In nature, there are many excellent hunters, such as cheetahs, which are unmatched in sprint speed, and mantises, which are the ceiling mantis in combat power under the same size, but their hunting success rate cannot be compared with another animal, which is the dragonfly.
Dragonflies are purely carnivorous insects that feed on a wide range of food routes, including mosquitoes, flies, moths, butterflies, and even their own kind, as small as they are smaller. Dragonflies are not like praying mantises, waiting for the prey to settle down and then quietly approaching, they usually catch prey directly in the air with their feet, some zoologists have observed dragonflies, found that the success rate of this animal hunting is as high as 95%, it can be said that a shot, there will be a harvest.
Why is the success rate of dragonfly hunting so high?Because Dragonfly is a high-level hunter who knows how to plan.
Throughout nature, most predators use two predatory strategies, one is to hunt completely on speed and physical strength, as long as I run faster and longer than you, I can eat you. The second is to sneak up on the prey without noticing, and as long as my movements are light enough and camouflaged enough, I will be able to eat you. Dragonfly hunting is different from both strategies, the dragonfly rarely chases after its prey, and it usually appears directly where the prey will reach.
In other words, the hunting strategy adopted by the dragonfly should belong to "intercepting the prey".
It is not an easy task to successfully intercept the prey, which requires the hunter to quickly plan the entire hunting process, it needs to analyze the flight speed of the prey, the direction of flight and the distance between the prey and the target location, and then appear in the right place at the right time, in order to hit with one hit, so the dragonfly is definitely a senior hunter who knows how to plan. Of course, it is not enough to know how to plan, but also to have the corresponding execution, no matter how good the planning is, it is not possible to fly to the right place at the right time.
When it comes to flying, if the dragonfly is called second, no one dares to call it first.
If there are four words to describe the dragonfly's flying skills, it is "unbelievable". Dragonflies fly at high speeds, depending on the species, they can reach about 36 kilometers to 54 kilometers per hour, they can hover in the air like ***, they can also spin in place, they can make an unreasonable sharp turn in any situation, or they can not turn, move directly in parallel, or even fly backwards. How did a dragonfly do such a weird way of flying?This is because dragonflies have four wings and can control all four wings independently.
Dragonflies can command different wings to make different flapping methods individually, so they can also achieve a variety of different flight methods.
Dragonflies not only fly fast and well, but also fly far. Dragonflies are a very widespread insect, they can be found in most parts of the world, and the same species of dragonflies can also appear in a wide area, such as the global dragonfly is a typical example, in the world, except Antarctica, they can be found on any continent except Antarctica. Why is that?Because dragonflies are insects that have the ability to migrate across oceans, they can be found anywhere in the world if they want to.
Although dragonflies can fly long distances, the climatic conditions in different parts of the world vary greatly, can dragonflies adapt to it?
It is true that dragonflies will not survive in places where the climatic conditions are too harsh, but compared to other insects, dragonflies are quite well adapted to the environment, because dragonflies have the ability to regulate body temperature. Dragonflies can generate a certain amount of heat by vibrating their wings quickly, which is an ability that other cold-blooded animals do not have. Dragonflies are insects that have accompanied us throughout our childhood, but we didn't realize it was so powerful and beautiful at the time, and unfortunately, even though we know how to appreciate it, it rarely appears in our field of vision.