I think you shouldn't know you. The 60-year-old man in our village told me that magpies is the "naughty egg" among birds. Why do you say that?
In our country, magpies are already protected animals. Moreover, magpies have been known as mascot since ancient times, with signs of joy and the main witness of the well-known Chinese Valentine's allusion. But, such a good bird, why do the old man say this?
Then let’s first learn about the birth to death of magpies, and you will probably know the reason.
Magpie genus bird class Corian family, with a total of 10 subspecies, mainly distributed in Eurasian and North Africa and other regions. Magpies are omnivorous animals, mainly feeding on ant , locust , caterpillar , grasshoppers, corn, sorghum , wheat, etc.
The magpies weigh about 200 grams, their body length is about 50 cm. The feathers are mainly black, and there are also colors such as green, purple, and white.
Because it is an omnivorous animal, magpies have a strong adaptability and survival instinct. In addition, most of them are mainly group activities and are highly vigilant. Also, they have a strong sense of teamwork and adult magpies are very united.
In November of each year, magpies start to build nests. After about four months, magpies began to breed in March, with mild climate. Generally, a nest can lay 5 to 8 eggs. The hatching period is usually about 17 days, and the birds can get out of the nest in 30 days.
Why do you say that magpies are "naughty eggs"?
is mainly due to the magpie's smart mind, strong combat power, irritable personality and naughty mischievousness.
These are mainly reflected in:
1. Like humans, omnivorous can not only supplement various minerals and trace elements needed in the body, but also allow more even nutrition in the body. At the same time, increasing the source of food can prevent starvation from being unable to find food.
. Many birds have limited access to food because they are carnivorous or vegetarian. It may also be caused by changes in the natural environment such as weather, environmental impact, and starve to death due to food shortages. Choosing omnivores is also their cleverness.
2, Magpie is a crow family, so it is also a species of the same family as crows. Speaking of crows, maybe everyone is familiar with them. I think everyone is impressed by the allusion of crow drinking water . The protagonist of ours, magpies, are obviously much smarter than crows, and their IQ is among the best among birds.
Someone once did an experiment like this: hang a piece of meat on a bamboo pole with a rope for the bird to eat. Most birds fly directly over and bite the meat with their mouths. After many attempts failed, they chose to give up the piece of meat.
But the magpie is different. It flew over directly, then held the rope with its mouth, and then hooked the meat at the end with its claws, and the plan failed.
When the first failure failed, it did not choose to give up. Then it pressed the rope with its other claw and pulled it up little by little.
After a while, the meat was taken, and finally it started to eat beautifully. This is its IQ. As it turns out, it is true that it is still working with IQ. The harvest is easier and more effective than working with physical strength.
3. Other birds usually build nests with empty walls. However, magpies build nests, surrounded by branches, leaving only one entrance and exit on the side to prevent being captured and killed by other natural enemies.
and there is also a layer of weeds, leaves, feathers, etc. inside. It makes the home comfortable and relaxing, and is obviously a smart construction expert.
4, magpies are naughty and like to catch other animals. For example, from puppies, kittens, chickens, ducks, geese, etc. in the village, to some insects, or animals smaller than it. Take dogs as an example. They are often teased by magpies, but they cannot do anything to them. As a result, the dog was also troubled by the magpies and avoided it.
5, why is it said that magpies have a high IQ? I guess you didn’t expect that it is normal to see magpies fighting in their nests. It is often the case that magpies often appear because their nests are too small.
There is a magpies who grab other big nests of similar types and occupy them.This is interesting. It seems that the survival of the fittest is a natural choice for the fittest, and the theory of the strong is also suitable for the lives of small animals.
However, just like when they encounter strong enemies and foreign enemies, they will choose to join forces to keep warm and fight against invading enemies together. Listen, it seems a bit like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In normal times, neighbors can fight anyway, just like brothers, but when they encounter bullying from outsiders, they will unite to resist foreign enemies.
Because magpies have a strong team awareness, they have special guards and guards during their predation, and have strong combat power to attack the enemy.
So, if the invading enemy is too strong and is not an opponent when they join forces, what should I do? Magpie is so smart, so naturally she has measures to deal with it.
When the gap between the enemy and the Magpies coalition is too big, they will adopt the sparrow tactic. I think this method, do you have some impressions?
For example, when encountering a strong enemy, the magpies will send out alarm messages and call their friends in a squeaky manner. Then when enough friendly forces are united to arrive at the scene, they will be polite first and then soldiers.
For example, let’s take a prelude first, a group of magpies swear around the enemy and say some swear words: “You bad guy, why are you doing in our house? You dare not leave quickly. If you don’t leave, we will be rude to you. Get out quickly…”.
If the enemy knows how to escape at this time, then the Magpie United Army may not hold it responsible for its invasion.
If the enemy is not polite at this time, continues to act crazy or even do whatever he wants to do.
The magpies united army is not polite. You don’t want to drink it, and you have to drink it. As the saying goes, when a friend comes, he treats you well with wine, and when a wealthy wolf comes, he can only serve you hunting rifle .
