After the ecological environment improves, an obvious phenomenon is that there are more and more wildlife-related sightings. In the past, it was difficult to see some wild animals even in remote rural areas. Now, even in big cities, animals can be found frequently.

Take the wild boar, for example, which has frequently appeared on various websites in recent years. News headlines in big cities have become the first species to spread locally. Nanjing is nicknamed the "City of Wild Boars" by netizens because it is frequently visited by wild boars. Wild boars will appear in unexpected places, such as communities, schools, construction sites, shopping malls, etc.

Magical animals appear in the vegetable garden

Li Sui Town, under the jurisdiction of Shunyi District, Beijing, has benefited from the results of ecological environment construction in recent years. The local ecological environment has been continuously improved, and wild animals have The number of animals is also increasing. As the number of animals increases, it becomes easier for them to accidentally break into human living areas.

Recently, villagers in Chongguozhuang Village, Li Sui Town discovered a strange-looking wild animal in their vegetable field. According to the villager, he planned to go to the fields to do farm work as usual, but suddenly noticed something strange in the vegetable garden. After taking a closer look, he discovered that there was a wild animal.

The appearance of this animal is quite strange. It is very different from the animals we usually see. It is also very ferocious. When it sees someone approaching, it will roar.

It has a nose like a pig and a body like a dog

This animal found in a vegetable field in Lisui Town, Beijing, has a very strange appearance indeed. Its most obvious feature is its snout. The position is similar to that of a pig, but the body is like a puppy. Later, after expert identification, it was a badger. Its scientific name is pig badger, and it is also called "sand badger" or "mountain badger" among the people.

The hair on the pig badger is a mixture of black and white, and the hair on both sides of the back and abdomen is dark brown; there is a white stripe in the middle of the head from the snout to the back of the neck, with eyes on both sides. There are also white stripes underneath. The pig badger belongs to the Mustelidae family. In the Mustelidae family, there are two other animals that look similar to it, namely the dog badger and the mustel badger.

The main difference with the dog badger is the nose, which is like a dog; the difference with the ferret badger is the white hair on the face, the ferret badger also has white hair on the face, but it has irregular spots. Block-shaped, while the pig-badger's is in the form of strips.

The pig badger is relatively stout and looks like a fat puppy. Its limbs are relatively thick and short, its eyes and ears are small, and its tail is generally no more than 20 cm., the claws are well developed and have strong digging ability.

Pigs and badgers do like to live in caves, and you can find good natural caves. It is impossible to ask for it, so the caves where pig badgers live daily are usually dug by themselves. They like to dig burrows in fields, hills, and even roadsides.

Compared with its big brother the dog badger, the cave structure dug by the pig badger is relatively simple. There are usually 1-2 openings. The cave is relatively clean and dry, and there is some hay in the sleeping area. .

The food habits are mixed and the personality is ferocious

Although pig badgers also have sharp teeth and claws, they rarely prey on larger animals. They are omnivorous and eat animal food. Mainly some frogs, lizards, loaches, insects, rodents, crustaceans, etc. Plant foods are generally fruits, seeds, roots, corn, wheat, peanuts, potatoes, etc.

The pig badger has poor visual ability, but a strong sense of smell, and usually relies on its sensitive sense of smell to find food. In addition to using its claws to dig out food in the ground, the pig badger's snout like a pig's snout can indeed play the role of a pig's snout, and can dig out insects, plant roots, etc. in the ground. .

As we all know, most mustelids are relatively ferocious. For example, the typical representative is the "flat-headed brother" honey badger, which is included in the Guinness Book of Records as "the most brave and fearless animal in the world." Netizens It is jokingly said that it is either fighting or on the way to fight, and it dares to "show its sword" even in the face of a lion.

Although the pig badger is not as powerful as the honey badger, it also inherits the ferocious characteristics of the mustelidae. When encountering enemies or being threatened, it will make a ferocious roar, similar to a pig's roar. Then they will stand upright and show their teeth and claws in protest. If a fight breaks out, it will fight back violently.

It is found in all provinces, mostly in the south.

The pig badger is mainly distributed in East Asia, and Southeast Asia is its main distribution area. In our country, pig badgers are also widely distributed, almost in every province in China, especially in southern provinces.

The adaptability of pig badgers to the environment is relatively strong. Pig badgers are found in high, medium and low mountain forests, plains, hills, bushes and other environments, and their burrows are mostly located on sunny slopes. In places with steep mountains or dense thatch, in addition to digging their own, they will also occupy the caves of other animals, or directly use natural rock cracks and tree holes as their own caves.

Pig badgers are nocturnal. They usually hide in caves to rest during the day and come out to be active in the evening. Early morning and evening are the peak periods of their activity. Their activity range is very small, and most of them Under normal circumstances, they only move around the cave. When they need to find food, they will run dozens of meters away to look for food.

The pig badger also has the habit of hibernating. In late October every year, it is It’s the time when they start to hibernate. In order to spend the entire hibernation period well, they will eat a lot of autumn fat before hibernation. Probably in March of the next year, as the temperature gradually rises, the pig badgers will also emerge from hibernation. Wake up.

Pigs and badgers are animals that harm crops, so they were hunted by people in large numbers in the early years, resulting in a sharp decline in the population. However, in the past one or two decades, with the development of China's ecological environment With the improvement of the environment, the number of pig badgers has gradually increased, so it is nothing new to find them in vegetable fields and other places.

It is worth mentioning that pig badgers are among the national "three-have" protected animals. , private hunting and killing is not allowed!