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The ground hornbill preys fiercely, facing the prairie monitor lizard, continuously and rapidly pecking

author:Six-dimensional nature

In the African savannah, there are a variety of strange creatures, the ground hornbill is due to its strange appearance, has become the world's famous ornamental bird, attracting many people want to see this strange "strange bird". In the wild, the ground hornbill is very cautious and timid, but it is extremely fierce when preying, and a photographer has photographed: a red-faced hornbill, facing a prairie monitor lizard, continuous rapid pecking, the prairie monitor lizard does not have a little counterattack power, and eventually becomes the food of the ground hornbill.

The ground hornbill preys fiercely, facing the prairie monitor lizard, continuously and rapidly pecking

  The red-faced hornbill is one of the ground hornbills, and the most obvious difference from other hornbills is: the face, throat and throat sac of the red-faced hornbill, the bare skin is scarlet, and the red-faced hornbill is also the largest bird in the hornbill family, with a total length of about 127 cm, and there are insects, worms, small reptiles and so on in the diet of the red-faced hornbill.

The ground hornbill preys fiercely, facing the prairie monitor lizard, continuously and rapidly pecking

  Although the grassland monitor lizard also has the word "monitor lizard", the grassland monitor lizard is relatively docile in the monitor lizard, and the attack awareness is also very low, so the adult body of the grassland monitor lizard can reach 1.2 meters, which is still the most commonly bred monitor lizard. In the wild, prairie monitor lizards mainly feed on birds, small mammals, etc., but due to their lack of aggression, they are also easy to become prey.

The ground hornbill preys fiercely, facing the prairie monitor lizard, continuously and rapidly pecking

  In the wild, the red-faced hornbill and the prairie monitor lizard, because the red-faced hornbill has a greater body advantage than the prairie monitor lizard, the red-faced hornbill has a longer beak and is more lethal, and the prairie monitor lizard is not the opponent of the red-faced hornbill!

The ground hornbill preys fiercely, facing the prairie monitor lizard, continuously and rapidly pecking

  Not all monitor lizards are Komodo dragons, prairie monitor lizards are more as a pet, with limited attack capabilities, and are the most popular monitor lizard pets in the world.

The ground hornbill preys fiercely, facing the prairie monitor lizard, continuously and rapidly pecking

  As a species of ground hornbill, the red-faced hornbill spends most of its time on the ground, but it also has a certain ability to fly, be frightened or rest at night, for safety, it will perch in the trees to avoid being easily hunted by other predators!

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