20 Hippopotamus

◎Hippopotamuses have thick skin and flesh, so these stones are completely useless.◎

The honey badger struggled quite hard, and Qiao Jinnian was not very strong, so it was already very difficult for her to lift him up. She had no choice but to make him sit on the ground and temporarily tie his feet with a hemp rope.

But the honey badger struggled so hard, and tried to bite the rope off, while biting the rope, he kept yelling at her: "X- ...

Qiao Jinnian sat on the ground and thought about it. She was barefoot, so even if she stepped on him, it wouldn't be serious. Not only did he bite her, but he also wouldn't let her go. Could there be something wrong with the place she chose?

So, she simply stopped digging and filled the hole with the soil she had dug out from the cloak. After repairing it, she compacted the hole.

At this time, the honey badger had already bitten the rope and was about to come over to bite her again.

She had to lift him up again and said to him, "Roar?"

Afraid that he didn't understand, she took him to the entrance of the cave and asked him to take a closer look to see if the hole had been filled for him.

But this honey badger had a very bad temper and refused to calm down, so Qiao Jinnian had no choice but to tie him up again and let him bite the rope again. While she was doing this, she ran back to the river area.

"Huff, huff, huff--" Qiao Jinnian didn't expect to get into such a big trouble. The cloak had been scared away long ago, and the jackal didn't dare to mess with the big brother of the grassland.

When Ryan came back, he found that her calf was bleeding and there were teeth marks. He licked the wound on her leg and lay on it to sniff the smell, as if trying to identify what bit her.

Seeing him looking at her, Qiao Jinnian thought that they still had to go to the grassland to catch prey, and this flat-headed brother must be taught a lesson, so she pulled Ryan to this grassland.

In fact, lions have no way to deal with honey badger, and their meat is not tasty because the skin is too thick and cannot be eaten at all.

Of course, Qiao Jinnian just wanted the honey badger to give up and stop biting her, not to eat him.

As a result, when they arrived there, they found that the rope had been bitten off and the honey badger had disappeared without a trace.

Ryan sniffed at the cave entrance, remembering the smell, and then roared at the cave entrance: "Roar, roar——"

This is a warning.

Well, the first thing Qiao Jinnian did after returning home was to design a pair of shoes for herself. Straw sandals were too difficult to make, and she didn't know how to make them, so she made a pair of very simple straw sandals roughly according to the size of her feet. There were only a few hemp rope straps on them, which looked like a pair of sandals, but at least they could protect her feet.

The rainy season has finally arrived. A light rain begins to fall from time to time on the grassland, but it soon stops, announcing that this vast grassland will once again welcome herbivores.

As the rainfall increased, the river water began to rise and a large number of dead fish floated on the surface of the river.

These fish were suffocated to death because of the lack of oxygen in the river caused by hippopotamus feces.

This river area has attracted the participation of water overlords. Not only have more crocodiles come to this river area, but hippos are also looking for suitable waters.

This river area is no longer peaceful. Qiao Jinnian thought that they should leave and it was time to head south.

That day, Ryan was still lying under the tree to rest, but a hippopotamus came out of the river and wanted to drive them away because he wanted to occupy the river.

Ryan was actually provoked by a hippopotamus.

Lions generally do not actively hunt hippos unless it is in the dry season, but now it is the rainy season and the lions' mobile food is on its way south, so there is no need to confront hippos.

But, as the king of the grassland, will the lion just leave like this? They are very proud animals.

So, Qiao Jinnian could only watch Ryan and the hippopotamus fight.

In fact, some time ago, Qiao Jinnian saw a group of river lions and Ryan working together to hunt a hippopotamus in a tree. Unexpectedly, now that it was the rainy season, the hippopotamus actually took the initiative to provoke them.

Hippopotamuses are creatures with particularly bad tempers. Not only do they have bad tempers, but they also have a very strong sense of territory and will not allow any creature to approach their territory.

But the problem is, this is clearly her and Ryan's territory!

Qiao Jinnian was speechless. She didn’t know whether she should call Sister Sa and the others or go it herself?

After all, this was a battle to defend the territory, not a hunting cooperation with Sister Sa, so Qiao Jinnian only thought about it for a second and decided that this was also his territory, so he took out his weapon, which was the kind of plant covered with thorns.

She didn't want to go up directly. In case she was attacked by the hippo, she would have to rely on Ryan to rescue her. So she hid behind the tree first, preparing to fire a few shells to disrupt the hippo's rhythm. Unfortunately, she had to ask Dazhuang for help.

Looking up at the tree in the distance, I saw Da Zhuang leading a group of baboons running over.

This was the first time Qiao Jinnian saw baboons coming to join the battle, but it was understandable. After all, they regarded this place as their territory, and now it was a war for them and Ryan to defend the territory, so they came.

Baboons fight very fiercely and always attack in groups. At Da Zhuang's command, all the baboons came forward and surrounded the hippopotamus, squeezing Ryan so hard that there was no room left.

