Chapter 63: Meerkats fighting silk vipers

When Chu Ye saw the venomous snake in front of him, he was a little nervous. After all, this was a very powerful venomous snake.

Although not as famous as the King Cobra, its venom is no less venomous than the King Cobra.

'Hmph, it's another powerful poisonous snake. But no matter how powerful you are, if I, Chu Ye, encounter you today, you will have to become my food.'

Chu Ye doesn't care how powerful your venomous snake is. In front of it, there is no venomous snake in the entire African prairie that can scare him.

Therefore, Chu Ye wanted to kill this poisonous snake.

But just when Chu Ye was about to take action, he suddenly heard a squeaking sound coming from the grass nearby, as if some small animal was running over.

When Chu Ye saw this situation, he temporarily hid in the bushes on one side. He wanted to see what kind of small animal ran over.

Soon, Chu Ye saw a small animal like a big mouse running over.

As soon as Chu Ye saw this little animal, he knew that this little animal must be coming for this poisonous snake.

Because this small animal is called a meerkat, and it is an animal that likes to eat snakes. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be called a meerkat.

The meerkat is a small mammal with a head and tail length of 42-60 cm. The trunk is slender and straight, the limbs are well-proportioned, the hind feet have only 4 toes, and there are webs between the toes; the tail is long and round, about 2/3 of the body length.

3. The upper part is covered with small scales and sparse fur. The fur on the back is dark brown, mixed with yellow tips, and the down is dark brown; the tail is two-color, with the upper part being brown and black, and the base and lower part of the tail being light yellow.

It inhabits grasslands and open plains. Its distribution depends on the soil type. It prefers tropical hard soil and is mainly distributed in deserts or sand dunes of terrestrial biomes.

They are very social animals, living in groups of up to forty. They are good at digging holes, resting at night and being active during the day. They mainly feed on insects, but they will also eat lizards, snakes, spiders, plants, eggs and small

Mammals. There is no strict seasonality in reproduction. The gestation period is about 130 days, and each litter gives birth to 6-8 offspring, which can occur twice a year. It is mainly distributed in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa.

Meerkat is a very social animal. Each meerkat population usually consists of 2 to 50 meerkats. The meerkat group constructs a maternal society, and its internal rulers are the male leader and the female leader. Among them

The alpha male is chosen by the alpha female.

Below this, other meerkats are of lower status. The cubs have a slightly higher status, but the cubs must leave the family after reaching the age of 3. The male cubs will become the leaders of other groups or form new groups.

, females may return to the group after leaving. Individuals in the same group will often groom each other to strengthen social ties.

The alpha mate will often leave scent marks on subordinates in the group to express their authority. Behaviors such as this are usually accompanied by subordinates licking and grooming the leader mate. These behaviors also usually occur when group members have been away for a while.

After the reunion, most meerkats in the same group are the siblings or children of the leader mate.

Meerkats also guard all the cubs in the group, and the sterile females will nurse the cubs in the absence of the leader. They will also protect the cubs from any threats, often even to their lives.

So too.

When a warning of danger is given, these nannies will take the cubs underground for refuge, and prepare to guard them if danger should follow (such as a burrowing predator). If underground shelter is not possible, the nannies will gather the cubs together,

And blocked them with his body.

Meerkat's daily life is very rich. Sometimes they engage in activities such as wrestling and racing, and sometimes they sing with real and fake voice changes.

In order to ensure the safety of the meerkat family, when other meerkats are foraging or playing, some meerkats will take the initiative to stand up and shoulder the task of sentry. When danger comes, the sentry will "blow the whistle" to alert their partners.

They hide underground and take refuge. Sometimes when faced with conflicts on the ground, they will straighten their backs to intimidate the enemy or swarm up to scare the enemy away. Of course, the meerkat family is indeed not easy to mess with. If they go crazy, even cobras are not theirs.

opponent.

Meerkats are very powerful little animals. Although they are not large, they are the natural enemies of cobras. They often eat cobras as spicy sticks.

Chu Yeye knew about small animals like meerkats before. Now when he saw this meerkat, he knew that this meerkat was coming for this bulging silk viper.

'Okay, now we have a good show. I want to see how this meerkat fights with this poisonous snake. No matter which one of them loses in the end, anyway, these two little animals will become my

Chu Ye's prey.'

