world, and once any place that touches it appears, there will be a strong sense of vigilance, and then it is not too much to attack.
But even if there is such a great harm, the current crane ostrich is also facing the edge of endangerment, their feathers are too beautiful, so some criminals regard it as a beautiful ornament, so some European colonists are not afraid of risk to hunt the crane ostrich on a large scale, until the 70s of the last century, the public found that the crane ostrich is endangered, so it stopped harming it.
In fact, the title of the most dangerous bird in Guinness is the prejudice against the crane ostrich, their hearts are not malicious, but people's continuous invasion, so that the crane ostrich has an instinctive counterattack, and the title of "killing bird" is also biased, I believe that if people have good intentions for the crane ostrich, they will not attack, in their hearts, there may be a peaceful heart, helpless human beings can not understand this, triumphant feathers on their bodies, again and again to hurt them, from a certain point of view, Their claws are not an attack weapon, but a self-defense weapon, and for the crane ostrich, there is no false chance of killing, but that is not the heart.