Most "cat shovelers" who have raised cats know that once the back of the neck is pinched, the cat will curl up and become motionless, very well-behaved, and at the mercy of others.

Most "cat shovelers" who have raised cats know that once the back of the neck is pinched, the cat will curl up and become motionless, very well-behaved, and at the mercy of others.

Many pet stores use this feature of cats to clamp the back of the cat's neck with a clip to make it quiet, and then perform other operations such as insect removal and injection.

In fact, this characteristic of cats comes from the way female cats carry them. Cats have the habit of changing their nests. When the female cat gives birth, once the nest is exposed or used for a period of time, they will "move" to another nest. The way the female cat moves the cub is to hold the back of the cub with its mouth.

We all know that tigers are also a feline animal, and when transporting cubs, female tigers also use the method of holding the back of their necks. So is the back neck also a tiger's weakness? As long as you are pinched, will you become as obedient as a cat and at the mercy of others?

For example, there is a description in the incident " Wu Song Fighting Tiger ", which roughly means that after Wu Song throws away the broken stick, he grabs the tiger's top flower skin with one hand and presses it to the ground to beat it.

's behavior makes people wonder, did Wu Song accidentally catch the tiger's neck, and then the tiger becomes obedient and let Wu Song fight?

Pin-induced behavior inhibition

Pin-the cat's neck will curl up and become very quiet. This phenomenon has a special term in academics to describe it, called "pin-induced behavior inhibition".

This is a conditioned reflex formed by the acquired life . It is not innate, but in the acquired life, this conditioned reflex is formed due to certain reasons.

Theoretically, "pinching behavioral inhibition induced by pinching" will appear on all animals that use the "back of the neck" to carry the cubs, of course, including tigers.

In addition, there are honey badger , leopard , lion, etc., while pigs, monkeys, etc. do not use this method to transport young animals. No matter how you pinch their necks, this phenomenon will not occur.

Another phenomenon is very similar to "pinching behavioral inhibition induced by pinching", that is, the fake death of animals.

For example, in some animal hypnosis performances, after performers fiddled with them, the animals became very stiff and lying on the ground as if they had died. This phenomenon is called "tonic stillness" .

is different from "pinching behavioral inhibition" in that it is inherently static, and animals in nature try to use this kind of fake death to deceive natural enemies. The way to awaken them is also very simple, just create some movement.

The feeling of the body

Return to the topic. The tiger does use the "neck-back" method to transport the cubs. So does it mean that if the tiger's neck is pinched, it will curl up and become quiet? In fact, it is not necessarily true, because "pinching behavioral inhibition induced by pinching" is greatly affected by the ontology's feelings.

Some Japanese neurologists conducted related experiments in 2013. The experimenter found some mice, then anesthetized some mice at the back of their necks, and then pinched them and lifted them up.

found that compared with the control group, the effect of these mice after being pinched the back of the neck was greatly weakened.

Earlier, Professor Buffington of Hoh State University also conducted related experiments in 2008. He found 31 cats of different ages and genders, and then clamped their necks with clips to record the experimental phenomena.

Professor Buffinton found that about 67% of cats had "pinch-induced behavioral inhibition", and the younger the cats, the more obvious they were.

experiments have proved that whether animals will have this phenomenon is related to factors such as ontology and age. The stronger the feeling and the younger the age, the greater the probability of this phenomenon .

When the little tiger is held on the back of the neck and lifted it up, it will indeed curl up and become very quiet.However, 's "pinching behavioral inhibition induced by pinching" will weaken with time, and even disappear with , so no one can guarantee whether the tiger will still retain this conditioned reflex after adulthood.

The time when the female tiger will hold the little tiger, it was just the time when they were two or three months old, very short, so it is not impossible for them to fade this feeling when they become adults, and even completely forget it.

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