Chu Ye was hiding in a bush, and he was very happy. After all, now there were two small animals that he could capture suddenly, so how could he not be happy!

This venomous snake is not afraid of other animals. If it were not a meerkat, a venomous snake like the viper would not be afraid of other animals at all.

But when this viper saw a meerkat, it had to choose to run away. Because meerkats are the natural enemies of all snakes in the entire prairie. Whether it is the famous King Cobra or this kind of snake, it has no choice but to run away.

The famous bell viper is an animal that will run away when it sees a meerkat.

The same was true for this bulging silk viper. When it saw this meerkat, it wanted to run away. And how could this meerkat let it go?

So, this meerkat and this belled viper started fighting. The two little animals were going back and forth in the grass, and it was a wonderful fighting scene.

I saw the silk viper bending its body, like a spring, constantly bouncing towards the meerkat's head. Obviously, it wanted to bite the meerkat's head and then release its venom.

Injected into the body of the meerkat.

Although the meerkat's body is immune to the venom of many types of venomous snakes, it does not mean that there will be no problems at all after their bodies are bitten by venomous snakes.

In fact, even small animals like meerkats, which are immune to venomous snakes, will faint after being bitten by a venomous snake. After all, their immunity is limited. It does not mean that no matter how much venom is injected into the

Their bodies, they won't have any problems.

Meerkats are the same as badgers. Although they can prey on venomous snakes, this does not mean that they do not have to worry about the harm that venom from venomous snakes will cause to them.

Whether it is a meerkat or a badger, when hunting a poisonous snake, they try not to let the poisonous snake bite them. They will also try their best to avoid the poisonous snake's attack on them.

This is the case with this meerkat. Although it is not very afraid of this viper, it does not want to be bitten by this venomous snake. After all, if it is bitten by this venomous snake, then it is also possible.

Let the venom of this poisonous snake make you faint.

Meerkats also know that in this dangerous African savanna, if a small animal faints in the grass, it will be very dangerous.

Because there are many predators looking for prey in the grass every day. When they encounter some small animals, they will attack them without mercy.

The meerkat does not want to become the food of other predators after being unconscious. Therefore, when this meerkat is fighting this belly viper, it is also very careful, not wanting to let this meerkat

The poisonous snake bit me.

And this bulging silk viper really wants to bite the meerkat's body. Because as long as it bites the meerkat's body, it can inject its venom into the meerkat's body.

If that's the case, the meerkat can stun the bellied viper with poison, and the belled viper can take the opportunity to escape.

In fact, whether it is meerkats or badgers, although they are the natural enemies of venomous snakes, it does not mean that meerkats and badgers can defeat venomous snakes in every battle.

On the African savannah, the relationship between any natural enemy and prey does not necessarily mean that the natural enemy is strong and the prey is weak. In a sense, the relationship between natural enemy and prey is a mutual confrontation.

Natural enemies may not necessarily be able to defeat prey, and prey may not necessarily be killed by natural enemies. This is true whether it is a small animal or a large animal. There is also a mutual balance of power between natural enemies and prey.

Just like meerkat and badger. Although they are the natural enemies of venomous snakes, it does not mean that they can kill the venomous snake casually when they see the venomous snake. And when the venomous snake sees these two animals,

, they were so frightened that they could do nothing, or in other words, they immediately turned around and ran away.

In fact, when any predator hunts, it is a battle, a contest between natural enemies and prey. No prey will surrender in front of natural enemies. When any prey encounters natural enemies,

They will definitely rise up to resist, and even actively attack their natural enemies.

The same is true for small animals such as meerkats and badgers. Although they are the natural enemies of venomous snakes, venomous snakes are not very afraid when they encounter them, nor do they run away immediately.

Of course, venomous snakes are generally reluctant to provoke animals like meerkats and badgers that are immune to venomous snake venom.

But no matter what, venomous snakes will never be captured in front of meerkats and badgers, and they will definitely try their best to resist.

The same goes for meerkats and badgers. They also take certain risks when hunting venomous snakes, because the venom of venomous snakes can still stun them.

If a large amount of venom from a venomous snake enters the body of a meerkat or badger, it is possible to poison these two small animals. Therefore, whether it is a meerkat or a badger, they must also be careful when hunting venomous snakes.

Just be very careful.
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