After hundreds of millions of years of survival of the fittest, almost every existing species has its own unique survival skills.
Some have sharp teeth, some have huge bodies, and some have an otherworldly camouflage ability. Interestingly, no matter how powerful these species are, in the face of humans, either choose well water not to violate the river water, or choose to surrender.
Some time ago, several donkey friends in the Aksu region of Xinjiang accidentally found an extremely cute mouse. For rats, we have long been commonplace in life. Its omnipotent nature gives ordinary people a headache.
The official warehouse rat is as big as a bucket, and when he sees people opening a position, he does not leave, using this sentence to describe the pain point that is enough to poke everyone. But the mouse discovered by the donkey friends seems to completely subvert our impression of rats.
In fact, the rats found by the donkey friends this time are not rats in the traditional sense. It is a jerboa that is about to face genocide and is also an endangered and protected animal in China. There are many branches in the large family of rats, and the jerboa is one of the most unique.
Usually, jerboas have extremely strong hind limbs and move in a different way than ordinary mice, jumping around like kangaroos.
According to relevant data, the current known jerboa is divided into three species, and the donkey friends found in the Aksu region this time is a very rare species, called the three-toed cardiocranial jerboa.
Some people on the Internet commented on the three-toed cardiocranial jerboa after watching the video, like a moving mouse, in fact, this description is extremely appropriate. The three-toed cardiocranial jerboa is only the size of peanut rice at birth, and its hind limbs have only three fingers, so it is called a three-toed cardiocranial jerbocular. As an adult, the body length does not exceed sixty millimeters, which is very close to the size of the mouse.
Today, the population of three-toed cardiocranial jerboas has decreased dramatically and is on the verge of extinction. The main reason for this situation is, on the one hand, because the ecological environment is constantly being destroyed, and the activity space of the three-toed cardiocranial jerboa is getting smaller and smaller, basically concentrated in the desert area or the Gobi Desert, on the other hand, because the three-toed cardiodial jerboa itself is too competitive in nature.
In general, the life span of the three-toed cardiocranial jerboa is very short, and it takes only more than two years from the birth of a juvenile mouse to its death. Not to mention the short life expectancy, the fertility rate is still extremely low. Under normal circumstances, the three-toed cardiocranial jerboa has only one child a year, although the number of one litter is quite large, but the survival rate is extremely low.
The reason, of course, is very simple, the newborn three-toed cardiovascular jerboa, only peanuts and rice grains, there are many natural enemies in nature. Most commonly, ferrets can easily swallow several three-toed cranial juveniles.
In addition, the work and rest habits of the three-toed cardiocranial jerboa also bring great challenges to its survival. Similar to other mammals, the three-toed cardiocranial jerbord has a habit of hibernating.
Under normal circumstances, in the summer and autumn, the three-toed cardiomy jerboa will hunt frantically, storing all its energy on its tail. The tail length of the three-toed cardiocranial jerboa is almost twice the length of the body, which allows them to provide energy for the whole body during hibernation.
Unlike other mammals, the three-toed cardiovascular jerbocular rat wakes up every once in a while during hibernation, on the one hand for excretion and on the other hand, for energy replenishment. It is precisely because of this risky move that the three-toed cardiomy jerboc that has awakened is easily attacked by other animals.
In fact, this is not the case. The three-toed cardiodial jerboa can survive in nature until now, and it has some hard skills in itself. For example, the three-toed cardiocranial jerboa moves so fast that it is impossible for ordinary animals in nature to catch them. Secondly, its sense of hearing, smell and vision is extremely sharp, which can help them avoid danger during hunting.
In addition to the three-toed cardiodial jerboa, there is also a long-eared jerboa in the entire large family of jerboks. The biggest feature of this jerboa is that the ears occupy almost half of the body, and the hind limbs are more developed than the three-toed cardial jerbocular, and they will move more quickly.
The long-eared jerboa is about eight to ten centimeters in adult size, and the mobile space is much larger than that of the three-toed cardiocranial jerboa. However, in some countries, the long-eared jerboa, like the average rat, can wreak havoc on food.
There is also a five-toed cardiodial jerboa, as the name suggests, the hind limbs have five fingers, which is much larger than the three-toed cardiocranial jerboa.
Usually, the five-toed cardiodial jerboa, the adult size of about thirteen to fifteen centimeters, this size is not much different from the size of the mice we generally see, and it also has a strong destructive force on crops. Although the number of five-toed cranial jerboas will be higher than the number of three-toed cranial jerbores, it is also a protected animal.
This time, the three-toed cardiovascular jerboa discovered by the donkey friends, with its cute appearance, instantly captured a large number of fans on the Internet. Soon many friends came up with an idea in their minds, if you can raise a three-toed cranial jerboa as a pet, it may bring a lot of fun to your life.
However, I advise everyone to dispel this idea as soon as possible, because the three-toed cardiomy franulum belongs to the national protected animal and will make you face legal sanctions. Another point is the three-toed cardiovascular jerboa, although the appearance is relatively cute, its body contains as many bacteria as the average mouse, the most common virus is monkeypox.
Monkeypox originated in the rainforests of West Africa and has since spread today and is now present across the globe, and their carrier is usually a jerboa. Unfortunately, with the current medical means, there is still no appropriate treatment for monkey pox, so don't look at the three-toed cardiocranio jerboc is more cute, and its own harm is not small at all.