Survive in the cruel nature, whether carnivores or herbivores, they have their hunting or life-saving skills, such as the "throat lock" of cats, the "shadowless feet" of giraffes, the "blood basin mouth" of hippopotamus, and so on.
Nature gives herbivores far more challenges than carnivores, in addition to facing a changing environment, herbivores are at the bottom of the food chain, so any carnivore can pose a threat to them, so to survive in the cruel nature, in addition to having a life-saving "skill", there is also a calm and intelligent mind.
Today Xiaobian wants to share with you a calm and intelligent herbivores - moose.
The moose is the largest deer in the world, the adult moose is about 2-2.6 meters long, about 2 meters high, weighs about 600 kg, and can reach 1 ton. Moose have 2 genera and 8 subspecies under 2 genera. The two genera were classified in 2005 by Edward Wilson and Reed, the "fathers of sociobiology."
They are the Eurasian moose and the North American moose, respectively. The classification is simple, geographically distributed in the northern part of Eurasia and the northern part of North America.
As large herbivores, moose have few natural enemies, and their natural enemies are mainly wolves and brown bears. However, both wolves and brown bears often attack the cubs of moose. In Eurasia and North America, adult moose are rarely hunted by wolves and brown bears.
There are now about 2 million moose in the world, and a small number live in the northern part of the Xing'an Mountains in China. But in our country, moose have become a protected animal, the reason is man-made hunting and being killed by cars.
Adult moose have few predators that can hunt it, and in addition to its own size, it is also very intelligent. So how smart are moose? Let's take a look at it with an example.
Recently, a foreign wildlife expert filmed a scene of an adult moose fighting a North American timber wolf in the north of Canada.
In the picture, a moose is chased by a timber wolf, and the clever moose runs into the river where he often drinks water. The timber wolf also jumped into the river for prey.
At first, due to the shallow water, the wild wolves attacked unscrupulously, and the moose did not show weakness, and stomped on the wild wolves with their own two front legs. The fierce battle between the two sides was very anxious, and suddenly, the wolf saw a gap and bit down on the front leg of the moose.
At this time, the moose did not panic, but dragged the wolf to the deep water. The moose was bitten, and the wolf obviously did not want to let go, so the wolf was taken by the moose to the deep water.
In the deep waters, the strength of the wild wolf is greatly reduced, but because the moose is more than 2 meters tall, the water level has just passed the moose's legs, and it has no effect on it. Although the wolf can swim, but because he bites the front leg of the moose, he cannot float up, and he is dragged by the moose and runs, and he has been choked.
And the moose found that the wild wolf did not let go, so they ran deeper with the wild wolf, this time the water depth directly did not reach the moose's belly, and the wild wolf disappeared from the water.
Probably unable to hold back, the wolf finally let go of his mouth.
I have to say that the MOOSE's IQ is high, and in such a dangerous situation, calmly and calmly avert the danger. Therefore, to survive in the cruel nature, brute force alone is not enough, and sometimes the flexible brain is the key to victory. That's why people are at the top of the food chain.
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