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."
"Actually, the reason why humans cannot domesticate cheetahs is not because they have bad personalities, but simply because they cannot reproduce. If this problem can be solved, cheetahs can definitely become more successfully domesticated animals than cats, second only to dogs. Alas, it's a pity.
"
Bi Fang thought about this and sighed.
Harley on the side walked around Bifang for a long time, and saw that the other person was just sitting. Finally, he seemed to feel a little bored and lay down again.
Seeing this, Bi Fang smiled.
It only took him less than a day and a half to successfully close the safe distance between the two parties to less than ten meters. This is definitely news worth celebrating.
Bi Fang was confident that he would be able to pick up this big cat within three days.
Next, Bi Fang greeted a drone.
"Come on, let's not pause the live broadcast today. I will take you to meet a staff member who has worked here for more than 20 years and let him tell you about the attitude of lions, tigers, cheetahs, and leopards towards their owners.
Let’s see if the cheetah is the closest relative.”
[Good guy, practice brings true knowledge! 】
[Awesome, Fang Shen can also combine practice with theory. 】
"His name is Zach Sitz Barry. He used to work in the zoo. He was responsible for almost all the animal raising work in the entire conservation center. I also met him while wandering here these two days."
Then Bi Fang found a staff member who was feeding the lions under the gaze of the audience.
This staff member looked quite old, and half of his beard was white. When he saw Bi Fang's arrival, he threw the piece of meat in his hand over the iron fence and greeted him warmly.
The lion inside the iron fence took the piece of meat and began to bite it directly on the spot.
Bi Fang glanced twice and directly stated his intention.
"Oh, that's it." Barry lifted his peaked cap and laughed, "Then you have come to the right person for this question. I have raised tigers, lions, bears, leopards, raptors, and canines.
Especially when I was working in the zoo, I was able to come into contact with animals not only from Africa, but from all over the world, and there were quite a lot of them.”
"So where do we start?"
"Let's talk about tiger first."
"Well, if tigers are raised from an early age, their average level of ferocity to humans will be higher than that of lions, because they are solitary animals and generally do not have close relatives."
"But if you raise them every day, you can hug them and kiss them every day. But no one in our zoo raises them like that. They are just a bunch of babies waiting to be fed. We don't have time to look at the little ones every day."
"Only a few individuals are well-behaved, and that's a minority. Most of them don't like to talk to people. You can't be sure when it will suddenly attack you. A three-month-old tiger can already cause serious harm to people.
"
"When a 4-month-old tiger cub eats meat, as long as you reach out your hand to grab the meat, 80% of the tigers will bite you."
"Of course, there are a few individual tigers that are gentler. I used to raise a tiger named Qiqi. She was very gentle. When I put my hand in her mouth when eating, she wouldn't bite her. She would just walk away silently. I would touch her.
On the soles of her feet, the most she could do was hit me with her tail a few times or turn around to scare me."
"In general, I have raised more than 10 tigers in total. Among these 10 tigers, I am sure that only 6 will not attack me."
"What about the lion?"
"Lions are safer to humans than tigers to some extent. They are social animals and you can become one of them."
"But ligers and tigers are cats after all. The intelligence of cats is far inferior to that of dogs and bears. You can't guarantee that one day they will go crazy and hit you."
"But generally speaking, lions are safer than tigers, especially female lions, which can be touched. A few male lions have very bad tempers and are more ferocious and violent than tigers. Some of them have good relationships with people and will even take the initiative to rub their heads.
You then fell to the ground and let you touch him."
"You can touch some of the lions I raise with confidence. I generally don't tease male lions because they have such bad tempers."
"In the eyes of a lion, the owner who raised it from childhood to adulthood may be a standing lion."
Hearing this, the audience couldn't help but laugh.
"What about the leopard?"
"Leopard?"
Barry seemed to recall a bad memory, and then shook his head repeatedly, making the audience curious.
"It is almost impossible for leopards to have relatives. This kind of animal has an extremely unstable personality. Even if it is raised from a young age, it is extremely dangerous."
"They are more dangerous than ligers, that is, they are smaller and less intimidating than ligers. If a leopard had the size of a liger, it would be terrible."
"Their personalities are extremely violent and neurotic, and they are very hostile to people."
"You can search in India. Leopards often sneak into villages to attack livestock and humans. These things behave very erratically. I have raised several leopards for more than a year, and they will not let me get too close. They are very strange.
