What animal is "Brother Flat Head"? How many kinds of "flat-headed brother"

Brother Pingtou is not a man, but a wild animal. This is the honey badger. In terms of body shape, the adult honey badger is less than one meter long, with a shoulder height of about 25 cm and an average weight of about 10 kg. Judging from this data, it is a little bigger than our cat. So why is such a small honey badger called honey badger? Brother Flat Head? And then what? What's special about it? Let's take a brief look at the honey badger.

Honey badger's? The road to fame?

Honey badger's? Become famous? There are two main reasons:

First of all, be bold.

Honey badger is a weasel, belonging to Carnivora, cats and canines. The difference is that most of the weasels are smaller. Even the mink, the largest terrestrial animal in the family Mustelidae, is about 90 cm long and weighs about 15 kg. Although most mustelidae animals are small in size, there is not one in the whole family? Fear of death? People, especially honey badgers, are regarded as? The most fearless animal in the world? Written identity? Guinness World Records? Medium. The honey badger's fearlessness is mainly reflected in its fearlessness to all creatures. Even lions and leopards dozens of times its size will fight it fearlessly.

This is actually due to the special eye structure of honey badger. The honey badger's eye structure is similar to a concave lens, so the animal in front of it is smaller than the actual one.

02 immune snake venom

Poisonous snakes can be said to be the nightmare of most wild animals. Even fierce carnivores like lions and tigers dare not provoke poisonous snakes. However, in front of the honey badger, most poisonous snakes are just one? Spicy strips? That's all. This is due to the honey badger's immunity to snake venom. Of course, honey badgers are not immune to snake venom, are they? The charm of life-saving is that it can only be immune to the venom of some poisonous snakes with poor toxicity and low venom, and most of the snakes that honey badger preys on are less than 1.5 meters in length. Most of these small poisonous snakes are nontoxic and have low detoxification, so honey badger can get away with it when preying on poisonous snakes.

Still, there is one kind of snake venom that can immunize most poisonous snakes? BUG？ Also exists.

The above two points are honey badger's name. Brother? What is the reason? Flat head? It comes from the characteristics of honey badger head. Honey badger's head is wide and flat, and it is covered with white hair. Is this his? Brother Flat Head? The origin of the title Of course, the title of Brother Pingtou was given to Honey Badger by netizens, which actually symbolizes a kind of spirit, that is, the spirit of unyielding and loving freedom. As more and more people understand honey badger, honey badger's? Fan base? It's getting bigger. So far, at least tens of thousands of people in the whole network belong to honey badger? A loyal fan? .

Alternative? De ping tou ge

Actually, in nature, where's Brother Flat Head? Is not the exclusive title of honey badger, whether in water or in the sky? Brother Flat Head? It's just that these exist? Brother Flat Head? Put a prefix before it. Let's look at two kinds separately. Alternative flat head brother? .

0 1 Brother Pingtou in the water

Speaking of the title of flat-headed brother in the water, many friends will say: Isn't it an otter?

In fact, this statement is wrong. Because? Brother Flat Head is in the water? The title comes from a weasel that lives in water. Because it often kills crocodiles, it is called by netizens. Brother Flat Head is in the water? . However, all otters belonging to the weasel family have no ability to kill crocodiles. Otter, isn't it? Brother Flat Head is in the water? .

Brother Flat Head is in the water? The scientific name is Big Otter, also known as Giant Otter. Although from the name, it is already a kind of otter, but from the biological classification, the big otter belongs to the big otter of Mustelidae, not to the otter. However, the giant otter is very similar to the otter in appearance and habits (staying in the water most of the time), but in terms of body size, the giant otter is at least three times that of the ordinary otter. The adult otter has an average body length of about 1.5 meters and an average weight of about 25 kilograms, which is the largest in the whole ferret family.

From the distribution point of view, the giant otter is native to South American waters, among which the Amazon basin is the most distributed. But because of its large size, hair is also called. King of fur? Therefore, under the hunting of human beings, the otter has become an endangered animal.

In the primitive environment, giant otters, as social carnivores, are the top animals in the food chain. They feed on all animals in the water, especially like to kill crocodiles (caimans), so they are called? Wolf clan in the water? . The other two are weasels with wide heads, so they are called by netizens? Brother Flat Head is in the water? .

02 ? Brother Flat Head among Birds?

Brother Flat Head among Birds? It is also a nickname given by netizens to a kind of bird. The average length of this bird is about 20 cm and its weight is only about 60 grams. It's a shrike. Shrike is the general name of all birds in the family shrike of passeriformes. There are 22 different species of shrike, which are widely distributed in Eurasia and Africa. So why is the shrike called shrike? Brother Flat Head among Birds? And then what? There are two reasons.

The first way to hunt

Shrike hunts in a cruel way. They mainly feed on insects, other small birds, lizards, rodents and other small and medium-sized animals. When hunting, they will peck their prey to death with their sharp beaks, then take them to thorns or thorny trees and hang them on thorns. This is the best way for Shrike to store food. Shrike stores food in this special way? Butcher bird? The title of.

The second fearless spirit

Shrike is small in size, but he has great courage. Shrike is not only afraid of people, but also can kill other birds twice its size in nature. In addition, when encountering a large raptor such as an eagle in its habitat, it usually goes straight forward to fight the eagle and drive it away. Although the eagle is more fierce than Shrike, Shrike's small size and flexible body always make the eagle beaten.

In nature, what can be called? Brother? Most animals have great abilities, such as? Brother Flat Head? Besides personality (flat head, silver hair and white cloak), honey badger has the greatest courage. Besides the honey badger, there are flat-headed brothers in the water and in the sky. What are they? Brother Flat Head is in the water? Giant otters and? Brother Flat Head among Birds? Shrike.