52 Giving Birth

◎The crocodile in the river was too lazy to eat him, even though the little zebra was standing in front of the crocodile's mouth.◎

The little zebra may have never seen predators since it was born. It just wants to find its mother and keeps making weak, dog-barking sounds to call for its mother.

Under normal circumstances, the little zebra would probably not survive even a second after coming ashore, but now, the predators no longer care about him.

Because the river is full of dead animals, even if all the carnivores in the entire grassland come here, it will take them many days to eat.

This created a strange scene: the meat eaters, who would normally be impossible to be friendly with each other and eat at the same table, now all took their places by the river and began to enjoy their own food.

At this time, the little zebra walked a full circle along the river bank, but did not see its mother. It actually passed through the top predators and turned into the river.

The crocodile in the river was too lazy to eat him, even though the little zebra was already standing in front of the crocodile's mouth.

The vultures fought fiercely over the wildebeest's corpse, probably because they thought the meat of the wildebeest their companions were eating was more delicious.

The hyenas and their arch-enemy, the wild dogs, surprisingly lived in peace with each other, shoulder to shoulder, and became friends who could go out for dinner together.

Qiao Jinnian’s lion group, the lion group of three female lions and two old men, and all the lions from the super lion group opposite came.

Even Diandian, who had been living alone in a tree, and a cheetah mother with two cubs all came here, and this place became a paradise for all grassland carnivores.

Qiao Jinnian sat on the rock, watching everything happening by the river, her eyes always attracted by the figure of the little zebra.

After all, it is such an amazing sight to see such weak animals moving around freely and even stumbling when walking among so many carnivores.

Perhaps, after the carnivores have eaten all the wildebeests in the river and digested the food in their stomachs, they will eat this poor little zebra.

However, Qiao Jinnian couldn't do anything. She had already been meddling in too many other people's affairs, such as treating the cheetah's wounds and adopting the lame lion cub.

Speaking of the little lion, Qiao Jinnian started looking for Qiangzi by the river again.

After searching like this, she felt that Qiangzi was really extraordinary. He had a natural strong desire to survive. He was a little lion, but he dared to compete with a group of adult lions for the most delicious wildebeest meat.

But for the same reason, the adult lions didn't bother to pay attention to him because there was too much meat here.

The feast lasted for a whole week. The animals ate so much that their bellies were so full that they lay down by the river and could not even walk.

However, there were still uneaten animal carcasses in the river.

However, as the wildebeest carcasses rotted, only specialized scavengers were left by the river to clean up the battlefield, while other carnivores had already begun to move south in search of the freshest food.

The weak zebra survived for a whole week among a group of carnivores, relying entirely on the green grass on this side of the meadow to survive.

When the main force left, few predators noticed him.

The little zebra didn't know where his mother had gone or why, as soon as he crossed a river, his mother disappeared.

Qiao Jinnian also found it very strange. The first group of migrating zebras were not seen on this river bank. Presumably, the herd of zebras came ashore from the other side. Then, the little zebra must have been washed here by the river and got separated from its mother.

She even suspected that the mother zebra thought the baby zebra had drowned or been eaten by a crocodile.

In short, when Qiao Jinnian and the others were about to leave, the little zebra was still wandering around, calling for its mother.

Alas, Qiao Jinnian sighed in her heart, but she was still a baby, so what could she do?

After being here for more than half a year, Qiao Jinnian's chicken coop has become bigger and bigger, with more than a dozen chickens in the cages.

Looking at so many lively guinea fowls, Qiao Jinnian has developed a soft spot for them. She can't bear to eat them, nor can she bear to stop eating eggs, as eggs are so nutritious.

However, they were moving and she couldn't take all the chickens with her, only two at most.

So she picked out two little egg-laying champions and a rooster, and took the rest to the forest where she found them.

As a result, the guinea fowl didn't want to leave and looked up at her foolishly, thinking that she wanted them to stay and eat insects.

When I turned around, Qiao Jinnian had walked away. The guinea fowl were confused, and some of them even chased after me, as if asking if I wanted to go home.

Qiao Jinnian was amused by what she saw, but when she thought about it, these chickens were much safer with her, even though they were also raised in the wild, than living on their own in the mountains, because with the lion pack here, there would be no natural enemies to catch them.

On the contrary, once they leave the lion group, they have to rely on themselves to survive.

She walked along, driving away the guinea fowl and asking them to go back.

But the guinea fowl seemed not to understand and just followed behind obediently.

There was no way. Qiao Jinnian couldn't take them back to the southern grasslands, because the whole journey from north to south was about several thousand kilometers. If he carried them on his back, what if they encountered other lion groups, how would their lion group fight?

