There is a saying that has been circulating for a long time among the peopleA few geese can ward off snakes。In addition, geese are very aggressive in most people's impressions, and they are not even afraid of people, which has long been convinced by many people.
Why are snakes afraid of geese?Let's take a look at the more popular sayings, the first is that snakes are afraid of geese because goose droppings contain substances such as sulfur, which will make snakes appear on their bodiesRotting, forced moltingThis is very detrimental to the survival of the snake.
The other is that geese are very aggressive, and their strong sense of territory will cause them to attack any creature that appears in the field. For snakes, geese are larger, and a peck from a bird's beak can bring a lot of damage to the snakeHit the snake's gut positionIt's easy to kill them.
Based on these two reasons, coupled with the fact that snakes have strong biological senses, especially the letter in the snake's mouth can capture the small molecular changes and movements in the air, the snake will naturally stay away from the goose, giving people the feeling that the snake will be afraid of the goose.
Judging from the Xi of geese, the claim that goose droppings have substances such as sulfur is actually untenable. The ancestor of the domestic goose is the wild goose, which has been domesticated for more than 3,000 years. Domestic geese have been domesticated to be more hardy and more gregarious, so they don't need to migrate like geese.
At the same time, after they were domesticated and fed by humans, domestic geese grew faster and lived longer than other poultry. As an omnivorous poultry, geese feed mainly on grass, with other meat** coming from insects, smaller fish, etc. But on the whole, the geese eat more forage.
Anatomical evidence suggests that goose has 0 percent of stomach muscle pressure than duck5 times, 1 time of the chicken can do itEffectively breaks down plant cell walls, which is convenient for digesting plants.
Geese also have longer intestines than other poultry and are therefore better able to absorb more nutrients from the forage.
The physiology of geese means that they do not accumulate biotoxins or harmful substances through their food, so the claim that sulfur is completely untenable. However, compared to the feces of other poultry, goose excrement is indeed more acidic, but it does not have a rotting effect.
But judging by the smell,The strong acidic substance allows the snake to sense quickly。Snakes are sensitive by nature and don't like acidic environments, so goose droppings can really repel snakes from this point of view. But not because it poses a threat to snakes, but because snakes have an innate Xi of seeking advantage and avoiding harm.
And geese don't have the ability to resist snake venom, so if a goose is bitten by a snake, they still die of poisoning. But geese tend to be larger than other birds, and their aggressive temper also makes them dare to fight snakes.
For smaller venomous snakes or other snakes, the beak of the goose can kill the snake. Omnivorous domestic geese also choose to eat the small snakes they kill, which is an important protein**.
In addition, from the Xi of snakes, snakes tend to be very cautious when choosing prey, and once the prey exceeds their ability, then they usually choose to leave. Biological instinct is that fighting geese can also injure oneself, so medium and large snakes generally do not choose geese as their main food.
Today, there are more than a dozen species of domestic geese in the world, the most common of which areChinese goose, Emden goose, Toulouse goose, American yellow gooseWait a minute. However, the African Egyptian goose and the Emden goose are very aggressive species, and the Emden goose is more common in China.
Not only are they very territorial, but they will also take the initiative to repel any animal that doesn't like it. If their size can overpower them, the Emden goose will not hesitate to attack these animals.
Therefore, from the above aspects, domestic geese can indeed actively drive away snakes to a certain extent. It can also make the snakes that wander nearby take their own initiative, but there is another factor in this, and it is still related to the excrement of the goose.
For snakes and many reptiles, cryptosporidiosis can be quite harmful to their bodies. The typical symptoms of this disease vary depending on the infected organ of the snake, but in most cases it causes them to vomit and lose weight.
BecauseThe most common part of cryptosporidiosis is the digestive system of snakes, affected snakes are unable to digest food and will ruminate within 3 days of infection. Once something goes wrong with this digestive system, the snake will eventually doDied of starvation
Cryptosporidiosis is caused by Cryptosporidium and is excreted in the host's feces. Due to the complex diet of geese, their droppings often carry a large number of pathogens, including Cryptosporidium and Giardia.
These parasites and bacteria can cause infections directly through fecal contact, with Cryptosporidium affecting snakes the most, and this problem can also cause great harm to people.
Since Cryptosporidium is mainly transmitted through water sources, geese are most often found in ponds and other places full of water. If these water sources have been biologically contaminated, thenGeese are easily targeted by cryptosporidium
If Cryptosporidium infects humans, humans will experience severe diarrhea, but fortunately, humans have the help of modern medicine, but snakes living in nature will not work. There is no cure for cryptosporidiosis and it is very contagious to other reptiles.
Considering that geese are social animals, snakes are less likely to choose to go to dangerous places to feed, and they can be "beaten" by domestic geese at any time. Snakes are afraid of geese to a certain extent, and there is indeed a reliable saying, but one thing descends one thing, no matter how arrogant the domestic goose is, it can only be caught obediently when it encounters humans.