The high-rising Miaoling Mountains of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau are the watershed of the Yangtze River and Pearl River river basins in Guizhou. The mountains here are high and the roads are dangerous, the villages are remote, and there are relatively many wild animals. The Miao people living here have been in the habit of hunting since ancient times.
In Miaoling, there lives a kind of wild dog . The locals call it "Dog Biao". According to folklore, it is the guard dog of Erlang God. In the ancient song "The Miao Li Ci", there are many legends about "dog Biao" preying on jackals, wolves and other wild beasts.
01 A tiger's head, a snake's waist, a rat's tail, and the bristles on the face and mouth stand upright like steel needles
"Doubiao" has a tiger's head, a snake's waist, a rat's tail, elbows and feet, a hollow nose, red eyes and upright ears. Adult males are 35-40 cm tall and weigh 18-20 kg; females are 35-38 cm tall and weigh 15-18 kg.
Its head is thick and big, its forehead is wide and flat, it looks like a tiger's head, its mouth is square and flush, and its eye circles, mouth, nose and tongue are all pink.
This guy's eyes are small but bright, with thick eye hair, slightly sunken eyes, triangular shape, long eye lines, and bright eyes; his nose is big, his nostrils are also big, his nose is prominent, and the whole nose occupies the upper part of his upper body. The front two-thirds of the lip. The ears are small, the ear skin is thin, upright and triangular, the distance between the two ears is level with the skull, the ears are separated in line with the skull, and the base of the ears is high.
The chest is deep and round, the abdomen is small and the waist is flat, and the tail tip is upright. The limbs are strong, the soles of the feet are thick, the toes are moderately hooked, and the toes are stretched. They are good at running. What is particularly outstanding about
is that its hair is short and thin, mainly snow white. The hair is bright and white as jade, but the hair is very rough. The hair on the neck is slightly dense and long, and the hard hair on the face and mouth stands upright, feeling like steel needles, which is intimidating.
02 The sense of hearing is 16 times that of human beings, and the sense of smell is 40 times that of humans. It can distinguish thousands of smells.
Most of the "Dog Biao" wander among the mountains and ridges. They have poor vision, can't see far away, and have an effective field of vision of less than 50 meters. But its dark vision is very sensitive, and its ability to distinguish light and moving objects is still very strong. Even in weak light, you can see objects in front of you clearly, and in the dark night, you can also see prey within 10-20 meters.
Its hearing is very keen, about 16 times that of humans, and its sense of smell is more sensitive. Its olfactory cells are about 40 times that of humans. It is said that it can distinguish more than 1,000 kinds of odors. Even when walking, I smell as I go. I can smell various animal scents wherever I go. I can smell various animal scents in overgrown weeds and deep mountains and dense forests.
has a very strong ability to identify directions. Even if it travels 200-300 kilometers, with its sensitive sense of smell, it can go back along the way it came and find its home without ever getting lost.
03 On the hilltop occupied by "Dog Biao", companions are not allowed to come in. Once they meet, they will fight until they kill each other.
"Dog Biao" is also territorial like a tiger. As the saying goes, "One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers." The top of the mountain is its territory. No other "dog Biao" can come in. Once they find an intruder, they will fight fiercely until one party bites the other to death.
But the strange thing is that the domesticated "Dog Biao" understands human nature and has good understanding. Among all livestock, it is the most understanding of human nature. As we all know, although pigs, cows, horses, sheep and other animals are docile and can be manipulated by others, they can only understand a few spoken words.
But the domesticated "Dog Biao" is different. It can observe people's emotions, understand people's emotions, and can understand many people's words, such as: walking, sitting, getting up, going out, entering the house, going to the street, going up the mountain, and returning. They can basically understand commands such as home, come back, bite, sleep, drink, eat, back up, give way, etc.
Not only that, the domesticated "Dog Biao" is also loyal and obedient, can act according to the owner's intentions, and knows how to cooperate with the owner. It will also watch over the children at home, and when it sees strangers approaching the children or taking away items from the house, it will come forward to bark or even bite.
04 climbed several mountains in a row, caught up with a wild boar weighing more than 200 kilograms, and pounced on it and killed it alive.
"Dog Biao" has always been greedy, especially delicious. He never knows when he is full when he eats. He eats everything he can eat. My stomach is bloated and I still want to eat.
In the deep mountains and old forests, except for tigers and leopards, it is basically not afraid of other beasts, especially wild boars. Not only is it not afraid, it also loves to eat wild boars.
Once "Quin Biao" finds traces of wild boars, it first listens with its ears. Its two ears are close to the top of its head and upright, and its ear mouths are pointed forward to listen. After hearing the movement, it uses its nose to smell and carefully confirm the location of the wild boar. In this way, the sound of wild boars within a radius of 1-2 kilometers can be clearly distinguished. After
determined the specific location, he rushed up quickly. It ran extremely fast, had strong endurance and explosive power, and was born with a very powerful hunting ability.
But the wild boar ran very fast on the mountain, running from this mountainside to that mountainside, and even climbed over several mountains in a row. Therefore, in order to eat wild boar meat, it would take "Quin Biao" half a day to catch up.
When the "Dog Biao" caught up with the wild boar, he rushed forward and bit the wild boar's butt. After being thrown away by the wild boar, he rushed forward and bit him again. The attack was repeated until the wild boar weighing more than 200 kilograms was bitten to death.
