71 Predation

◎How about you give me a knife?◎

Our lion pride began to follow the large group of wildebeests and zebras, heading south in a mighty procession!

Qiao Jinnian looked back and was surprised to find that the male elephant was following her all the way. In order to accommodate the lion group, he walked very slowly. The main reason was that his steps were very big. If he walked too fast, he would easily crush other small animals into meat patties, most of which were animals he could not see.

For example, the little lion, the honey badger and the jackal family. Oh, yes, the black-footed cat is even smaller and no one can see it.

Qiao Jinnian did not ride on the back of the lion father, and planned to walk all the way by herself. Anyway, her own lion group is now very large, and there is an adult elephant. She believes that few blind people would want to challenge her, unless they are crazy.

Sure enough, the other carnivorous tribes that usually moved south with the herbivores and were hard to find had not appeared in front of their own lion group for a long time.

Not to mention the volcano lion group that had a grudge against their family in the past, and the river lion group that always wanted to lure Sister Sa back. They were particularly quiet along the way. Even when they passed by a herd of buffaloes, no male buffalo came to drive them away. Instead, they were frightened by this strange combination of buffaloes and fled in all directions, running to the other end of the grassland early.

Of course, all this is because the image of the bull elephant is so striking and frightening, even though he is just a herbivore.

Qiao Jinnian gave him a simple name, Allen. Anyway, she was not good at naming, so this name was translated from English, and only the first two characters were taken. Then the black-footed cat seemed to need a name as well, which was even simpler. She would just call him Xiao Hei, because his feet were black.

There are too many members in our lion pride, but they are all too old to be worried about. Just look at Qiangzi, who has grown into a sub-adult who is almost two years old after a rainy season and a dry season.

Also, Qiangzi eats very voraciously, probably because his mother refused to feed him when he was a child and he failed to beg for food everywhere. The experience was too vivid in his mind, so he seized every opportunity to eat a lot. He grew very fast and now has basically caught up with his brother Sa Short-faced.

Sa Dadan perfectly inherited the excellent genes of his mother Sa Jie. He is a circle larger than the other three. Sa Short Face is slightly smaller, while Sa Xiaomei and Sa Zhua Zhua are the normal size of female lions.

However, they are about to be three years old, and I believe that when the rainy season is over, it will be time for Ryan, the territorial lion, to drive them out of the lion group.

This is hard to imagine. Qiao Jinnian doesn't quite understand this. After all, Ryan is not the biological father of Sub-Adult. It is not known whether he will exercise this right as a lion in his territory?

Qiao Jinnian was actually a little curious and expectant about this. What was going on?

This time, the family made a special trip to the Black Mud Pond. This is where Qiao Jinnian comes every year. Because she needs to stock up on edible salt for a year, she needs to stay here for several days.

Allen looks for suitable grass to eat nearby, and sometimes goes to the nearby river to eat some water plants. The hippos in the river automatically give way to him when they see him.

Being big is good. Even if the nose is injured, the tonnage can scare a group of animals.

The water level rose, so Allen took a bath in the river, and even took his sub-adult child in with him to roll in the water.

Usually, cats don't like water, mainly because there are too many uncertainties in the water and crocodiles are always lurking everywhere, so they would rather not take a bath. Now with Alan, the sub-adult has become much bolder and rolls in the water at will.

Allen originally wanted to suck some water with his nose and then spray it on his head, but after sucking for a long time, he found that his nose was not working well. He was immediately disappointed and could only reluctantly roll up a small amount of water with the tip of his nose and put it into his mouth to drink.

The elephant's trunk originally contained hundreds of muscles and was very flexible, but its trunk has lost many functions, become clumsy, and always makes people unhappy at critical moments.

Qiao Jinnian hadn't taken a bath for a long time. Usually, she would just use boiled water to wipe her body. But when she saw so many hippos around, she hesitated because the hippopotamus's stinks were all in the river. She suddenly remembered the experience of being attacked by the hippopotamus's bomb stinks two years ago, and she felt unwell.

If she had to bathe in smelly hippopotamus water, she would just bear with it and take a proper bath when she got home, even if it was rainwater.

After boiling the salt blocks for several days, Qiao Jinnian packed them in bottles and jars he had dug out himself. This would be his consumption for the next year.

Herbivores will eat the salt on the grass or rocks, and carnivores eat the herbivores, which is equivalent to eating the salt. However, humans cook the meat, so they need to add some salt separately before eating it.

Of course, Qiao Jinnian knew that sometimes when animals were sick, they would be very happy if they were given some salty water to drink.

After the salt was cooked, everyone continued their journey southward.

Along the way, Ryan was not in a hurry. After all, the road was full of herbivores. They ate delicious meals and rested comfortably on the grass. Life was so beautiful.

After a long dry season, the rainy season is a paradise for all animals.

Next year, when we return to the northern grasslands, I believe that the scorched grassland will be full of vitality again and grow fresh grass again.

This time, thanks to Alan's joining, their lion group had an unimpeded journey and couldn't even hide their bodies. Unless Reiner and Sister Sa walked farther away, they could find prey.

