Chapter 796 charge

The Saharan wolves who have wandered all day and night are unbearably hungry, but after the sub-zero shrubs and weeds have been removed, they are boundless loess. Apart from gnawing on the grass like fat lambs, the only thing they can do is to dig the soil to find beetles to eat. .

During the day, the Sahara was as hot as teppanyaki, and even the beetles were buried deep in the ground without a trace.

A few lesser wolves stopped and raised their hind legs itching. They bit the fur with their fangs, trying to drive away the **** fleas. From time to time, their slanted eyes drifted to the leading wolf. Do not send.

The alpha wolf is the strongest and most intimidating among the wolves. It is one lap bigger than the other wolves in terms of body size and enjoys the service of the female wolf.

The pruned hair fluttered in the air, and they wanted to take off their fur and relax, but thinking of the biting cold at night, the slightly loose hair follicles took root back firmly.

Hot during the day, freezing at night.

This is the Sahara.

Just as a few secondary wolves landed at the end of the team and secretly expressed their dissatisfaction, a low wolf howl awakened the entire wolf pack.

The wolves in twos and threes immediately cheered up, walked quickly to the alpha wolf, and looked into the distance with all their strength.

There were three camels, two big and one small.

There is no tree for miles around, and the huge camel standing on the ground casts a shadow, making it particularly conspicuous.

come to live.

The smoke billowed, and the wolves charged against the little camel family, their green eyes gleaming with hunger.

【This wolf is a little small】

[Indeed, for example, the one God encountered before seems to be much smaller]

[What kind of wolf is this, desert wolf? 】

The drone can automatically zoom in on the scene, and the two sides of the confrontation seem to be in front of you, but the audience can see it more realistically.

The number of wolves surrounded by three camels is large, but the quality is a little worse, and the physique feels more than a circle smaller than the Arctic wolf.

Bi Fang himself is too far away, and there are not enough reference objects nearby. The only thing the audience can compare is the besieged camel, so they are not sure whether the wolf is too small or the camel is too big.

However, although the wolves were a little smaller, Bi Fang carefully counted them under the scorching sun, and found that there were actually seventeen wolves!

Once any animal has more than five in the same space, it can form a certain degree of visual effect.

Think about the fact that you meet five dogs at home. Although the number is very small, you will have a feeling of “that’s too many” when you really pounce.

The increase in the number of animals is not just an increase in numbers, which is why Bi Xianglai doesn’t like carnivores in groups, and it is always a tricky thing to encounter.

The sheer number of wild wolves made this charge seem huge and let people know that this small group of wolves should not be underestimated.

For this reason, Bi Fang didn’t rashly approach. After getting closer, he hid two hundred meters away, lying on the ground and watching the development of the situation. When he saw the barrage, he consciously started to explain the battle.

“It’s a desert wolf, also called an African wolf. Your feeling is correct. They are indeed small, and they are much smaller.”

“I said before about a Bergman’s law, which means that for warm-blooded animals, between individuals of the same species or closely related species, those living in cold environments have relatively larger body sizes.”

“Bergman thinks this is due to the fact that as body size increases, the relative body surface area of ​​the animal becomes smaller, which leads to a smaller body surface divergence ratio, which is better able to conserve heat to adapt to the cold environment of high latitudes.”

“This rule is not a theorem, and it has a lot of flaws, but as far as mammals are concerned, more than 90% of species are in line. So we may also easily deduce that the closer to the equator, the smaller the body size is. Desert wolves are typical, they weigh less than half the weight of arctic wolves.”

“Although the desert wolf is called a wolf, it is not a wolf in the strict sense, but an independent species of the Canis family.”

Bi Fang lay on the yellow earth and explained the origin of the gray wolf a little, which also gave the audience a better understanding.

As a group predator, gray wolves are almost all over the world, but they only disappear on the roads of Africa. The reasons for this are very complicated.

“In general, wolf is the name of the gray wolf of the Canidae family, and the ancestor of the gray wolf, including the gray wolf’s migration route, has always been between Eurasia and North America, and has not entered Africa. The reasons may be related to migration memory and Environmental differences are related to the fact that there are no grey wolves in Africa.”

“Nevertheless, in the early migration of canids, some of them entered Africa, because there are still canids in Africa, and African wolves are one of them.”

[Then why is it called a wolf]

[Maybe it’s a language habit]

“It is indeed a language habit. For example, African hyenas, although they are called hyenas, are actually not canids. Hyenas under the cat-type suborder are neither cats nor canines, they are independent species.”

“It’s all a matter of translation and naming. In the past, translation and naming were not rigorous enough. The hyena looked like a dog at first glance, so people gave it a name with a ‘dog’.

There are still many similar historical issues, such as cheetahs are not leopards, mountain lions are not lions. However, these names have been widely used as official names, so they will be wrong and will not be modified. ”

Because it is not a wolf, the habits of African wolves are slightly different from those of wolves, such as flexible organizational forms.

The social organization of African wolves is very flexible. The size of the group varies according to the available food. If there is enough food to eat, it can form a large group. If there is no food, the number will spread out and become one by one again. small group.

On the ground covered with coarse sand, the African wolves launched a charge against the camels, over and over again, bringing up billowing smoke.

The strange thing is that they are not in a hurry to attack, but rely on the flexibility brought by their smaller bodies to pass by the camel again and again, as if they just want to cause the other side to panic.

And judging from the performance of the camel’s helplessness, this move is quite effective. At least several times the camel tried to break out, but was forced back by several wolves.

“This is a common tactical ‘blitzkrieg’ for wolves.”

Bi Fang was a little excited, such a scene is rare.

“Look at how smart they are, trying to cut the small family group of camels through non-stop charging, as long as one of the cubs is cut out, it is dead!”

The body size of African wolves distributed in different regions varies greatly with geographical changes, and the body size of West Africa and North Africa is much larger than that of East Africa. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

The country of the gentleman is in West Africa, so these African wolves are not so small, and there are some reasons for the camels to set off, which makes the attack look even more aggressive.

The youngest camel is the weakest link in the small group. When he was still young, when he saw such a scene, he couldn’t help but run wildly several times, but was firmly protected by two big camels, one on the left and one on the right. The big camel is equally uncomfortable.

They won’t last long.

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