As the saying goes, "Better touch the jackal than the mandrill". What is a mandrill?

This so-called mandrill actually comes from the mouth of the old man? Shan Gui? . As for why it is better to meet a jackal, a butcher or a leopard than a mandrill, it is because in legend, a mandrill is a very horrible creature, which is passed down from mouth to mouth among adults, who use it to scare children. Over time, this semi-legendary and semi-existent creature was covered with a mysterious veil. Coupled with people's fear of unknown creatures, there is such a sentence. So, is mandrill really more terrible than jackal, tiger and leopard? We should look at both the legendary mandrill and its actual existence.

First, there is nothing wrong with mandrills in reality. There is indeed an animal called mandrill in reality. It belongs to primates, that is, it is closely related to baboons, orangutans and monkeys. Hey, don't think it's not scary. Although it belongs to the same genus as seemingly docile primates such as baboons, mandrill is indeed a very irritable animal. Mandrill is irritable and very fierce and aggressive, especially as a leader. War faction? Yes

They usually have sharp teeth and claws, and they are very powerful. An unarmed adult has no resistance under the claws of mandrill, because it is three times as powerful as an adult. If they get angry, even leopards have to stay away from them to avoid being hurt. As for animals like poisonous snakes, mandrills are even less important. And their leader's behavior is even worse, and his minions are many times sharper than ordinary mandrills.

Mandrill is active, and its running ability is quite strong. Running 40 kilometers per hour is not a problem. Although it is said that Mandrill eats plants, mainly fruits and leaves, it also eats birds, porcupines, mice and even turtles. So, who knows if it will eat people? After all, it is an omnivore. Moreover, mandrills like to live in groups and go to the village in droves for food, which will have a great impact on agricultural production. So the real mandrill is not a ghost, but it is also a terrible animal.

Second, as for the legendary mandrill in the literature, it is a strange creature. The earliest record about him is in China's strange book? In the classic of mountains and seas. According to Shan Hai Jing? This is recorded in the domestic classics:

? In the south, there is a Jiangxi giant with long arms and a furry black body. When people laugh, their lips will cover their faces, so they will run away. ? It can be seen here that the mandrill recorded in Shan Hai Jing is not so terrible. In another book, Mandarin? In the Lu language, there are also related records:

? One foot down, the more people say it's embarrassing. ? In other books about mandrill, it is not pointed out that mandrill is a man-eating monster. It's just that he looks strange and behaves strangely. So, where did he come from to eat people?

Third, the legendary saying that mandrill eats people appears in word of mouth. Whether in ancient or modern times, adults always like to make up stories to scare those disobedient children, and mandrill, a creature with infinite strength, strange appearance and bad temper, is the best prototype. Thus, a story that mandrill likes to eat children's brains came into being. Some places even say that mandrills like to eat children. Slowly, the story spread and became? It's better to meet jackals than mandrills? The prototype of.

Although it may be nonsense that mandrill loves to eat children's brains, this wild animal is extremely wild and mandrill itself has a bad temper. Therefore, if you meet a mandrill in the wild, you'd better stay away. After all, you can't beat others, and you can only get hurt.