When it comes to the most vindictive animals in nature, the pinto, the blackbird, the dog, and the honeybee must be at the top of the list. However, although they all love to hold grudges, they do not hold grudges for the same reasons, so let's analyze them.
The blackbirdOnce there was a media report, an Indian man did not know what reason to provoke the blackbird, whenever he went out, the blackbird will always flutter wings to rush, towards his skin place pecking. He tried to wear a hat or change his clothes, but no matter what he did, the thrush always recognized him and pecked at his skin.
Face recognition, in fact, is a highly evolved skill, and that's because most animals don't recognize each other by a particular detail of their faces, though some very smart animals can do it, such as orangutans, and crows and thrushes.
The reason why the blackbird pecked him specifically, the researchers explained, could be because he had disturbed the blackbird, or inadvertently hurt it.
The blackbird is one of the most vindictive birds in the world, but most of them hold grudges because they feel threatened. For example, a pair of thrushes once nested in trees around a tollbooth, and tollbooth workers would pass underneath the nest on their way to and from work, so whenever they walked in, they would be pecked at or flung with feces by the thrushes.
Other thrushes nest in trees in neighborhoods where many people keep cats and dogs, which are a threat to birds. In order to protect their offspring, some thrushes attack cats and dogs whenever they see them and fling their feces in their direction, so there are often thrush droppings on the windows of people who keep cats and dogs.
The reason why the birds, represented by the blackbird, hold grudges has to do on the one hand with the fact that they are highly evolved and can rely on each other's features to recognize the individual and attack the next time they encounter it. On the other hand, it has to do with the fact that they are protective of their young and will consistently attack animals that threaten them.
Honey BadgerIt has been said that honey badgers rarely hold grudges, and the reason for this is that when they do, they do it on the spot.
In the natural world, if you say that the honey badger is ranked second in its ability to hold a grudge, no one dares to call it first, because the honey badger's ability to hold a grudge is super strong, and if you accidentally provoke it, you may not be able to get rid of it for a long period of time, and it will always be looking for an opportunity to find you to take revenge.
In the movie "God is also crazy", the man accidentally kicked the honey badger, revenge heart burst of the honey badger will bite the man kicked it that boot does not let go of the mouth, even if the mouth is dry, even if exhausted, even if the man later to give it water to drink, it must be revenge.
It is because of the honey badger's strong desire for revenge that it has been described as either taking revenge or being on its way to doing so.
Generally speaking, it is very difficult for an animal like the honey badger to survive. The reason is because revenge is a very dangerous behavior.
For herbivores, due to the lack of effective offensive weapons, if too love revenge, it will lead to their own danger, for example: if the antelope remember the lion's revenge, the antelope will take the initiative to attack the lion every time they see it, for the lion this is not a bad thing, but a good thing.
For carnivores, energy is precious and not worth wasting. We know that lions have a low success rate in hunting, sometimes going days without success, so there is no need to waste energy on revenge. Furthermore, if a lion holds a grudge against a predator, it will not only use up its own energy, but will also increase the likelihood that it will be injured, which is very uneconomical.
The reason why honey badgers are so prone to grudges is that they have thick fur, which makes it difficult for even predators to bite through. Furthermore, because of their small size, low energy requirements and wide range of food sources, even if they hold a grudge, it won't affect their survival.
DogsThe earliest animal domesticated by humans was the dog, and in the company of humans, dogs have been able to read their expressions and tone of voice, and have become accustomed to living with them.
It is because of this that sometimes dogs have some little human minds, such as: holding grudges. If you accidentally mess with them, they may be angry with you for a few days for that. But they won't get back at you for the simple reason that in the dog's world, you're not a human being, you're a wolf.
Dogs were domesticated from wolves, and they were already team players and obeyed the alpha wolf. When humans domesticated wolves, they didn't make them listen to humans, they replaced the alpha wolf as their leader.
So, although a dog can hold a grudge, it easily does not dare to challenge the position of the alpha wolf, so the dog will not retaliate against its master, who in its heart is the alpha wolf.
But for some people who are not so close to the dog, the dog may retaliate, for example: after the vet gives the dog an injection, the dog will woof and bark when he sees the doctor again; and if left unchecked, the dog may sometimes appear to attack the other person.
Summary
Different animals, hold grudges in different ways and for different reasons, in the process of getting along with animals, as long as we can go along with their nature, we can do and they live in harmony. Don't worry if we accidentally mess with an animal and it takes revenge on us, as long as we can find out why, we will be able to make peace with them (except for the honey badger, I'm afraid).