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Is cannibalism cruel in nature? Why?

The cruelty of nature is far beyond our imagination. Animals will kill each other and even eat each other to survive. In the nature of survival of the fittest, animals should not only live in the cat-and-mouse game at the top of the food chain, but also live in peer competition with similar animals. The one who can survive is the ultimate king.

A scene of cannibalism was staged in Manatan National Park in Zimbabwe, Africa. A fierce crocodile grabbed the chin of another little crocodile and threw it hard. The little crocodile fell into the water and there was a huge splash in the pond. The little crocodile is no match for the strong crocodile, and he is no match for the enemy. Jens Cullman, a German wildlife photographer, captured this amazing scene. Tadpoles are aquatic larvae of frogs and toads. They live in water. When a tadpole is injured or killed, other tadpoles will swim around and eat other tadpoles to satisfy their hunger.

There are more than 1300 kinds of animals in nature, which are common in parturient animals and some primates. For example, a female cat will eat sick cubs to protect other cubs; Male cockroaches are eaten by female cockroaches during mating; Groundhogs often eat the same kind during the breeding season, and so on. How cruel is cannibalism in nature? Foreign expert: Beijingers are the earliest cannibals.

192 1 In August, Swedish geologist Anson and American paleontologist Stens discovered the Peking Man Site. The excavation began in 1927 and 1929. The first complete skull fossil was unearthed by China archaeologist Pei Wenzhong. Later, Wei said in his book The Skull of an Ape in China: "Apes prey on their relatives just like other animals. Realizing that the back of the brain is more likely to cause death than other parts, apes and humans hit their heads with sharp stone tools to expel the brain, and then slowly cut off other parts of the brain to eat. "