All animals in nature are in the food chain, and the food chain is divided into levels. In general, carnivores are mostly herbivores, and there is no food chain relationship between herbivores, but there is a food chain relationship between carnivores, just like big fish eat small fish. Small carnivores are hunted by larger carnivores, and even cannibalism between carnivores occurs from time to time.
However, animals in nature are not only fighting, they also have a peaceful coexistence side. For example, although the giraffe has territorial awareness, it will not drive herbivores who eat grass in the territory, but on the contrary, it will also "stand guard" for herbivores. This is the case with the same herbivores.
So, do carnivores coexist peacefully with animals in the lower food chain?
The answer is yes. In nature, there are some animals that, although on the surface appear to be in a relationship between the upper and lower levels of the food chain, can coexist peacefully. Let's list a few animals.
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Crocodiles dance with birds
Crocodiles are ferocious predators, and they are also known as "water overlords". Although the crocodile is not an amphibian, it is a semi-aquatic animal. Crocodiles spend most of their time in the water, and most of the crocodile's food sources come from the water.
The crocodile is an underwater lurking "hunter". It can lurk underwater for several hours without ventilation, and animals can survive without water. Crocodiles grasp this feature, lurking underwater waiting for prey to come to the river to drink water, and then suddenly swoop out to complete a one-hit kill.
And the crocodile's territorial awareness is also very strong, for all animals that invade the territory, crocodiles have always had zero tolerance. Bloody mouths and death tumbles are the standard of its hunting.
However, it is such a ferocious crocodile that a small bird not only dares to fly to its body, but even dares to fly into its mouth. It is the swallow chidori.
The Swallow Chinchilla is a small bird. The reason why it can coexist peacefully with crocodiles is because of mutual interests. Crocodiles are carnivores, and often eat carrion, so that there will be food residues on both the body and in the teeth, and some small bugs will grow over time, and the swallow bird is the cleaner of the crocodile.
Food residues and bugs in the crocodile's mouth provided food for the birds, which cleaned their mouths. Therefore, the bird is also known as the "toothpick bird".
In addition, Yan Qian bird is very alert. When the crocodile is napping on the shore, the bird can act as a guard post, when there is a predator approaching, the bird will make a close call, and after hearing the call, the crocodile will crawl back into the water for the first time.
So, crocodiles are very fond of this bird.
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Flat-headed honey badgers dance with birds
Speaking of flat-headed brother honey badger, I believe that the friends are not strangers. It is the boldest animal in the world, and even broke the Guinness Book of Records. In the wild African savannah, although the flat-headed brother is only 90 centimeters long, almost no animal on the grassland dares to provoke it.
There are two reasons for this. First, it is not afraid of the spirit of death, no matter who the opponent is, in the flat head brother this does not instigate this statement. The so-called "soft is afraid of hard, hard is afraid of not dying", and the flathead brother is the one who does not die. Second, the special body structure of the flat-headed brother's skin and flesh separation can make it more flexible in battle, and even if it is bitten, it will not bite to the point. In addition, the flathead brother can be immune to most of the snake venom, so it is common to treat the poisonous snake as a "spicy strip".
The flat-headed brother is also very grumpy, as long as it is an animal that appears in its sight, it will go up and provoke it.
However, there is a bird that is as close as a brother to the flat-headed brother, and it is the black-throated honeydew.
The black-throated honeydew is a small sweet-loving bird that can smell honey from several kilometers away. This is undoubtedly more navigation for the flathead brother who likes to eat honey. The black-throated honeydog will always use its call to attract the attention of the honey badger when it finds a honey nest, while the honey badger understands the meaning of the honeydew and follows it to find the honey nest.
The flat-headed brother is wrapped in thick hair, so he is not afraid of bees. When The Flathead Destroys the Hive, the Black-throated Honeydog shares delicious honey with the Flathead. However, the honey duck mainly eats the honey wax in the hive.
It is precisely because of the navigation of the honeydew that the honey badger can enjoy the delicious honey from time to time. Therefore, the honeydew can dance with the ferocious honey badger.
Of course, there are many animals in nature that seem to be above and below the food chain, but can actually coexist peacefully, and we will not list them here. Again, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. This is true of people, and it is true of animals.
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