Experience from an old breeder

The lion pride has its own hierarchical structure.

A typical lion pride generally consists of 1 to 6 adult male lions, 3 to 12 adult female lions, and several cubs.

The size of most lion prides is around 15 lions, although there are also large prides of 30 lions, and small prides of several lions are not uncommon, depending on the abundance of prey in the habitat.

There is even a Lion League such as the Bad Boys League, which is composed of 6 male lions.

The free combination situation is even better than that of wolves.

It is precisely because of the high social nature of lions that they are not so hostile to familiar faces that they often come into contact with.

If they are fed regularly, over time, they will treat humans as part of the pride. As long as they do not provoke humans intentionally or challenge the leader of the pride, it will be fine even if they are fighting.

In contrast, cheetahs also have a special social structure.

[Wait, do cheetahs live in groups? Why have I never heard of it? 】

[When I was a child, I watched Animal World, not counting the cheetah cubs, because they all lived alone.]

[Cheetahs actually live in groups, which shocked my mother for a whole year]

Many viewers were confused when Bi Fang talked about the gregarious nature of cheetahs.

In everyone's mind, wolves and lions live in groups, but when did cheetahs also live in groups?

The only memory I have is of cheetahs and their prey running wildly on the prairie. I have never seen an encirclement like a pack of wolves?

"Yes, but unlike the wolves and lions you see, the social nature of cheetahs is relatively loose."

Bi Fang confirmed his statement again.

"In cheetahs, females usually live alone and have no territorial behavior, but the social and territorial behavior of males varies greatly."

"They will form a permanent team of 2-4, and generally cheetah hunting team members are mostly brothers. However, if it is profitable, there will also be members who are not related by blood in the team, and stranger cheetahs will be accepted to join, especially in self-defense.

time, and work together to drive away other predators.”

"Not only that, even if a stranger cheetah meets a cheetah, they will look at each other and only fight if they don't like each other."

【What are you looking at?】

【What are you looking at?】

[Good guy, does this really exist? 】

"And cheetahs rarely have records of killing their own kind. Basically no cheetah will kill their own kind. This is very rare among big cats."

Compared to the pride of lions, which readily kills cubs left behind by other males, the cheetah's move is simply angelic.

They will not kill each other simply to defend their territory or protect food. Even courtship does not rely on violent fights to compete for mating rights.

[It’s so warm and oily, I cried to death]

【When will the cheetah be free】

[In your next life, remember to be reincarnated into the home of a person wearing a white cat head. Not only can you raise cheetahs, but you can also raise lions and tigers (dog heads)]

"Ultimately, it's because cheetahs have high hunting efficiency but are not very strong. They know that injuries will greatly reduce their hunting success rate."

"About cheetahs, there has been a saying in the public that 'if you fail to hunt three times, you will die.' I don't know if you have heard of it."

【what does it mean?】

【Have not heard.】

[The version I heard seems to be five times?]

[Holy crap, is this what I understand literally? 】

"Yes, that's the literal meaning. It means that if the cheetah fails to catch prey three times, its life will come to an end."

Hearing this, many viewers suddenly burst into an uproar.

Why is it that if you fail three times, you will die?

"Although this statement is a bit absolute, the reality is not much better, because while speed gives the cheetah an absolute advantage, it also creates huge safety hazards."

"Cheetahs can sprint at a speed of 112km/h, but most of the time, the speed they use when hunting is usually around 64km/h. Even so, cheetahs cannot run for a long time."

"Although they are fast, their endurance is very poor. Exercise will accumulate a lot of heat in their bodies. Once they cannot be discharged in time, their lives will be in danger. Therefore, cheetahs often have to stop and rest after a chase."

"In some documentaries, we often see hyenas robbing cheetahs of the prey they have worked so hard to capture, and the cheetahs show no signs of resistance. The reason behind this is because the cheetahs need to rest."

"After a cheetah has finished hunting, even if it catches the prey, it will not eat immediately. Instead, it will choose to rest for a while. This is because at that time, the cheetah is too tired to eat."

"Hyenas in the same habitat will often seize this opportunity and snatch away the cheetah's prey, while the cheetah can only stare and watch the prey being snatched away."

[Damn it, why are African second brothers everywhere?]

[Obviously he is so strong, but he still likes to steal other people’s things, and he has no martial ethics! 】

[This is natural, brother, who can tell you about martial ethics? The one who survives is the boss.]

"So scholars who study cheetahs have found that if a cheetah fails to hunt three times in a row, it may no longer have the strength to complete the next hunt, and its life becomes in danger."

The energy that the body can store is limited, and most of it is in fat. However, the cheetah's speed requirements prevent it from relying on fat to store large amounts of energy.

Three hunting times is the limit for the cheetah's energy to be completely exhausted. If it cannot be replenished by food after three times, death will eventually be waiting for it.

