Is Chi You's mount really a panda? It was once a generation of war beasts, why has it been reduced to making a living by selling cuteness?

Is Chi You's mount really a panda? It was once a generation of war beasts, why has it been reduced to making a living by selling cuteness?

In ancient Chinese mythology, the battle between Yanhuang and Chi You was a big decisive battle with far-reaching influence. In this decisive battle, the tribes led by Emperor Yan and Huang Di won. Chi You retreated to the mountains in the southwest after being defeated. From then on, the Yan and Huang tribes began to thrive on the land of the Central Plains and created a splendid culture. It is said that in the battle of the deer, Huangdi’s mount was a flying dragon, while Chi You’s mount was an "iron-eater". After research, the "iron-eater" is our current giant panda. Is this really the case?

In some ancient books in Sichuan, pandas were once regarded as "iron-eaters". If understood literally, they are beasts that eat iron. In fact, the panda’s fighting power is very good. Its bite force ranks second in the bear family, and it is not inferior to the liger at the top of the cat family. Several wolves are only small in front of the panda. Supporting actor, such a beast that can clearly dominate the animal circle by its strength, but has to rely on its cuteness to make a living.

How did such a ferocious beast become a cute pet step by step? The main reason is that the area of ​​human activities is becoming wider and wider, the living environment of giant pandas is getting worse and worse, and the food is getting less and less. Finally, they have to switch their diets to plants to survive. Pandas lived on meat for two to three million years ago. Later, due to changes in the environment, food shortages made it difficult for those carnivorous pandas to survive and the number of races dropped sharply. Later, pandas could only eat bamboo to satisfy their hunger.

Due to evolution, the current giant pandas can’t actually taste the meat, so they don’t eat meat. Pandas eat bamboo to replenish very little energy. In order to keep their energy from being lost, giant pandas need to eat and sleep all day long, becoming the lazy state they are now. Although the giant panda was called the "iron-eater" in the early days, people gradually discovered that it was not ferocious. Later, through the continuous domestication of humans, the genes gradually changed from generation to generation, and the behemoth that once roared on the battlefield gradually became A cute pet for people to watch! Giant pandas were kept as royal pets during Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. During the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian also gave them as gifts to Japan.

Natural selection, survival of the fittest! I think that the species that existed with the giant panda back then were quite powerful, such as the saber-toothed tiger, but they all disappeared in the cloud of history. The giant panda can survive from a generation of war beasts to now live by selling cuteness. This race can continue and it is the greatest victory in itself! There are rumors that in the ancient times, the Yellow Emperor and Chi You made a promise to the giant panda before the battle: "You help me win the battle of Zhuolu, and I will protect your children and grandchildren forever!" As a result, Chi You, who is known as the god of war, is competing. The battle was defeated, but the giant panda, known as the iron-eater, enjoys peace forever! Today, giant pandas are even more respected by my country as a national treasure, and are loved and sought after by countries all over the world!