There is a saying in the countryside that "rabbits go up the mountain, pheasants go down the mountain, and turtles can't catch up with water." What does this mean?

In the countryside, experienced hunters don't chase a rabbit running up the mountain. Hares chasing mountains are hard to catch, they will be exhausted to death, and finally they will lose more than they gain.

The rabbit's limb structure is that its front legs are shorter than its rear legs, and its back is strong and powerful. When the rabbit runs up the mountain, because of the slope of the mountain, it can make up for the short front legs, which will make the rabbit's sense of balance and flexibility much better than that when the road is flat.

The flexibility gained by the slope of the hillside can make the rabbit's hind legs more powerful when kicking up, thus running faster than on a flat road. As for people, running up the hill, everyone knows that they will be more tired and run slower.

Rabbits run faster and faster, while people run slower and slower. If there is no miracle, it is difficult for people to catch up with rabbits.

Therefore, generally experienced hunters are quietly detouring down the mountain and chasing rabbits down the mountain. Rabbits at this time, because their front legs are short and their rear legs are long, will easily run down the mountain and fall down because of their unstable center of gravity.

2: Pheasants going down the mountain.

Pheasant, although birds can't fly, pheasants have wings that can glide and a long tail that can balance themselves. After running for a while, the pheasant can jump up and glide down the mountain for a long distance.

I remember when I was a child, I went to the mountains to chop wood, and all the pheasants in the bushes were removed by chopping wood. The pheasant suddenly took off, flew down the mountain with a whoosh, glided directly for more than ten meters, and then climbed into other grass below the mountain and never disappeared.

The pheasant that goes down the mountain can glide at high altitude, get under the grass and escape from the hunter quickly. Experienced hunters may be able to chase a few distances and have the opportunity to shoot pheasants with shotguns. An inexperienced hunter may not even catch up with the pheasant gliding.

3. A turtle out of water.

Soft-shelled turtle is rich in nutrition, and many people like to supplement their bodies with soft-shelled turtle. However, it is not easy to catch soft-shelled turtle. Turtles are not only few in number, but also rarely leave the water and go ashore. Generally speaking, when turtles come ashore, they mostly lay eggs. The landed soft-shelled turtle crawls slowly and is easily captured by natural enemies or humans.

There is a saying in the countryside, don't shoot March birds, because there are young birds at home waiting for the mother bird to catch food and go back. If the mother bird foraging at this time is killed, then the young birds at home will starve to death. No matter out of humanitarian pity or the continuation of the population, farmers with conscience generally don't beat March birds with injuries.

The same is true of soft-shelled turtles, which have always been scarce, especially now. Generally, conscientious farmers will let turtles lay eggs once they see them coming ashore. After all, the tortoise at this time has many lives on it.

Only by not catching soft-shelled turtles that lay eggs ashore can the population of soft-shelled turtles be maintained.

The main meaning of this sentence is that we should not catch rabbits up the mountain or catch the pheasant down the mountain, because if we can't catch them, we will get twice the result with half the effort. The reason why we don't catch the soft-shelled turtle ashore is because of the conscience of being a man and maintaining the population reproduction of rare animals.