The lion pack has its own hierarchical structure.

A typical lion pack is generally composed of 1~6 adult males, 3~12 adult females, and several cubs.

Most lion packs are around 15 lions in size, although there are also large packs of 30 lions, and small lion packs of several lions are not uncommon, depending on the amount of prey in the habitat.

There's even a league of six male lions, like the Bad Boys.

The free combination is better than that of the wolf pack.

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

If they are fed often, after a long time, they will also treat humans as part of the lion pack, as long as they do not deliberately provoke and challenge the leader of the lion pack, even if it is a fight.

Cheetahs, on the other hand, also have a special social structure.

[Wait, are cheetahs in groups?] How come I've never heard of it? 】

[When I was a child, I watched the animal world, and it didn't count as a cheetah, it was all a feeling of living alone]

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

Listening to Bi Fang talk about the gregarious nature of cheetahs, many viewers felt puzzled.

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

The only memory is that cheetahs and prey are running wild on the prairie, and they have never seen a wolf pack together.

"Yes, but unlike the wolves and lions you see, cheetahs are more loosely social."

Bi Fang reaffirmed his statement.

"In cheetahs, females usually live solitary and have no domain behavior, but males have great variation in social and domain behavior."

"They will form permanent teams of 2-4 animals, and most of the cheetah hunters are siblings, but if it is profitable, there will be unrelated members of the team who are not related to each other, and accept strange cheetahs to join, especially in self-defense, to jointly drive out other predators."

"Not only that, even if strange cheetahs and cheetahs meet, they will look at each other, and only if they are not used to each other will there be fighting."

[What do you see?] 】

[What are you doing?] 】

[Good guys, does this really exist?] 】

"And cheetahs have very few records of killing their own kind, and basically no cheetah kills their own kind, which is very rare in big cats."

Compared to the lion pack, which kills the cubs left behind by other males at every turn, the cheetah's move is simply angelic.

They don't kill each other simply to defend their territory or protect their food, and even courtship doesn't rely on violent fights to fight for the right to mate.

[It's so warm, I'm crying to death]

[When will the cheetah be free]

[In the next life, remember to be reincarnated in the home of a person wearing a white catty, not only can you raise a cheetah, but also a lion and a tiger (dog head)]

"In the final analysis, it is because cheetahs are efficient in hunting, but they are not too strong, and they know that injuries will greatly reduce the success rate of hunting."

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

[What do you mean?] 】

[I haven't heard of it.] 】

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

[Damn, is this what I literally mean?] 】

"That's right, it's literal, which means that if the cheetah can't catch its prey three times, its life will come to an end."

Hearing this, many viewers were in an uproar.

How can you fail three times and die?

"Although this statement is absolute, the reality is really not much better, because speed gives Cheetah an absolute advantage, but also buries a huge safety hazard."

"Cheetahs can reach speeds of up to 112 km/h in full sprints, but most of the time, they hunt at speeds of around 64 km/h, but they can't run for long periods of time."

"Although they are fast, they have extremely poor endurance, and exercise will accumulate a lot of heat in their bodies, and if they cannot be excreted in time, they can be life-threatening. So cheetahs often have to stop and rest after a chase. ”

"In some documentaries, we can often see hyenas robbing the cheetah's hard-earned prey, and the cheetah shows no signs of resistance, and the reason behind this is because the cheetah wants to rest."

"After the cheetah finishes a hunt, even if it catches the prey, it will not eat immediately, but chooses to rest for a while, because the cheetah at that time is so tired that it has no strength to eat."

"Hyenas in the same life often see this opportunity and snatch the cheetah's prey, and the cheetah can only stare dryly and watch the prey being snatched away."

[Damn, why is there a figure of the second African brother everywhere]

[Obviously so strong, but he still likes to rob others, don't talk about martial arts! ] 】

[This is natural, brother, who talks to you about martial arts, the one who lives is the big guy. 】

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

The amount of energy the body can store is limited, and most of it is in fat, but the cheetah's speed requirements make it impossible for it to rely on fat to store large amounts of energy.

