Hippopotamus spreading shit.糞をまき散らすカバ。Tobu Zoo.東武動物公園。
排泄物は人間にとっては今や食べた物の残滓でしかありませんが、他の生き物にとっては、そうではありません。
犬が方々におしっこをして、自分の縄張りを主張するのは有名な話ですが、他の動物にとっても、排泄物は同じような役目を果たしています。
更に、カバの場合、威嚇の意味があると言われています。
ご存知の方もいらっしゃると思いますが、カバはほ乳類の中でも最強の生き物と言う人もいるくらい強い動物です。
しかし、子供はそうではありませんから、肉食獣に狙われる危険があります。
そこで、糞をばらまく事で「強い自分がここにいるぞ」と知らせて敵を近づけない効果かあるのだそうです。
相手に警告する事で無駄な戦いを避ける意味もあるでしょう。
いくら強いといっても、怪我はしたくないですから。
野生の環境ではかすり傷でも、致命傷につながる事もありますから。
強い生き物ならではの警告方法ですね。
逆にネコは糞を砂をかけて隠しますが、これは肉食動物側の知恵で、自分の居場所を隠す意味があると言われています。
ここに肉食獣がいるぞ、と分かってしまうと、獲物が逃げてしまいますからね。
以上、排泄物に関するコネタでした。
(^^)/
For human beings excrement is only a residue of what you ate now, but for other living things it is not so.
Although it is famous for dogs to pee to people and insist on their territory, excreta plays a similar role for other animals.
Furthermore, it is said that in the case of Hippo, there is a meaning of intimidation.
I think that there are also some people you know, Hippopotamus is as strong as there are people who call it the strongest creature among mammals.
However, since children are not so, there is a danger that carnivorous beasts are aimed at.
Therefore, it seems that there is an effect to notify the enemy by notifying that “strong myself is here“ by spreading feces.
There will also be meaning to avoid wasteful battle by warning others.
Even scratches in the wild environment can lead to fatal injuries.
It is a warning method unique to strong creatures.
Conversely, cats hide feces with sand, but this is the wisdom of carnivores and it is said that there is meaning to hide their whereabouts.
Prey will escape if you know that there are carnivorous animals here.
It was the co-material about the excrement as things mentioned above.
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