A strange deer appeared in the Heishui River in Sichuan! The exposed teeth are like daggers. What is the function?
On September 13, a strange-looking deer animal appeared in the river near Yingbo Village, Luhua Town, Heishui County, Sichuan. Due to the two-meter-high cement fence on both sides of the river, the poor little animal has been trapped in the narrow beach beside the river. It was rescued by firefighters who arrived. Firefighters found that this strange deer had horseshoe-shaped black hair on its head, and its teeth were exposed like a dagger, which was easily reminiscent of the legendary vampire teeth. It is confirmed that it is a national second-class protected animal crested deer. Seeing someone coming, out of instinctual fear, the deer fled around, jumped into the river, and ran to the beach again. After dozens of minutes of negotiation, the rescuers finally rescued the deer to the shore. The injury was healthy, so rescuers put it back in the forest as soon as possible. The crested deer, also known as the green deer, is a small deer with a body length of less than 1 meter, a shoulder height of less than 0.5 meters, and an adult weight of about 30 kilograms. The sharp teeth, exposed outside, looked like daggers. The tufted deer are mainly distributed in Jiangnan, South China, Han River and Southwest China. They prefer to live in dry places such as bamboo forests and hilly areas, but do not like wet dense forests and swamps. Come to the low Chaoyang Mountains to escape the cold. The exposed teeth look very fierce, but in fact the crested deer is a vegetarian animal, mainly feeding on the leaves and fruits of plants of the Rhododendron family, Liliaceae and Rosaceae. Of course, the crested deer sometimes steals crops planted by farmers, corn seedlings. , peanut seedlings, soybean leaves and sweet potato leaves, etc. Some people may be surprised. The crested deer is a vegan animal and does not need to hunt other animals. Why does it have a pair of dagger-like teeth? For the crested deer, this must have an effect on the teeth. If it has no effect, it will naturally disappear according to the principle of "use it and lose it". In fact, this pair of dagger-like teeth is very useful. First, it can be used as a self-protection weapon. The crested deer is docile, but if you push it in a hurry, it will also use its fangs to bite each other. This is like a zebra encountering a crocodile. Likewise, when a crocodile bites a zebra, the zebra also bites the crocodile. So when we encounter a docile crested deer, don't approach it easily and touch it, especially its head, it is very timid and easily frightened to avoid being bitten, its damage is not low , if it is really bitten by it, it will definitely break the skin and bleed. Second, the fangs can be used to compete for mating rights. April and May are the annual breeding season for crested deer. During this period, under the influence of hormones, the usually docile male crested deer becomes very aggressive. In order to compete for females, They attack their opponents with weapons and with all their might. Kick opponents with their front hooves, and bite them with teeth when necessary. The long and sharp teeth have become the most useful weapons for them to snatch the right to mate. For animals, there are only two major things in life, survival and reproduction. For offspring, the breeding season is influenced by hormones, the latter being more important than the former. This crested deer, which appeared in Yingbo Village, Luhua Town, Heishui County, Sichuan Province, was very lucky. It was taken to the forest by rescuers unscathed and released. This year, a crested deer in Baokang County, Hubei Province was illegally hunted and killed. Once again, the tufted deer is a national second-class protected animal. Illegal hunting is a crime, and it will definitely be punished by the law. This is not worth the loss. Interesting and informative scientific content, please pay attention to the only WeChat public account: interesting exploration