Three hunts are the limit of the number of times the cheetah's energy is completely exhausted, and if it can't get food replenishment after three times, then what awaits it in the end is death.

"Cheetahs have a 58 percent success rate, and theoretically it only needs to hunt twice to succeed once."

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

"The survival of cheetahs is completely 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 unite and cooperate, and in a long life, cheetahs have gradually developed the habit of cooperative hunting.

When they go out to look for prey, if several cheetahs meet, they will briefly form an alliance and hunt together, and after the prey is caught and eaten, they will quickly live separately and live alone, and cooperate together next time they have the opportunity.

This is called a "transient cluster".

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

Therefore, it is easy to understand that cheetahs do not attack people, and it is because of their habits, they are afraid of fighting, do not like to "find trouble", and often leave a friendly and harmless impression in the social interaction between people and cheetahs.

At the same time, they have the advantages of feline subfamily and sociality, making them the most deserving "felines". ”

In the world, there has not been an incident of cheetahs actively attacking humans.

In many African documentaries, you can see pictures of cheetahs living peacefully with people, and even some cheetahs will take the initiative to run into sightseeing buses and get in touch with tourists.

As he spoke, Bi Fang stood up and sat down in the center of the cage.

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

This action immediately made Harley a little uneasy, and he had just eaten and lay down to his feet again, and kept circling against the iron net.

"Cheetahs are very timid, and the slightest movement will scare them away."

"Because it doesn't have a size and weight advantage like predators like lions and tigers. Cheetahs sacrifice a lot of the abilities that a feline should have for extreme speed. ”

"Most cheetahs have a very upright and honest personality, so they are often bullied by other predators, coupled with the low survival rate of cubs, the cheetah population can not be expanded, coupled with serious poaching, directly caused the number of cheetahs to plummet, it is difficult to recover."

"You know, at the beginning of the 20th century, there were about 100,000 cheetahs in Africa; By 1975, zoologists had found that there were only about 14,000 cheetahs left; And now, the number of cheetahs has dropped by half compared to more than 40 years ago. ”

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

"On the black market, cheetah cubs are very expensive, more than 30,000 ugly yuan each, just imagine, when you see a young, defenseless banknote playing in the grass on the grassland, will you let it go?"

[To be honest, if you do it, there will be 200,000, but it's not necessarily (covering your face)]

[I feel that those Middle Eastern tyrants have raised a lot. 】

"Because of the cheetah's relatives, humans have a long history of domesticating cheetahs, and the Sumerians began domesticating cheetahs in 3000 BC."

"In ancient Egypt, the cheetah was a symbol of kingship and dignity. Cheetahs were domesticated and brought close to the pharaohs, symbolizing the protection of the throne. ”

"The people of ancient Egypt also believed that cheetahs could 'reincarnate' the souls of dead pharaohs."

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

[In other words, if you want to protect an endangered animal, can you loosen the restrictions on their captivity and make them the pets of the public, so that they can be saved from the danger of extinction? 】

Bi Fang shook his head.

"That's what I said at the beginning, why the cheetah is not suitable for staying in the zoo, 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 stretch out their hands when they eat."

"The fundamental reason is that cheetahs in captivity are extremely difficult to breed."

"According to ancient records, the Mughal emperor of India, Akbar the Great, raised about 9,000 cheetahs during his reign of more than 40 years, and only one litter of cheetah cubs was born."

With a 1 in 1,000 probability of breeding, it is conceivable that it is almost impossible to breed cheetahs in captivity.

"This is because cheetahs, like desert cats, fishing cats and snow leopards, are less adaptable to the environment, and they are easily affected by environmental changes and do not reproduce."

"Even today, with more advanced technology and breeding technology, people can't make cheetahs reproduce stably in artificial conditions."

"So in zoos around the world, lions and tigers are very easy to see, but cheetahs are very rare. There are only about 10 zoos in China that have cheetahs, and there is hardly any news of cheetah cubs being born in many zoos. ”

"That's why Harley has to learn to hunt and get back into the wild."

