Whenever winter comes, Big Goose becomes a favorite of everyone again, after all, it "warm the stomach and resists hunger". However, before being served on the dining table by people, the big goose was still very arrogant. It can even be said that it was not afraid of the world. Not only would it chase people with its neck, but it would not even take carnivores several times larger than it.
The combat power of the big goose should not be underestimated
Previously, someone filmed a video of the big goose chasing a tiger in the zoo, which made everyone sigh that this guy is really powerful.
So, why are many animals afraid of geese? Some people say that there are no snakes in places where there are geese. Is it true?
"invincible" big goose
As a herbivores, the goose itself is at the bottom of the food chain. And after the goose meat is mild in nature and sweet in taste, and has the effects of nourishing qi and replenishing deficiency, and quenching thirst, it has completely become a common meat in human daily diet.
Goose meat is a common edible meat in life
Of course, goose can not only provide meat, but its feathers and eggs can be used by people, so we can not only easily "eat more for one goose", but also "use more for one goose". In this case, people began to raise geese on a large scale. According to statistics, 700 million geese in are slaughtered for people to eat every year.
Judging from the ending of the goose, it is more like a "little white flower" at slaughter, but in fact, the true face of the big goose is beyond your imagination. This guy has never known that he is a "weak herbivores". When he was alive, he dared to beat anyone who met , and he was not at all nervous.
I believe many people were chased by big goose raised in the yard of grandparents when they were young. In terms of combat effectiveness, this guy is even the most fierce among the "Three Rural Hegemons". . I don’t know how many big geese have left indelible scars on the children’s fragile hearts.
The three "bully" in the countryside
Of course, it is precisely because the goose is very alert and has a certain degree of aggressiveness that sometimes people even take it to the home to protect the hospital . The Tacheng area of Xinjiang even organized a special " goose defense force ", and every big goose in the team has an organization.
According to existing news reports, the goose beat the college student who swims in the river and also fought with the eagle near the water. Judging from the battle situation between the two sides, the goose stepped on the eagle into the water and took advantage of the eagle's shortcomings that he could not swim and successfully took it down.
Geese are not inferior in the fight with eagles
In addition, geese living in zoos are not afraid of some large predators, such as They will chase tigers with their necks , and the tigers who don’t know the truth "run away with their heads". The scene is really funny.
It should be noted that although the big goose has the momentum of a "victory general", if a large carnivore reacts and uses sharp fangs and claws to attack them, the goose has no chance of winning. It can only be said that they rely on the courage of brainless charge to scare away many animals.
So, why is the big goose so fierce?
Why are the big goose so fierce?
Why is the big goose so fierce?
In fact, the source of the big goose's loneliness is related to its ancestors and the special structure of its eyes.
First, let’s take a look at the ancestors of the goose. According to a report released by Xinhuanet in March 2022, Chinese and Japanese scholars in conducted cooperative archaeological research to explore the origin of geese.
The research results show that in Hemudu site 7,000 years ago, many geese bones have been unearthed, up to 232.
excavation location of bone samples used in this study
Researcher at the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology who participated in this study Sun Guoping believes that these remains should be the "garbage" left by ancient humans after eating geese.
. In subsequent research, they compared the various isotopes in the remains of these geese and found that they were very similar. From this, it was judged that these geese should be in captivity.
vs. isotopes in geese remains
, and as geese japonica , based on the above conclusions, they appeared far earlier than we imagined, after all, they were domesticated by humans from wild geese.
Because of this, the blood of geese actually retains the wildness of many geese, which makes them look extremely ferocious.
Next, let’s take a look at the eye structure of the goose. This guy's eyes are like an convex lens , which successfully presents the originally large creature in a smaller shape in the eyes of the goose. In this case, the goose will naturally not feel afraid. After all, when an elephant weighing several tons becomes the same size as " ant " in our eyes, everyone should not feel afraid.
Objects will appear smaller in the eyes of big goose
Generally speaking, big goose has become a representative of low status in nature but "courageous". Many times, some animals can be fooled by the "fox-fake-fake power" of the big goose and run around by it. Of course, if the meat is really bitten by a big goose and "twist it around" it will also be very painful.
After talking about these big goose's achievements, let's take a look at the grudges between it and the snake. Let's see why some people say that there are no snakes in places with geese?
Why are there no snakes in places where there are geese?
For this, many people are the first to think of that geese can "peck" snakes. Theoretically, this is true, but snakes also have their own weapons of destruction, so they still have the ability to fight with the geese, and they are not afraid to walk around the geese.
Snakes themselves have their own attack methods
The reason why snakes avoid geese is because they don’t like goose feces.
According to the data, there are often a large number of Cryptosporidium in the feces of goose. Cryptosporidium was discovered in 1907, and after that, many of its varieties were discovered one after another.
Currently, the effective species of Cryptosporidium is 16 . Only one that can work on snakes is the " Cryptosporidium " that parasitizes in its stomach.
Cryptosporidium is widely present in vertebrates
It is worth mentioning that studies have also shown that snakes can infect multiple Cryptosporidium species or genotypes, and even have a relationship between and co-evolution with Cryptosporidium infected with humans. After this Cryptosporidium enters the snake's body, will swell the middle of its body, causing symptoms such as vomiting and anorexia, and the mortality rate is relatively high.
According to the report "Crystal Snake Infected with Crystal Sporidia" published by Guangzhou Zoo , a report published by the journal "Hyperus 1 Guangdong Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science and Technology" by . Only one of the three snakes parasitized by Crystal Sporidia survived after long-term treatment.
After its own kind of person was discovered to be tortured to death by Cryptosporidium, snakes often pay special attention to the range of movement of goose. In order to avoid accidental infection, not only do not want to deal with geese, but even the geese's territory despise . Therefore, there is the saying that "where there are geese, there are no snakes."
The "grudge" between the snake and the goose is in the feces
Of course, when the living environment is further compressed, or when it is extremely hungry, the snake will still rush into the goose's territory and try to "hun". Especially for larger pythons or snakes with venomous fangs, their combat effectiveness is often higher than that of gooses. Although they may suffer minor injuries during the fight, it is still easy to defeat the goose.
However, if they accidentally get infected with Cryptosporidium snake during fighting and eating, they can only ask for more blessings. After all, corn snake , which is carefully cared for by humans, is difficult to overcome the difficulties, and snakes that survive in the wild are even more unlikely to rely on their own "resistance" to achieve self-healing.
Snakes living in the wild will find it difficult to heal themselves once infected
It can be seen that sometimes wild animals really face a "dilemma" situation. If they don't eat, they will starve to death. If they eat, they may be infected to death. It is really difficult to live.
It is worth mentioning that snakes avoid geese because of Cryptosporidium, but they have brought great convenience to humans . Because compared to the geese kept in captivity, we are more afraid of snakes and wish they were farther away from where we live, and raising some geese can sometimes achieve the effect of "snake prevention".
Going geese can indeed have a certain "snake prevention" effect
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-