Next, the Magpies United Army will set up a formation. As the old saying goes, it doesn’t matter whether the two armies fight or not, at least they have to look at it. You can’t lose anything, right? How can you not know this based on Magpie's IQ?
Finally, under the command of the United Army, the magpies surrounded by the enemy, began to launch a wheel battle attack.
Yes, it is a wheel battle attack, and it is a wheel battle from all directions, specializing in attacking the opponent's weaknesses, head, eyes, neck, butt, little lychee... pecking hard.
Finally, when he couldn't stand the wheel battle tactics and was so painful that he doubted his life, the enemy chose to throw away his helmet and get away with his armor.
In less than a hundred rounds, the enemy was defeated. If anyone else could not withstand this kind of despicable tactic. After a big battle, everything returned to peace. Generally, enemies who have been beaten by the Magpie Alliance dare not choose to cause trouble again.
You think, this kind of tactic is only talented, such as the social animals, lions, wild dogs, , hyena , wolves, etc., but magpies can do it. So, magpies are really in control of the IQ and strength of all birds.
has such a skill. Think about it, can beasts such as elephants eat magpies?
If you don’t believe it, let’s take a look at the species eagle.
eagle is a typical representative of hilarious prey in and is a second-class protected animal in my country. The most common ones in my country are goshawk , sparrow hawk and red-bellied hawk . Generally, eagles are carnivorous animals, mainly prey on mice, rabbits, snakes, chickens and birds.
The large eagles mainly hunt for deer, wolf, sheep, goat, etc.
Under normal circumstances, eagles are not very interested in comparative small animals, unless they cannot find food for too long. Or they had no choice but to hunt down very small animals. For example, small birds, sparrows, magpies, etc.
For example, why don’t beasts such as eagles eat magpies or small animals?
First: Eagles and other beasts need to consume a lot of physical energy during each hunting of food. If the physical energy consumed is not compared with the food obtained, they will not attack easily.
Second: Small birds such as magpies are very flexible. Compared with large eagles and other beasts, their mobility is too poor, which is very difficult to hunt small birds. Especially in open places, the advantage lies in the side of beasts such as eagles. If the space is small and not conducive to the eagles' display, the eagles will not choose to attack blindly.
Moreover, for birds like magpies with high IQ and more naughty, they are more flexible than beasts such as eagles. If they are not good, they will not be able to steal chickens and will also lose rice.
Don’t talk about how much damage the magpies will cause to them. Take them as the magpies’ counterattack. Due to the flexibility of their physical functions, they may cause the risk of hitting or touching other objects, causing injuries, etc., which is a very unfavorable deal.
Because beasts like eagles, if they are injured, they will be sentenced to death in later. If you are injured, you are unable to hunt again. If you fail to catch prey, it means you will starve and eventually you will even starve to death.
And it takes so much trouble and so much energy to catch a bird, it is not enough to plug the gap between the teeth and is not cost-effective. There is also the magpies' meat that has medicinal value, but its meat is not good and old and hard.
is mainly because magpies are omnivorous animals. Because they often eat carrion, there is also a fishy smell in their meat. Therefore, beasts such as eagles do not like to eat magpies' meat.
So, under normal circumstances, it is also a matter of the situation that animals such as eagles do not eat magpies.
is not that I can’t eat you, but that I don’t want to eat it because it doesn’t work much for me.
So, in this way, if the eagle and other beasts do not eat magpies, do you just say that magpies have no opponents? No, magpies also have natural enemies.
The natural enemies of magpies are:
1, humans.
Due to human living environment factors, it will more or less affect the living space of birds, so magpies are no exception.
2, cat.
Although sometimes magpies will tease cats, in most cases, magpies will pay the price of their lives under this curiosity and ignorance. As the saying goes, when you walk by the river all year round, how can you not get your shoes wet? That is a mistake that will bring eternal regret.
Because all the birds themselves are in the cat's recipes, no matter what you catch, you will eat them all, you are so willful.
3, peregrine .
Peregrine falcons are smaller than beasts such as eagles, but larger than magpies. The main thing is that the speed is 50~100 kilometers per hour. During diving, the highway can reach 300 kilometers, and the speed and flexibility are much higher than that of the magpies.
also has the sharp beak and claws of peregrine falcons, which can firmly hook prey. Moreover, peregrine falcons are less picky than magpies, and their flesh can fill their stomachs.
Therefore, under the strength of the peregrine falcon, the magpies' agility and flexibility and the advantages of group combat have disappeared.
4, snake.
Snakes have strong bird-catching ability. The main thing is that snakes can be elusive, not picking time, environment, or food. It's magpie egg or magpie. No matter whether it's delicious or not, it's fine.
Moreover, the snake's movement is very small, and magpies may not be able to discover it when they arrive at the bird's nest. This is also a major advantage for snakes to prey, so snakes are also one of the natural enemies of magpies.
Of course, although in most cases, eagles and other beasts will not choose to eat magpies, they will still eat magpies if they have no choice.
Do you think magpies are "naughty" birds? Do you like magpies? Tell me your point of view.