"Actually, the reason why humans can't domesticate cheetahs is not because it has a bad character, it's just because they can't reproduce, and if this problem can be solved, cheetahs can definitely become more successful domesticated animals than cats, second only to dogs, hey, it's a pity."

Bi Fang sighed at this point.

Harley on the side paced around Bi Fang for a long time, and when he saw that the other party was just sitting, he finally seemed to feel a little bored and lay down again.

Seeing this, Bi Fang smiled.

It only took less than a day and a half for him to manage to close the safety distance between the two sides to less than ten meters, which is definitely news to celebrate.

Bi Fang is sure that he will get this big cat in three days.

Next, Bi Fang beckoned a drone.

"Let's go, I won't pause the live broadcast in the middle of 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, and see if they are the most relatives of cheetahs."

[Good guy, practice makes you real!] 】

[Awesome, Fang Shen can still practice the combination of theory. 】

"His name is Zach Barry, and he used to work at the zoo, and he was responsible for raising almost all the animals in the entire conservation center, and I met him during the two days of hanging out here."

Then, under the eyes of the audience, Bi Fang found a staff member who was feeding the lions.

The staff member looked quite old, half of his beard was white, and when he saw Bi Fang's arrival, he threw the piece of meat in his hand over the iron net and greeted him warmly.

The lion in the iron net took the piece of meat and tore it directly in place.

Bi Fang glanced at it twice and directly explained his intentions.

"Oh, I see." Barry lifted his cap and laughed, "Then you have found the right person for this question, tigers, lions, bears, leopards, birds of prey, and canines, I have raised them all, especially during the time when I worked in the zoo, not only in Africa, but also in the world Animals can be accessed, and there are quite a few of them." ”

"So where do we start?"

"Let's talk about the tiger first."

"Well, if tigers are raised from a young age, the average ferocity of humans is higher than that of lions, because they themselves are solitary animals and generally do not have relatives."

"But if you are the kind of person who has been raised since childhood, you can also raise it every day and hug and kiss every day, but no one in our zoo raises it like that, it is a group of people who are waiting to be fed, and they don't have time to look at the small ones every day."

"There are only a few individuals who are more well-behaved, and that is also a minority, most of them don't like to deal with people, you can't be sure, when it will suddenly come to you, 3 months of tigers can already cause very serious damage to people."

"If you put your hand over to grab the meat from a 4-month-old tiger, 80 percent of the tigers will bite you."

"Of course, there are a few individual tigers who are more gentle, I used to raise a tiger named Qiqi, very gentle, when eating her hand to the mouth, she will not bite, will only walk away silently, I touch the center of her foot, she at most with the tail to hit me a few times or turn around to scare me."

"Overall, I have raised more than 10 tigers, and out of these 10-odd ones, only 6 of them I have confirmed will not attack me."

"What about the lion?"

"Lions are somehow safer than tigers, they're social animals, and you can be one of them."

"But the lion and tiger are felines after all, and the intelligence of felines is far from that of canines and bears, so you can't guarantee that they will go crazy one day and give you a moment."

"But generally speaking, lions are safer than tigers, especially female lions, can be touched, male lions have a few very short tempers, more fierce and tyrannical than tigers, and some have a good relationship with people, and even take the initiative to rub your head against you and then fall to the ground to let you touch him."

"Some of the lions I raise can be touched boldly with confidence, and I usually don't tease male lions, because their temper is too bad."

"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 leopards?"

"Leopard?"

Barry seems to recall a bad memory, and then shakes his head repeatedly, making the audience curious.

"It is almost impossible for leopards to be relatives, this animal, the personality is extremely unstable, even if it is raised from a young age, it is also extremely dangerous."

"They are more dangerous than ligres, that is, they are small and not as deterrent as ligers, and if the leopard has the size of a lion tiger, it will be terrible."

"They have an extremely violent and neurotic personality, and they are very hostile to people."

"You can search India, there are often leopards that sneak into villages to attack livestock and humans, this thing behaves very perversely, I have raised a few leopards, raised for more than a year, don't let me get too close, very easy to attack people, you have a threat to the leopard immediately blow up the hair."