"The cheetah's hunting success rate is 58%. In theory, it only needs to hunt twice to succeed once."

"But the reality is very skinny. The cheetah has to face pressure from other competitors. Lions, leopards, spotted hyenas, brown hyenas, etc. on the grassland are all staring at it. The probability of being robbed is 10%."

"The survival of cheetahs is completely caught in the cracks, so cooperative hunting is a wise move for cheetahs."

In the African savannah, if you want to earn a place, you must either be strong enough or work together. Over the course of their long lives, cheetahs have gradually developed the habit of cooperative hunting.

When they go out to find prey, if several cheetahs meet, they will form an alliance for a short time and cooperate in hunting. After the prey is captured and eaten, they will quickly separate and live alone, and will cooperate together next time if there is a chance.

This situation is called "ephemeral clustering".

Cooperative hunting is undoubtedly a wise move. It not only saves energy to capture prey, but also prevents the prey from being snatched away by other competitors to a certain extent.

Therefore, it is easy to understand that cheetahs do not attack people. The reason why cheetahs do not attack people is because of their habits. They are afraid of fighting and do not like to "make trouble." They often leave a friendly and harmless impression in the social interactions between people and cheetahs.

They have the two advantages of feline subfamily and sociality at the same time, making them the most loved "cats".

Worldwide, there has never been an incident of a cheetah actively attacking a human.

In many African documentaries, you can see pictures of cheetahs coexisting peacefully with people, and some cheetahs will even take the initiative to run into sightseeing cars and have close contact with tourists.

While talking, Bifang stood up, came to the center of the cage and sat down.

Now the distance between the two sides is no longer the longest diagonal line, but the distance is directly folded in half.

This move immediately made Harley feel a little uneasy. The body that had just laid down after eating stood up again and kept turning in circles against the iron net.

"Cheetahs are very timid and will be scared away by the slightest movement."

"Because it does not have the size and weight advantages of predators such as lions and tigers. The cheetah sacrifices many of the abilities that cats should have for extreme speed."

"Most cheetahs have very upright and honest personalities, so they are often bullied by other predators. In addition, the survival rate of cubs is not high, and the number of cheetahs cannot be expanded. Coupled with serious poaching, the number of cheetahs has directly decreased.

The sudden decline is difficult to recover from.”

"You know, at the beginning of the 20th century, there were about 100,000 cheetahs in Africa; by 1975, zoologists counted again and found that there were only about 14,000 cheetahs left; and now, the number of cheetahs has increased.

That’s down by half from more than 40 years ago.”

"There are only about 7,000 cheetahs left in the wild."

"On the black market, cheetah cubs sell for very expensive prices, with each one costing more than 30,000 U.S. dollars. Just imagine, when you see a young, defenseless cub playing in the grass on the grassland, will you let go?

Have you passed?"

[To be honest, if I could use my hands to get 200,000, it’s really not certain (face covering)]

[I feel like those wealthy people in the Middle East have a lot of money.]

"Because cheetahs are relatives, humans have a long history of domesticating cheetahs. In 3000 BC, the Sumerians began to domesticate cheetahs."

"In ancient Egypt, cheetahs were a symbol of royal power and dignity. People domesticated cheetahs and kept them close to the Pharaoh, symbolizing the protection of the throne."

"People in ancient Egypt also believed that cheetahs could reincarnate the souls of dead pharaohs."

"It can be said that in history, those who could own a cheetah were either rich or noble. This may be one of the reasons why cheetahs are sought after by some wealthy people today - in order to show their identity and status."

[By the way, if you want to protect an endangered animal, can you relax the restrictions on their captivity and let them become pets of the public, so that they can be saved from the danger of extinction? 】

Bi Fang shook his head.

"This is what I said at the beginning, why the cheetah is not suitable to stay in the zoo? It is not because it is the king of speed and likes to gallop on the grassland. In fact, it is the nature of almost all animals to open their mouths and reach out when they want to eat."

"The fundamental reason is that it is extremely difficult for cheetahs to reproduce in captivity."

"According to ancient records, the Mughal Emperor Akbar of India raised a total of about 9,000 cheetahs during his more than 40 years in power, but only one litter of cheetah cubs was born."

The probability of breeding is one in several thousand. It can be imagined that breeding cheetahs in captivity is almost impossible.

"This is because cheetahs, like desert cats, fishing cats, and snow leopards, have poor adaptability to the environment. They are easily affected by environmental changes and do not reproduce."

"Even today, when science and technology are more developed and breeding techniques are more advanced, people still cannot achieve stable breeding of cheetahs under artificial conditions."

"So in zoos around the world, lions and tigers are easy to see, but cheetahs are very rare. There are only about 10 zoos in China that have cheetahs, and there is almost no news about the birth of cheetah cubs in zoos

.”

"That's why Harley must learn to hunt and return to the wild."
To be continued...