When it comes to catching mice, many people will think of cats, as familiar rat catchers, in the era of rampant mice, every household will raise a cat to protect food, which is also the origin of the "wealth cat".
But today we are not going to talk about cats, but another animal, which has a higher ability to catch rats than cats, and can often effectively control the number of mice in the vicinity in a short period of time.
However, its name may be unfamiliar to many people, "Tiger Weasel", which is its name, is mainly distributed in Central Asia and even southeastern Europe, this animal can form an effective control against rodent infestations.
But the problem is that China's climate and even geographical conditions make it difficult for us to see tiger ferrets, and naturally there is no way to know that there are more powerful rat catchers than cats, but many people are curious about the fact that this animal can surpass cats in their ability to catch mice.
Therefore, we will give a basic explanation of the situation of the tiger ferret, which is also conducive to everyone to understand the wider world and enrich their own knowledge, and the first thing we want to mention is the history of the tiger ferret.
The weasel is not as famous as the cat, but its evolution is not short, and its ancestors migrated from North America to Europe during the Third Age, and then developed to the present day.
The climate in Europe is the best living environment for tiger ferrets, so they settle down, and the number is not small, which is also a characteristic animal that every country has, such as the giant panda that is regarded as a national treasure by our country.
Of course, weasel aren't that rare, but they're an incomparably important link in the ecological chain, making up the biological world as we know them, so there's no need to make any additional comparisons.
As a small animal, the ferret itself is a carnivorous, so it can only hunt smaller animals, because they like desert environments such as the Gobi, so the most commonly hunted animals are rats and hares, and if there are none, then insects will be used instead.
Generally speaking, the tiger ferret is close to the honey badger in character, and dares to go up and touch any enemy when it sees it, even if the opponent is full of threat, it dares to stand up its fur to confront it.
For the enemy, the tiger ferret is so fearless, there must be a dependence, in fact, it has no offensive means that it can handle, this is just intimidation, and it can bluff the opponent to retreat even if it is successful.
Of course, even if the other party is not frightened, the tiger ferret will have other ways to escape, as a ferret, their biggest ** is the stinky gland, when other hostile animals rush over, these irritating gases are an excellent means of defense.
Because the chemical substance contained in the gas is mainly butyl mercaptan, which is more than ten times more powerful than hydrogen sulfide, it is difficult for animals to resist, and for some animals with a particularly good sense of smell, this ** can make them faint directly.
Therefore, although the Tiger Weasel is not strong in active attack, it is very good in defense, and even if the animal that hunts it is superior in strength, it is difficult to continue the hunting operation under the gas offensive.
When it comes to this, many people may think of the hunting method of tiger ferrets, these glands are not passive, but actively used by tiger ferrets, that is, tiger ferrets can use these glands as **.
Then the situation is obvious, if the tiger weasel finds the tiger hole, it will release this gas directly to the hole entrance, and then drive the rats out, although we say that the tiger ferret attack is not strong, but it is also relative.
If you take the mouse as a comparison, then the tiger ferret really becomes a tiger, its claw strike can directly take the life of the mouse, and finally feast on it, and this hunting method of the tiger ferret often involves a nest of mice, so it is extremely efficient.
When the cat was still thinking about how to catch mice one by one, the tiger weasel was already standing at the mouth of the mouse nest waiting for the meal, which also led to the cat defense family, and the appearance of the tiger weasel was a district without mice.
In addition to these chemical **, the appearance of the tiger ferret with the word "tiger" is also worth mentioning, because we have already mentioned that the tiger ferreel is mostly found in the Gobi and deserts, so when the tiger-like fur hair appears in the area, it has a very wonderful effect.
Under the cover of the yellow sand, the whereabouts of the tiger ferret are difficult to detect, even if the rats are driven out of the hole and are aware of the threat, but they look left and right, and often they have been caught without seeing the whereabouts of the tiger ferret.
The weakness of the tiger ferret is also obvious, that is, the eyesight is not very good, it may be in the desert environment and cave for a long time, and its own needs for the eyes are relatively low, so the targeted evolution ignores the eyes, which is also the premise that the tiger ferret has such an excellent ability to catch mice.
All in all, the tiger ferret as a rat catcher, equivalent to a human-friendly animal, now human activities are frequent, the tiger ferret has become a three-protected animal in our country, I hope you can pay more attention to them.
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