What do we know about the jackals Bashny.Net

Jackals - not man's best friend. Quite the contrary - uninvited guests that bring trouble economy. However, despite its notoriety, and they are able to bring practical benefits to man, and sometimes even serve as a moral example.





Priesthood jackals



Although modern zoology insists that jackals in nature, there are only three kinds of traditionally These include the mythical creature - Egyptian Wolf (often referred to as the Egyptian or Ethiopian dog). This kind of animal habitat is surrounded by mystery and magic. Ancient Egyptians saw in him a god Anubis. According to the beliefs of the Egyptians, he lived on the border of the worlds; He is credited with the ability to exercise moral judgment - to separate right from wrong, to lead through difficulties, finding a way. Also, he is credited as a defender and link to reign. On the walls of the pyramid, you can find evidence of belief in the transformation of the pharaohs in subs (also called the Egyptian jackal) and the belief that the sons of the pharaohs - puppies subs.
It is assumed that the jackals attributed sacred properties "border guards" between the world of the living and the dead because of their willingness to dig graves in search of food. Perhaps the tradition of burials in the tombs originated it in fear for the safety of the deceased before the cunning scavengers.

Tobacco



A sneaky character and cunning jackals character immortalized word Rudyard Kipling, the hero of the novel that became a household name among the people. Tobacco - the so-called vile predator in the "Jungle Book" - the character of the hypocritical and deceitful. He is a faithful companion of the main villain - the tiger Shere Khan. The image of tobacco is very accurately conveys the behaviors of all kinds: the jackals feed primarily prey of other animals, taking her cunning. In addition to "The Jungle Book" jackal shows an outcast in the forest: the plot, the other animals are afraid of tobacco, which is quite justified, because the jackals are more likely to carry rabies fauna.

Kinship in canine



For a long time (since the appearance of the works of Charles Darwin) domesticated dog unconditionally considered evolutionary descendant of the wolf, but zoologists confidence in this statement becomes weaker and weaker as the detection of conflicting findings. In favor of an alternative origin dog says, for example, the fact that the jackal - does not disdain the dregs of a predator - it is easy to tame, he prefers to be around people to get their cherished remnants of food. This way of life is very similar to the behavior of the majority of the inhabitants of the streets of the dog family. It is also noteworthy that the skull is very similar to jackals skull of our pets.
However, this hypothesis has not found yet its confirmation, and the true ancestor of the dog may, ultimately, be a coyote or even a separate species of canids, not lived up to the present (the latter theory, though considered of low reliability, but has found its supporters both in our country, and abroad, and zoologists T.Shtuder S.Bogolyubsky insist on the existence of once-type wild dog).

There are things to learn



As often happens, the best qualities are forgotten, and publicized only receives negative information dyed. Jackal - underrated world epic character. Few people know, but the jackals - monogamous creatures. Once selecting a pair, the jackal is not "gone to another" - a family of jackals would hunt together and educate the young until they get stronger and feel free to leave the territory of the parents and to find a life partner of the opposite sex.
Family jackals - a strong social unit, they also protect territory from other pairs and are constantly striving to expand it to give to posterity as long as possible not to leave "a home».

Atypical crossing



Hybridization between species in nature - a phenomenon not too rare, and in captivity, even more so, and frequent; Of course, the more close to each other species, the more chances to get fertile offspring. For example, at the junction of the marten habitat successfully interbreed with sable, hybrids - kidusy - perfectly fertile; other weasel successfully bred in experiments DV Tarnovo. Similar examples are also many among passerine birds and chicken.
In turn, successful efforts to interbreeding with dogs of jackals in the lab have been made not out of idle curiosity, and in applications. Compared with the domestic dog all wild canids, not only have a much stronger scent, but not least, greater reliability and independence of action of the olfactory apparatus of human influence. The first reliable report on the crossing of a domestic dog with a jackal appeared in 1863. Although this option hybridization has not been studied fully (number of articles on the subject is less than two dozen), it is known that such genetic barriers to interbreeding is not: the number of chromosomes in a dog and a jackal same (78), and the hybrid offspring are fertile. Besides the ability to analyze the odors of jackals at a distance greater than that of wolves, but because of the small size of its hybrid offspring jackal feed easier than volkodogov.