"At first, I thought I was doing something wrong, so I consulted a few keepers, and they told me that the leopard's personality is like this, and it is very unstable."

"It may be the nervousness caused by being bullied by the lion tiger hyena all the year round, and no one looks like a good person."

"In the eyes of the leopard, there are no friends, only enemies and food."

"The tiger and lion are raised, I can kiss my face, leopard, it's impossible, anyway, I won't stick to my face."

"Even if it is raised from childhood to adulthood, it is basically useless, unless the tooth extraction and sterilization may be better, don't think about normal raising."

[Good guy, is the leopard so ferocious? 】

[Neurotic, this description makes me a little scared]

[No wonder I haven't seen a Middle Eastern tyrant raising leopards, and I'm afraid of feelings, hahaha]

"What about the bear?"

"Hmm," Barry muttered, "Bears, they have a lot of intelligence. ”

"The black and brown bears I raise will turn on the tap to drink water by themselves, and they will drag the trough to the feeding area, and I can feed a few of the more intelligent bears with my hands when I eat, and they know not to bite their hands."

"In short, it's not really a question of whether they are close or not, but that they are very intelligent and can accurately distinguish between breeders and other personnel."

"But there is one thing, that is, the bear has basically no vision, they are blind, but they have a strong sense of smell and hearing, especially the sense of smell, and can smell whether it is its keeper."

"And be careful, don't put your hands in the cage at the zoo to feed the bears, no, I should say that all animals can't."

"Many stupid bears can't tell whether it's your hands or food, maybe Gaba Gaba will gnaw on your hands."

"If you talk about raising it from a young age, bears are definitely stronger than tigers, because bears themselves have high intelligence. Personally, I feel that it is similar to that of a lioness since childhood. ”

"But bears are particularly irritable and aggressive during estrus."

"In general, if bears are raised from a young age, they can theoretically be raised, and they are relatively well-behaved, after all, bears are closely related to canines."

"If I had to say which one is docile, I personally feel that brown bears are slightly stronger than black bears, only a little bit."

"And bears have a very high intelligence and often go to people to steal food, so bears are a very threatening creature to people, so don't think bears are chubby and go to touch them."

"And 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 above, it's a complete elf."

Barry laughed.

"I feel like they're like cats, they're ambitious, but not much, and they're not as good as dogs, probably like tamed wolves."

"The wolf is a very sensitive and delicate animal, and the wolf I used to raise 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, and finally reshuffled the cards and mixed up the wolves again."

"If the wolf is raised from a young age, the intimacy is about the same as that of a dog, but the obedience is far lower than that of a dog, after all, the dog has been domesticated, and the wolf has not been domesticated."

"If you don't raise them from a young age, wolves are very afraid of people and aggressive, and it will be better if you keep them for a long time, so I think cheetahs and wolves are similar."

"In the eyes of the wolf, the person who raised it since he was a child is a real old wolf standing on a rope."

"Generally speaking, wolves and cheetahs are the safest and most loved among these beasts, but it doesn't mean that there is no danger, golden retrievers have bitten people into serious injuries, not to mention wolves?"

"Don't think that the beast is safe, I can tell you clearly, it doesn't take 10 seconds for a tiger and a lion to kill a person."

"Bears kill people more slowly, and even eat some live people little by little."

"These beasts are inherently dangerous, so don't be fooled by their cute appearance. Well, that's pretty much all I know, and it's hard to tell me the difference between the structure of animals, I just have some experience. ”

With that, Barry pushed the cart full of pieces of meat and left.

He had to go to the next location to feed.

[Just have some experience]

[This experience is too rich, isn't it?]

[It's awesome, the protection center is all hidden bosses]

[You have to be Fang Shen, you really know everything, you are only twenty-six, this uncle is in his fifties]

[Indeed, I can still watch live broadcasts for at least twenty years (laughs)]

On the morning of the third day, after his second feeding, Bi Fang finally felt that he should be able to make some physical contact with Harley.

(End of chapter)