For Chinese, there has been an animal that has been common in the wild since ancient times, of course, this is also 20-30 years ago.
This animal looks like a fox, but it is much more ferocious than foxes, they often move in groups, and they are very widely distributed in China, and they can often be seen in many villages close to mountains and forests.
This animal is the "jackal", because their hair is red, so they are also called "red wolf", we all know the word "jackal tiger leopard", and in history and culture, all words related to "jackal" are actually not good words, such as "jackal into sex", this is mainly because this animal in the folk "wind evaluation" has always been bad.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" >Why do humans hate jackals? </h1>
It can be said that jackals are not common nowadays, and it is inseparable from the fact that humans hate them. Jackals are carnivores, although in nature, their food is very extensive, after all, they move in groups, even large herbivores, it is difficult to retreat from the attack of the jackals.
However, sometimes, jackals will also enter the human living area to poach poultry and livestock raised by humans, which will cause a lot of losses to people, so because jackals often do these "stealing chickens and dogs", which is why humans hate them.
Therefore, since ancient times, as one of the "four fierce beasts", jackals are not welcomed, although they rarely hurt humans, but humans hurt them because they hate them, naturally, over time, jackals are less and less.
This is also one of the reasons why there are fewer and fewer other carnivores, because in the past, people lacked awareness of protection, and they would think that carnivores were a great threat to themselves, and they were afraid of themselves, so in order to avoid the emergence of human-animal conflicts, they would be hunted in advance.
It can be said that in addition to jackals, wolves, tigers, leopards and other fierce beasts have gradually begun to become endangered species, and when they realize that humans are unfriendly, they will also avoid them far away and flee to the mountains and forests, naturally, they will rarely see them in the wild.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" what other reasons are causing the jackal to become less and less >? </h1>
In addition to human reasons, which have led to threats to the survival of jackals and habitat destruction, resulting in their scarcity, researchers believe that the emergence of infectious diseases may also be the reason for the sharp decline in the number of jackals.
Because in the past, jackals were often found in human living areas, and jackals belonged to a kind of canine, which themselves could be infected with canine plague, rabies and the like from domestic dogs raised by humans.
However, jackals are social animals, the size of the jackal group can reach dozens, or even hundreds of a group, naturally, when there are sick jackals, other jackals are also difficult to be spared, so this is also the reason why the number of jackals is getting smaller and smaller.
In addition, in the folk, there are jackals, but also left a lot of "legends", for example, jackals can kill tigers, then, can they really do it?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="26" can > the jackals really kill tigers? </h1>
Although in the past, jackals were very common in China, jackals are not unique to China, and jackals are very common in many parts of the world, especially in Southeast Asia, South Asia and other regions.
For example, in India, according to reports, there have been cases of jackals killing Bengal tigers, so how did the jackals do it now?
You know, although the Bengal tiger is smaller than the Siberian tiger (Siberian tiger), the ferocity of the Bengal tiger is not inferior, and in terms of their front paw aggression, even in some aspects, it is higher than the Siberian tiger.
Therefore, even if the jackals really succeed in killing the Bengal tiger, in fact, they have paid a painful price, and they are not so "godlike", and in general, the jackals and other large predators, whether they are tigers, wolves, leopards, etc., in fact, although the food overlaps, but generally the well water does not violate the river water, each foraging for food.
After all, if one of the parties wins, it will pay a terrible price, so it is generally some kind of large predator, such as the Bengal tiger accidentally broke into the habitat of the jackal, and then did not leave, so the jackal will rise up to attack the Bengal tiger in order to defend its habitat.
Generally speaking, at least 30 jackals can be used against a Bengal tiger, of course, even if the Bengal tiger is really bitten to death, the jackal group will suffer heavy casualties, often losing more than 10.
This also means that although the jackal group can kill the tiger, this is also a small probability event, and it is also won by number, not by strength, it can be said that the victory is not martial, and it is not as powerful as rumored.
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