Of course, Allen is a herbivore, and sometimes his appearance will confuse other herbivores. For example, when buffaloes see elephants, they will think that there must be no carnivores around and everyone is safe.

Who knew that this elephant actually belonged to a pride of lions!

As a result, the buffalo herd was fooled several times in succession, and Sister Sa caught several adult male buffaloes. The meat of one buffalo was enough to feed all the lions, and they did not need to hunt again for several days.

Qiao Jinnian walked over, patted Allen's nose, and said, "You're awesome, you're a good friend! Moo——"

Allen didn't understand what the cub was saying, but he suddenly lay down on the ground and used his nose to signal Qiao Jinnian to ride on his back.

Because when Allen was in the northern grasslands, he had seen Qiao Jinnian riding on Ryan's back, so he felt that the cub needed to ride on it.

Qiao Jinnian had been planning to run home by herself the whole time, but then she thought about it and realized that she had never ridden on an elephant before. She had seen others do it on TV, so she felt a little tempted to try.

So she actually climbed up from the side of the elephant, rode on Alan's back, and held on to his ears tightly, for fear of falling off.

Allen's back is very broad, so it's not that dangerous. He also moves slowly and won't suddenly start running or turning, so he's very safe.

Ryan saw that his cub had actually ridden on the elephant's back, and he suddenly became nervous and yelled at the cub: "Roar--"

Qiao Jinnian patted Allen's back and said to the lion father in a comforting voice: "Awoo, awoo——"

Whenever Ryan heard this cry from a lion cub, he knew the cub felt safe and ignored it.

It was indeed very safe. Allen even took a few steps forward, very slowly. But because he had long legs, his overall speed was not slow.

So, when everyone set out again, Qiao Jinnian rode an elephant for a while to experience this new mode of transportation.

But in the second half, Qiao Jinnian still insisted and wanted to run back home by herself. After all, she needed to become strong as soon as possible, as a few years would not be enough for her to grow up.

Finally returning to their home in the southern grassland, Reiner and Ryan are going to patrol the territory again. Sister Sa continues to stay and cook for the whole family.

But Sister Sa has recently stepped up the hunting training for Sa Dadan and Sa Short-face, probably because she considers that they are almost three years old.

Qiao Jinnian took her tools and followed her father and brother. Xingxing and Freckles actually followed them.

Qiao Jinnian didn't let the other animals follow, but let them stay in the territory to eat grass, including Allen. He was injured and had a long journey of thousands of kilometers, so he needed to go to his own river to take a good bath.

Allen is very easy to communicate with. After all, he has a high IQ. He quickly found the river and drove away several crocodiles. He was warmly welcomed by the gazelles and wildebeests.

Qiao Jinnian specially prepared several pairs of shoes for herself, because she was afraid that her shoes would be worn out on the road, so she could change into them immediately. She still couldn't go barefoot, in case there were sharp objects on the ground and she cut the soles of her feet.

Now she has excellent knitting skills and can make a pair of extremely sturdy hemp rope shoes in just a few hours.

This time, she planned to go hunting with Reiner and let her father the lion rest.

During the rainy season, herbivores are everywhere. She thought that after so much running and throwing training, with her current strength and speed, she should be able to easily catch an antelope.

Xingxing and Freckles had already run away. Qiao Jinnian found a medium-sized antelope in the herd and ran towards him.

She held a long weapon in her hand. Even if the antelope couldn't understand it, it would instinctively start to get scared, and then it could only flee in panic.

Qiao Jinnian was carrying a full cup of water on his back and was chasing the antelope quickly along the way.

The antelope was very fast, but its endurance was very poor, so it could only keep looking for shady places to rest for a while. Qiao Jinnian took advantage of its rest time and quickly caught up with it.

So, you run, I chase you, you rest, I still chase you, you continue to run, I still chase you.

I don’t know how many hours she ran, Qiao Jinnian ran like crazy. Anyway, the dry season was over and the sun was not so scorching. After drinking a glass of water, she went to the river to fill another glass of water. She ran all the way, replenishing water all the way, until the sun was about to set.

Fortunately, the hemp rope clothes on my body are relatively breathable, but sweat still wets the clothes again and again. When they get wet, I wait for them to dry, then get wet again, and dry again.

The antelope was completely desperate. It had never seen such a crazy predator. Usually, although the predator was fast, as long as the predator insisted on running away, the predator would slowly give up because everyone needed to dissipate heat.

However, this biped does not need to dissipate heat. She runs slowly, but can keep running and running, as if she is a madman who will never stop.

In the end, the antelope had already used up all its energy due to running for a long distance. It stumbled and fell directly to the ground, foaming at the mouth and dying. This was a double torture of both mental and physical.

The antelope opened its hazy eyes, not understanding what was happening to it.

At this point, Qiao Jinnian didn't need to use a spear to finish him off. She simply tied him up tightly with hemp rope. After he caught his breath, she actually rode on him and ordered him to turn around and walk back. Is this the only way to eat fresh food...

Antelope: "..." Or you could just give me a knife?