In this case, Ryan simply let the larger and more powerful group of baboons attack first, and he waited on the side.

So many baboons opened their mouths wide, revealing four 5-centimeter-long fangs, and pounced on the hippopotamus. One baboon and one claw pushed the hippopotamus back step by step.

But the hippopotamus himself did not want to retreat. The hippopotamus had a worse temper than the baboon and was completely furious. A weight of more than 300 kilograms was no joke. Moreover, he had huge fangs that were more than 50 centimeters long. With his mouth wide open, he used brute force to push a group of baboons forward.

The mouth can almost fit the heads of several baboons at the same time.

Qiao Jinnian was a little dumbfounded. This hippopotamus was too powerful!

But Dazhuang climbed up the tree directly, jumped down from the tall tree, and jumped directly onto the hippopotamus, scratching and biting him without showing any weakness.

A piece of the hippo's skin was bitten, and the pain made him retreat into the water, because the water is the hippo's main battlefield.

If the baboon went into the water, it would be tricked and would definitely not be able to beat the hippo. Qiao Jinnian became anxious and ran to the riverside, throwing stones at the hippo's butt, forcing it to move forward and not retreat.

Hippos have thick skin and tough flesh, so these stones are of no use at all.

Qiao Jinnian raised the long sharp spike in his hand, walked closer, and poked the hippopotamus on its butt, thinking that the hippopotamus would not dare to retreat, and would definitely think that a crocodile was coming from behind to bite him.

As a result, the hippopotamus actually started to poop on the spot, swinging his tail rapidly while doing so, so that his poop would be hit by the tail and splattered everywhere, turning it into an offensive weapon...

Qiao Jinnian: "..."

Fortunately, Qiao Jinnian moved away a little after poking, but she was still almost attacked by her father!

Seeing that the hippopotamus continued to retreat, Ryan became annoyed. He pounced on the hippopotamus with a roar, and actually fell on its back, starting to bite its back violently.

Other baboons also jumped on and bit the hippopotamus everywhere. As a result, the hippopotamus was covered with the bites of baboons and lions. It ran around in pain and tried its best to dive into the water.

When they got into the water, a lot of baboons suddenly died, mainly because they couldn't continue fighting in the water. But Ryan held on to one spot tightly and refused to let go, and started a fight with the hippo to see who could last longer.

The hippo had to lower its body, trying to drown the lion, but the water level was not that high, and the combined height of the hippo and the lion was more than two meters, so there was no way to drown the lion.

Besides, hippos need to breathe too.

However, he used another strategy, which was to roll in the water, trying to flip Ryan into the water. As a result, Ryan seemed to be completely attached to him, and no matter how he rolled over and over, he just wouldn't let go, and even made a "whoosh" warning sound from his mouth.

Logically speaking, the lion can better play to its strengths on land, but if Ryan doesn't let go in the water, the hippopotamus won't be able to play to its strengths as the king of the water.

Ryan bit the area near the neck, which was bleeding profusely. Finally, due to his persistence, the hippo died from excessive blood loss.

At this time, the baboons saw that the hippo was dead, so they jumped from the tree into the river and dragged the behemoth out with Ryan. Of course, they were able to drag it out successfully because they were in the water, otherwise who could drag such a heavy prey?

The baboons didn't hesitate and went straight up to eat. Ryan didn't say anything. The prey was enough for them to eat, and they might even not be able to finish it.

After everyone finished eating, they went home with full bellies.

Ryan also lazily lay back under the tree and continued to sleep and digest his food at the same time, which was very comfortable.

So, when the hyenas that had been lying in ambush for a long time and watching the show quietly swam over from the river to steal food, Ryan just glanced at them and ignored them.

This is also because the rainy season has arrived and food is no longer scarce, so the male lions are more tolerant of hyenas, and the relationship between the two sides is no longer tense and they are no longer in a state of frequent fighting.

The hyena queen led the entire hyena group to eat their fill, and there was still a lot of meat and bones left, which became a good deal for the jackals and vultures.

The entire riverside returned to calm again, as if nothing had happened just now. Only the vultures that had not finished eating reminded everyone that a large animal had just died here.

Qiao Jinnian looked at the entire riverbank filled with hippo poop and suddenly felt bad. She felt that there was a foul smell everywhere and she really couldn't stay in this place anymore. Anyway, they didn't have any luggage, so they just went home.

Yes, in Qiao Jinnian’s heart, that small territory, although very small, was her first home in this world. She missed Yoyo, bread, and the breadfruit tree.

Yoyo is a herbivore, and she was a little worried that Yoyo would be eaten by carnivores during migration.

Ryan also felt that it was time to go back, so he carried her on his back and walked south.

Originally, Qiao Jinnian wanted to say hello to Sister Sa, but it seemed that the lion group did not have this rule, so forget it. Maybe they will come back here next year, or go further north.

But who could tell her why Dazhuang and the ostriches also migrated south with her?