What is the most ferocious and cunning animal on the planet's land?

If this is the question, I'm afraid there will be dozens of answers. Packs of spotted hyenas, polar wolves, lions, tigers, and even rampaging bulls and black rhinos are all very ferocious and cunning animals.

But none of these answers are the best answers, because in addition to these animals, there is another creature that is intimidating, terrifying, and makes people involuntarily retreat when they see it, and that is the crocodile!

No one will deny the ferocity of crocodiles, and no one will deny the cunning of crocodiles, cold-blooded animals that have existed on Earth for more than 100 million years, can be called the top, most ferocious, and most cunning predators.

There are a total of 23 species of crocodiles, among which the Nile crocodile is not as big as the largest crocodile bay crocodile, but it can definitely rank among the top three crocodile species in existence. At the same time, the Nile crocodile lives in Africa, where the biological environment allows this ferocious cold-blooded animal to have higher predatory skills.

Nile crocodiles are widely distributed on the African continent, and in Zimbabwe, there are also a large number of Nile crocodiles. And the lazy Nile crocodile in front of him is one of them.

Generally speaking, Nile crocodiles prefer to live in water, but many parts of Africa have dry and rainy seasons. During the dry season, a large number of animals die due to lack of water. To escape such unfavorable living conditions, Nile crocodiles often use their mouths and feet to dig burrows in the riverbank. During the dry season, the Nile crocodile hides underground until the next rainy season.

Sometimes, in extreme droughts, the Nile crocodile can even endure in the mud or burrows for a month or two, and it can be called the most tolerant animal.

However, the water in this small lake in front of him is quite abundant, so this Nile crocodile did not hide itself in the burrow, but took advantage of the good sun at noon. Climb to the shore to bask in the sun.

This big guy is not alone, in its big open mouth, there are a few small and delicate birds, constantly bouncing around in the crocodile's mouth and between its teeth to peck at some leftovers. And the big crocodile, which looked extremely scary, was so lazily with its big mouth, and let these little birds toss in its mouth, but it didn't close its big mouth.

Sophia was a little excited about this situation. He whispered, "Honey, why doesn't that crocodile eat those little birds?" ”

Tang Feng had been to Africa many times before, so he naturally knew why, so he explained: "This little bird is called a toothpick bird, and it is the only good friend of the Nile crocodile. Because this bird often looks for bugs to eat on the Nile crocodile and in its mouth to clean up the mouth hygiene of the Nile crocodile, the Nile crocodile never harms them. And this little bird has very keen senses, and whenever they hear the slightest movement, they will quickly flap their wings. Loud noise. Hearing the "reminder" of the toothpick bird, the Nile crocodile will immediately sink to the bottom of the water to avoid an unexpected attack. ”

"Wow, that's amazing!" Sophia raised the SLR camera in her hand and took a lot of photos with a "click". This kind of photo is rare, and if you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, no one would have thought that the murderous Nile crocodile would live in peace with such a delicate bird.

Sophia also wanted to get closer and continue shooting. Tang Feng grabbed her and whispered, "Let's not disturb them." These Nile crocodiles are extremely vindictive, so we better not provoke them! As he spoke, Tang Feng pointed to the small lake not far away, and continued to whisper: "Let's go up there and shoot, if I'm not mistaken, there should be other crocodiles in this lake." So let's never get too close to the shore. Don't look at the fact that the lions and the antelope can live in peace, but the crocodiles in the lake are not good, and if these murderous creatures are hungry, even hippos, rhinoceros, and even elephants dare to attack! ”

Sophia stuck out her tongue and nodded at Tang Feng. Pulling Tang Feng approached the small lake from the other side.

As soon as they approached the lake, they saw a large group of baboons, forty or fifty, hula popping up from the grass on the other side of the lake. These baboons are big and small, the largest male baboon is estimated to be the head of this big family, and those small baboons who are still lying on their mother's back are not much bigger than an adult's slap.

Obviously, this family also came to this lake to drink.

In the African savannah, water is the most precious commodity, and there is absolutely no one, especially in the dry season, when the lakes that can hold water are often the places with the highest concentration of animals within a radius of several hundred square kilometers.

However, although the number of this group of baboons is not small, they are very careful when approaching this lake, several large male baboons stood vigilantly on the shore and looked for a while, and then shouted a few times at the large army behind, and then the baboons behind quickly ran to the lake and began to drink water, but the male baboons were still standing on the high guard.

Suddenly, one of the male baboons screamed a few times, and the group of baboons who were drinking water scattered like a big green-headed fly, and a few ripples appeared in the lake, and a huge figure loomed under the water, and it was obvious that it was another Nile crocodile.

Monkeys and baboons are the favorite food of Nile crocodiles, and crocodiles are the most popular among the larger antelopes, wildebeests and bison. If it weren't for hunger, the Nile crocodile wouldn't have done anything to the big animals.

However, the Nile crocodile, which seemed to be equally large, was obviously unlucky, and it was even close to the group of baboons before it was called out by the male baboons on alert.

The crocodile swam to the shore, showed a huge head, and opened its mouth wide at the group of baboons that were hiding far away, as if yawning, as if demonstrating, and causing the baboons to squeak and scream.

After seeing that there seemed to be no possibility of predation, the crocodile lazily retreated back into the water, and in a few moments, its massive body disappeared.

"What a horrible fellow! It's scary! Sophia said with palpitations, although there was still a small lake across it, but the crocodile that suddenly came out of the crocodile, Sophia was still scared.

Tang Feng patted Sophia on the shoulder and said: "My dear, this situation is very common in the African savannah, crocodiles are everywhere in this savannah, as long as there is a water source, there are their figures, so you must be careful when you are active in a place where there is a water source." ”

Sophia nodded, then pointed in another direction and said in surprise: "Honey, look, it's an elephant!" (To be continued.) )