In Northeast my country, when describing a person with a rib or unresponsiveness, he will always jokingly say: "You are really a silly roe deer!"
Roe deer is one of the more common wild animals in the northeast forest area of . It is one of the four major "sacred beasts" in the Northeast. Some people call it a dwarf deer, some call it a wild sheep, and some people call it a roe deer. However, most Northeast people call it "silly roe deer".
Roe deer is actually a species of deer widely distributed in northern Eurasia. Its scientific name is dwarf deer. It belongs to the artiodactylidae ruminant . There are three northeast, northwest and Tianshan in our country The subspecies mainly inhabit the broad-leaved mixed forest or coniferous and broad-leaved forest on the foothills.
In the impression of many people, the IQ of roe deer is really worrying, and they are even "stupid to cry" and "stupid to heartbreaking" for them. So, is the roe deer, one of the four great beasts of in the northeast, , really as "stupid" in the rumors?
How "stupid" is a silly roe deer?
Roe deer is a herbivore. The color of the whole body is grass-yellow. Only the tail has white hair. It looks full of joy! The most obvious difference between a male roe deer and a female roe deer is whether there are horns on the head. The horns on the top of the head are male roe deer, and the hornless roe deer are female roe deer.
Roe deer is agile by nature and runs fast. At the same time, he is also a "long jumper" in the animal world. Why is it that people are given the nickname "silly roe deer"?
- Stupid one: "Let me see what happened?"
From the perspective of people, roe deer seems to be naturally very curious. When other animals are in danger,Usually runs immediately without a trace.
Even though the silly roe deer will run desperately, but after running for a while, he can't help but stop and take a look, and even ran back to find out what happened: "What happened?", "What happened just now? What's the matter?"
Experienced hunters generally don’t chase a roe deer that runs away. They only need to lie in ambush, because the silly roe deer will “survey the net” soon. The roe deer, who was able to escape the predicament, ended up shooting his life at the gun.
- Fool two: "Dare to fight the car!"
The roe deer is not afraid of people. Not only does he stop running when he sees people, he stops and ponders it even when he touches a car. In danger or being hit to death, just follow the lights and run in front of the car, seeming to be driving the road by the bright light.
In people's eyes, this is a typical "a tendon" that puts oneself in danger foolishly.
In fact, roe deer especially like to go out at dawn or in the evening. This kind of "ignorant and fearless" behavior also greatly increases their chances of encountering a car accident.
- Stupid three: "If you bury your head in the snow, humans can't see me"
It is said that when a roe deer is chased by a hunter in winter, he will bury his head in the snow when he runs and thinks so. It won't be discovered. In the end, the hunter effortlessly "picked up" the roe deer in the snow. In people's eyes, this action was simply a worrying IQ.
Other people have observed such a phenomenon,After a roe deer is frightened, the white hair on the tail will instantly turn up or explode, and then think about whether to run away. Many people call out: "I was so stupid to cry by the poor stupid roe!"
Some friends even questioned: Nature survives the fittest, and the roe deer are so stupid that they are not extinct? On the contrary, it is the most widely distributed and considerable number of species in the deer family?
How stupid to live until now?
How did the silly roe deer survive this cruel living environment? In fact, these "stupid" that humans think behind represent the survival strategy of roe deer.
Roe deer mainly inhabits hillsides with rich vegetation. There are usually some fixed places for activities. Whether it is resting or foraging, they will move in a small area.
Like most herbivores, roe deer is born with sensitive hearing, sight and smell, but in the food chain, it still faces many deadly natural enemies, such as tigers, leopards, gray wolf , lynx and so on.
The weak eat the strong, the fittest survive! If a roe deer wants to occupy a place in nature, it must be vigilant at all times. When a roe deer encounters danger or disturbance during foraging, the first reaction of a roe deer must be to escape.
Roe deer has excellent running ability. 's natural enemies are like wolves or African wild dog and other predators. Seeing the timing is wrong, they will not chase after them, but are more inclined to choose other targets.
Therefore,After escaping a certain distance, the roe deer will stop to observe the situation, and after confirming that the "alarm" is lifted, they will continue to return to their original habitat.
However, the habit of "going back" is interpreted as a curiosity, which is a stupid behavior in the eyes of humans.
Some experienced hunters believe that roe deer is better to catch in winter. In fact, this is also related to the roe deer's foraging habits. Not only is there a shortage of food in winter, but the thick snow also limits the roe deer's ability to escape.
Its natural enemies will give up once they can’t hunt successfully in a short period of time, while cruel hunters will often chase the roe deer exhausted, hungry and cold, the roe deer will be chased to death, and in the end they can only compromise. , Fell into the snow and couldn't move.
In fact, this is not the "stupid" roe deer, but the hunter is too cruel.
As for the "explosion" of the white hair on the tail of the roe deer, although zoologists are not yet very clear about the specific role, it will not be a "stupid" performance as people imagine, more after being threatened. It's a natural reaction.
There is also an explanation called the "escape strategy" of roe deer. In the dense jungle, the white hair of the tail will cause the predator's attention to be distracted, and it can also issue warnings to the same kind.
Roe deer is not "silly" at all
Roe deer is not "silly" at all. It is very adaptable to the environment, relying on its own ability to survive and multiply in the cruel competition of nature.
In the deer family, the reproduction of roe deer is somewhat unusual. Their gestation period is as long as 10 months, which is the longest of all deer.Roe deer usually mates around July to August. In the harsh winter, the female roe deer needs to be pregnant to survive the cold winter.
In order to resist the harsh living environment in winter, the blastocyst of roe deer basically stopped development before the end of December, until the ice and snow melted and everything recovered in early January of the following year, with abundant food sources and blastocyst development It has just entered a period of prosperity.
This peculiar habit is a manifestation of roe deer constantly adapting to the natural environment during the evolutionary years.
However, humans are higher creatures, and the speed of animal evolution is far behind the development of human science and technology, and there is no animal that can compare in terms of IQ. It is often subjective to interpret some behaviors and habits of animals only from the perspective of humans.
Nowadays, due to the destruction of the ecological environment such as man-made hunting and forests, the survival situation of wild roe deer is gradually being threatened. At present, roe deer has been listed in the national three protected animals .
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