動物世界裡,追女生沒辦法用花言巧語或是財力競逐,牠們可能只能靠打一架來決定誰比較厲害。美國亞利桑那州一名退休高中老師蘇珊·古吉 (Susan Goudge) 在國家公園遠足時,就目睹了兩隻馬互相打架的畫面,其中一隻還是他很喜歡的灰馬-加斯頓 (Gaston) 。牠在水邊跟另一隻白馬打了起來,她立刻拍下這緊張的畫面。
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圖片翻攝自Dailymail,下同
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古吉表示,不管在哪裡看見加斯頓,牠都是活力四射。今年10月,古吉曾注意到牠身邊有一隻漂亮的母馬。種馬在與另一半配對時,經常會向其他的馬匹進行挑戰,因此這並不是罕見的狀況,這次看到的畫面應該就是如此。
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這系列充滿戲劇張力的照片可以看到,2隻公馬不斷用頭衝撞彼此,站很高並用嘴咬對方。照片中的白馬也打到受傷了,本來以為2頭體型相近的馬會角力很久,沒想到3分鐘就結束了。最後加斯頓離開了白色公馬,古吉也很慶幸能看到這場馬兒間的史詩對決。
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這座國家公園是亞利桑那州最大的森林,從1902年建立國家森林公園前,野馬就生活在河岸旁。根據鹽河野馬組織 (Salt River Horse Management Group) 的說法,現在看到的馬很可能是當年西班牙神父從歐洲帶進來的後裔。2隻馬雖然受傷了,但是這就是大自然的一部分嘛。
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TEEPR trapbae編:我以為馬打架跟驢子一樣是踹來踹去的那種。
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