Recently, a foreign research team discovered such a wonderful scene: the Bolivian river dolphin can actually play happily with the python in the water. This scene has caused a lot of discussion on the Internet. After all, it is not common for two animals of different species to make friends. , let alone wild animals, and although these two animals are not ferocious beasts, they are not considered docile and friendly in people's general impression. Such a cross-species friendship makes people canât help but ask: How did the pufferfish develop a friendship with the python? What are they playing at? The old rules, like and follow, the curator will take all readers to learn the latest information!
First we need to introduce pufferfish. When many people hear pufferfish, their first thought is that it is a small, round fish that is delicious, expensive, and highly poisonous and needs to be handled by professionals. Because they do not move very fast, pufferfish often bulge their bodies when encountering enemies to encourage them to give up hunting. Some species of pufferfish also have a dense layer of thorns on their bodies. Even the most ferocious hunter has to think about whether to stab them. Mouth.
However, the pufferfish here is not the pufferfish we often call, but an animal similar to dolphins that lives in fresh water. Various freshwater dolphins are not closely related to each other. The name pufferfish is more of a collective name for cetaceans that live in fresh water. They generally have round and bulging foreheads and have highly developed echolocation functions. They look naive, but they have two rows of sharp fangs in their mouths. The Bolivian river dolphin in this news is the largest freshwater dolphin in the world. It can be up to 2.8 meters long. It has a soft body and is homologous to dolphins.
Due to Bolivia mineral collection and industrial construction, as well as overfishing and other environmental damage, the Bolivian river dolphin has become an endangered species and is protected by Bolivian legislation. The Bolivian government also declared the Bolivian river dolphin a national treasure of the country. However, due to their rarity, it is not easy to find Bolivian river dolphins in the wild. It wasn't just the pufferfish that shocked scientists, but also the pythons that played with it.
Although snakes can indeed go into the water, they are semi-aquatic animals. They need to hold their breath to go into the water and cannot stay in the water for a long time. Playing with the Bolivian river dolphin is a Beni python, also known as the Livia anaconda. It usually lives in muddy swamps and is three to four meters long. It is very strong and is the native top predator . The Bolivian puffer fish mainly eats smaller aquatic animals such as fish and crabs. Although the Beni python is a predator, it will not consider eating large animals, so this situation should not regard predation as play.
So why do these two species fool around together?
Some scientists have put forward this hypothesis: the Beni python may be injured, and the young Bolivian pufferfish is very lively and a complete naughty boy. Maybe when the Bolivian pufferfish brought the python into the water out of curiosity, the python was injured. I didn't want to resist, which led to such a scene. But the scientist then discovered something even more unusual in more live photos, that is, the Bolivian river dolphin was sexually stimulated. This situation is not without precedent in cetaceans. Dolphins once used shells as toys to produce sexual pleasure through friction.
This time the python and the puffer fish appeared playing. It may be because the Beni python entangled the Bolivian pufferfish, which also triggered the latter's sexual stimulation, causing the Bolivian pufferfish to feel pleasure. The Bolivian pufferfish misunderstood this happiness. , felt that the python wanted to play with him, so he took the python to play in the water. Many people have questions. If the python is brought into the water and treated like this by the Bolivian river dolphin, will it not resist and strangle the Bolivian river dolphin to death?
Why doesnât it strangle the Bolivian puffer fish?
There is no need to worry, because after all, the Bolivian river dolphin is a relatively large animal and its body is very soft. It is difficult to kill the Beni python by fighting alone. What's more, this is the territory of the Bolivian river dolphin, and the python still has a lot of worries when it comes to the water. However, this is a pain for the python.After all, dolphins are known as the Teddy of the Sea, and the behavior of puffer fish is equally excessive. The photo also shows the exposed reproductive organs of a Bolivian river dolphin playing with an anaconda.
During this process, the energetic Bolivian pufferfish even tried to insert its genitals into the Beni python. What some viewers may not know is that some pythons will become toys for more than one Bolivian pufferfish. The most unfortunate thing is that if you play in the water for too long, or if the puffer fish dives into the water with the giant python for a long time, the consequences of waiting for the giant python will undoubtedly be death.
Scientists were also surprised by the actual situation of Bolivian river dolphins playing with Beni pythons. Indeed, to humans, what the pufferfish does is considered "abnormal", and the same is probably true for pythons, but in the eyes of the pufferfish, it is the habit of this species. I have to say that cetaceans are very smart creatures and often show kindness to humans. However, no matter what kind of animal it is, you must protect yourself when you go out. If we encounter dolphins, we must also pay attention to this habit. oh.