It's easy to attack people. If you make a move that threatens the leopard, it will immediately explode its fur."
"At first I thought I had done something wrong, so I consulted several breeders. They told me that the leopard's character is just like this, very unstable."
"Maybe it's the nervousness caused by being bullied by ligers, tigers and hyenas all the time. No one looks like a good person."
"In the eyes of a leopard, there are no friends, only enemies and food."
"After raising a tiger or a lion, I can kiss him on the cheek. But it's absolutely impossible for a leopard. I won't kiss him on the cheek anyway."
"Even if it is raised from an early age, it is basically useless. Unless the teeth are extracted and sterilized, it may be better. Don't even think about raising it normally."
[Good guy, are leopards so ferocious? 】
[Neurotic, this description scares me a bit]
[No wonder I’ve never seen rich people in the Middle East raising leopards. They are also afraid of emotions, hahaha]
"What about the bear?"
"Well" Barry pondered for a moment, "As far as bears are concerned, they have very high intelligence."
"The black bears and brown bears I raise can turn on the faucet to drink water by themselves, and they can also drag the trough to the feeding area. When eating, I can feed a few smarter bears with my hands, and they know not to bite my hands."
"In short, it is not a question of whether they are close relatives or not, but that they are very intelligent and can accurately distinguish between keepers and other personnel."
"But one thing is that bears have basically no vision. They are blind. They only have a strong sense of smell and hearing, especially the sense of smell. They can smell whether they are their keepers."
"And please note that you should never put your hand into the cage to feed the bears in the zoo. No, it should be said that this is not allowed for all animals."
"Many stupid bears can't tell whether it's your hand or the food. Maybe they'll just chew your hand."
"If you raise a bear from a young age, a bear is definitely better than a tiger because the bear itself is highly intelligent. Personally, I feel that it is similar to raising a lioness from a young age."
"But bears are particularly violent and aggressive during estrus."
"In general, if bears are raised from an early age, they can theoretically be kept well-behaved. After all, the bear family is closely related to the canine family."
"If I have to say which one is docile, I personally feel that brown bears are slightly more docile than black bears, just a little bit."
"Besides, bears are extremely intelligent and often steal food from people. Therefore, bears are a very threatening creature to humans. Don't touch them just because you think they are chubby."
"What about the last cheetah?"
Bi Fang finally asked about the cheetah, which was also the ultimate goal of this topic.
"Ha, cheetah, compared to the ones above, it's just an elf."
Barry laughed.
"I think they are similar to cats. They are ambitious, but not much. If they are comparable, they are not as good as dogs. They are probably similar to tamed wolves."
"Wolves are very sensitive and emotional animals. One of the wolves I raised in the past had a big fat man who was rejected by the wolves and became depressed and his tail was bald."
"I played with it every day to get better. Finally, I reshuffled the pack of wolves and mixed them together again."
"If a wolf is raised from a young age, its intimacy is similar to that of a dog, but its obedience is far lower than that of a dog. After all, dogs have been domesticated, but wolves have not yet been domesticated."
"If you don't raise them from a young age, wolves are very afraid of people and can be aggressive. They will get better if you raise them for a long time, so I think cheetahs and wolves are pretty much the same."
"In the eyes of a wolf, the person who raised it from an early age is a real standing old wolf, and the two of them are like clams on a rope."
"Generally speaking, wolves and cheetahs are the safest and most friendly of these beasts, but that doesn't mean there is no danger. Golden retrievers can bite people seriously, let alone wolves?"
"Don't think that ferocious beasts are safe. I can tell you clearly that it doesn't take 10 seconds for a tiger or a lion to kill a human."
"Bear kills slower, and may even eat a living person bit by bit."
"These ferocious beasts are inherently dangerous. Don't be fooled by their cute appearance. Well, that's about all I know. It would be difficult for me to distinguish them from the structure of the animals. I just
Have some experience.”
After Barry finished speaking, he pushed the cart filled with meat and left here.
He still has to go to the next place to feed.
[Just have some experience]
【This experience is too rich】
[It’s so cool, the protection center is full of hidden bosses]
[You must be Fang Shen, you really know everything. You are only twenty-six, this man is already over fifty]
[Indeed, I can still watch live broadcasts for at least twenty years (laughs)]
On the morning of the third day, after the second feeding, Bifang finally felt that he should be able to have some physical contact with Harley.