So, Qiao Jinnian hardened her heart and ran back to her lion group in one breath. When she saw Ryan, she rushed over, hugged her father's long mane, and rubbed it left and right: "Woo woo, I miss guinea fowl."

Ryan always knew that she was going to release guinea fowl. Anyway, those chickens were not on the lion's menu. Leopards and hyenas, who were not picky eaters, preferred to eat animals with wings.

Knowing why she was sad, Ryan could only stick out his tongue and lick her hair and face.

Qiao Jinnian's hair had grown very long, and she tied it up with a hemp rope, otherwise she would look like a little crazy.

But the lion father was not happy with her tying her hair up, and he bit the twine and let her hair down, looking messy.

Perhaps the lion father thought she was a lion and that she had grown a long mane?

Uh, Qiao Jinnian was shocked by her own powerful imagination. What if her father thought she was a lion and kicked her out of the lion group?

Ahhh, so, she's two years old now and has only been in the pride for a year?

She was so scared that she had to become strong quickly so that she could gain a foothold in the grassland.

All members set out towards the south together.

Qiao Jinnian was still riding on the lion father's back. It wasn't that she was lazy, but if she was attacked by other large animals, with her short legs, she would be strangled in a few seconds.

Riding on dad's back can ensure that you will not be attacked from behind by animals.

Qiao Jinnian happened to look back and saw the poor little zebra not far behind them, actually following them from a distance.

This is very strange. The group of three female lions was also heading south. Why didn't the little zebra follow that group of lions?

The super lion group on the other side of the river has not left. They must be planning to stay there. After all, the territory on the other side of the river is very large.

Ryan also looked back and saw the little zebra, but ignored it.

Perhaps in his eyes, this is just mobile rations, or food that can move by itself.

As they walked, Qiao Jinnian and the others passed by the territory of a river lion group, which was the same lion group that belonged to Sister Sa.

She never knew what happened to Sister Sa's lion group.

Now, Sister Sa also saw her former sisters, and walked up to them, growling at them from afar, rubbing their heads and greeting each other.

Just when Qiao Jinnian thought that Sister Sa was going to return to the river lion group, she didn't expect that the female lions continued to walk towards the territory and had no intention of inviting Sister Sa back.

Sister Sa continued to walk south with Ryan's lion group.

Therefore, Qiao Jinnian has now confirmed that Sister Sa has completely merged with Ryan's lion group.

Although this lion group is probably the strangest combination in the entire grassland, just like a reconstituted family in human society, Ryan did not acknowledge the four cubs as his own children and did not show any intimate behavior.

Maybe they just have a purely cooperative relationship.

Along the way, Ryan and Sister Sa no longer needed to hunt at night, because prey was everywhere and they could eat it when they were hungry.

But that's for this top predator.

The herbivores on the grassland are very vigilant and not easy to catch. Those caught are basically the old, weak and sick.

Those who run slowly will be left behind and killed by predators. Many of the young of herbivores, even just seconds after they are born, become food for carnivores.

Passing by a river area, there was a herd of buffaloes that had just crossed the river. At first glance, the riverside was dark and spectacular.

Wherever there are herds of buffalo, there must be many top predators hiding around.

Lions like to eat buffalo meat, although buffaloes are very large and difficult to catch. Not only that, buffalo horns are also very powerful weapons.

Ryan picked a place and took a short rest. They had just had a full meal and now was the best time to digest it.

Qiao Jinnian snuggled up to her lion father and looked at the buffalo herd in the distance.

The buffalo herd was far away from where they were. The strong male buffaloes would stay on the periphery to protect their own herd, while the weaker and newly born buffaloes were protected in the middle.

When the irritable bull buffalo saw the lions lurking in the grass around him, he took the initiative to rush over and deal with the invaders of his own tribe first.

Several lions were scared away and had to retreat to a safe area, where they lay down in another place and wait for their chance.

After the buffaloes had chased away all the lions in the area, they continued to graze with their heads down, wagging their tails.

However, at this time, a female buffalo in the herd was about to give birth.

It is the rainy season now, a good time for childbirth, but it also means that the buffalo calves must learn to keep up with the herd from birth.

The mother buffalo mooed in pain, and soon the calf, wrapped in the afterbirth, fell from behind the mother cow onto the grass.

Just one second after it was born, this weak life was targeted by the surrounding lion group.

The mother buffalo lowered her head and licked the afterbirth of the baby buffalo to help him stand up more quickly.

However, the little buffalo tried many times but could not stand up completely. The mother buffalo lowered her head and touched the little buffalo's body, as if to encourage him to continue standing up.

After struggling several times, the little buffalo finally managed to stand up and began to follow its mother, wanting to return to the buffalo herd.

However, the mother and son were suddenly blocked by a lioness that rushed out from the bushes.