76 Explosion

◎What they fear is not that they can't bite through it, but that the corpse will explode!◎

This hippopotamus must have died from heatstroke, water shortages, low river levels, and an overabundance of hippos. Or perhaps it was a fight between hippos that killed them...

Now, in the dry season, there is already a shortage of food, and such a big guy fell from the sky. The hyenas and lions are very happy.

A lioness jumped onto the hippopotamus's back first, but she tried several places but couldn't find a place to bite it. The meat on the hippopotamus's back was too thick and she couldn't find a place to make a cut.

The lioness was a little discouraged. She just stood on the fat body of the hippopotamus, looking at the hyenas nearby, as if thinking about whether to cooperate with them.

With the lion group around, the hyenas dare not come over easily. After all, there are at least five lions here, although they are all female lions.

Every hyena in the pack was drooling visibly. The saliva was clearly visible, and it was even stringy and hung at the corners of their mouths, about to fall off.

They look extremely hungry, but they still have to wait for the lions to eat first, otherwise they will have to fight with the lions first.

The lioness gnawed at the hippo's back for a long time, but because the carcass was so soaked, she couldn't bite any open an opening, and it was extremely difficult to eat.

So, the lioness stood on the fat hippopotamus and roared at the hyena queen in the distance: "Roar——"

This is them seeking cooperation, which is rare. During the dry season, everyone is short of food. Who would share food with other species?

The hyena queen hesitated, came forward, and sniffed around the hippopotamus's butt, as if to confirm whether it was edible.

Seeing the hyena queen coming, the lioness jumped off the hippo's back and stood aside with the other members, opening her mouth wide to see if the hyena queen had any good ideas.

As a result, the hyena queen carefully examined it for a long time and only bit a few holes in the hippopotamus, but had no intention of digging out its anus.

One of the hyenas was a little anxious and very brave. He went straight up and started to dig out the hippopotamus's anus, which is what hyenas are best at.

However, the reason why the hyena queen is the queen is because she has rich hunting experience. Who doesn’t know that you can bite through hippopotamus meat by digging its anus?

What they fear is not that they can’t bite through the corpse, but that the corpse will explode!

The hyena queen had obviously seen her own kind killed in a corpse explosion, so she had been testing the surroundings. But who knew that her subordinate was stupid and went straight for the corpse's butt.

At this moment, the hippopotamus corpse, its stomach filled with all kinds of harmful fermentation gases, was like a valve opened, releasing a terrible stench, which blew the hyena away several meters...

Even the hippopotamus's body was pushed forward several meters by the sudden explosion.

Fortunately, it was just some poisonous gas, not a complete corpse explosion. The poor, reckless hyena soldier was still alive, but he smelled very bad.

The release of the gas made a loud "bang" sound, which scared the entire lion group and made them open their eyes wide.

Most of the time, hyenas obviously have more opportunities to eat carrion than lions, so they are more knowledgeable. When they see this kind of scene, they are only slightly cautious. After all, people die for money and birds die for food. What's the big deal for hyenas to get injured for a bite of food!

The hyena queen waited until the stench had dissipated a little before jumping back onto the hippopotamus's body. She had already ruled out the possibility of the body exploding, and like a bomb disposal expert, she could now safely dismantle the bomb.

The brave hyena soldier just now came out again without fear of death and started to dig at the hippo's butt again. This time, three consecutive gas explosions sounded from the hippo's body, but the noise was not very loud.

As more and more gas was released, the hippopotamus corpse, which was full of stinking ammonia smell, could be said to be safe and there would be no large-scale explosion.

So, the hyena queen took the lead and started eating the meat. Even if it smelled bad, it was better than starving to death. This was the ultimate delicacy in the dry season!

The lions could only watch the hyenas enjoy the delicious food and wait for the hyenas to finish eating first. After all, the main force of the bomb disposal this time was the hyenas. The lions could only eat after the hyenas were full. Anyway, this hippo was very big and enough for everyone to eat.

As a result, an extremely harmonious scene appeared at the scene. The lions and hyenas gathered together, sitting in a row and eating hippo meat.

This made Qiao Jinnian stunned and a little scared. That hyena brother was too brave. If there was a corpse explosion, he would definitely be the first one to be blown into the sky.

When the hyenas and lions were full, they handed the battle over to the bald storks and vultures. Their long beaks could easily reach the meat that other animals couldn't reach. That's why they are called grassland scavengers.

When all the animals are full, they lie down to rest and digest their food.

Qiao Jinnian didn't want to attract their attention, otherwise it would be very troublesome, after all, they were all strange animals.

But the appearance of stripes still attracted attention from all parties, after all, this is a herbivore.

Herbivores found in dry season grasslands...

Qiao Jinnian was like a child walking with a huge amount of money, and was seen by several groups of people.

But fortunately, they had all eaten their fill just now, so they didn’t have to eat anymore. But what if, what if they got hungry in two days?

Qiao Jinnian didn't like the greedy looks they cast on Stripe, and was also afraid that they would follow her all the way and eat Stripe in one bite when she wasn't paying attention.

So, Qiao Jinnian found a big tree for herself, surrounded it with various thorny plants to create a safe space, and lit a fire in the circle to drive away the animals.

She locked Stripes in a thorn circle. If an animal came, the first thing he had to consider was the fire, and the second thing he had to consider was whether he would be hurt by the thorns.

They spread hay on the ground, covered it with his own cotton quilt, and hugged Silverback to sleep. Stripes stood beside them, so that if there was any movement, he could make a sound to alert them.

At night, these carnivores really come out to move around, but Qiao Jinnian was well prepared, so he was not too afraid of their sneak attacks at night.

The only thing they are afraid of is hippos. Hippos stay in the water during the day and come to the shore to eat grass at night. Hippos have very strong attack power and may not be afraid of these thorns at all. After all, they have thick skin and flesh.

Therefore, Qiao Jinnian couldn't sleep too soundly, lest he be attacked by a hippopotamus. That would be terrible, because that guy's teeth were too sharp!

In the middle of the night, Stripe made a hissing sound, obviously some other carnivores were causing trouble.

Qiao Jinnian had not slept soundly to begin with, and she woke up instantly, but her eyesight was poor, and at most she had night blindness.

Qiao Jinnian tied a huge torch with hay and held it to see what was happening on the grassland and what Stripe had discovered.

When she got closer, she saw that there were two lion groups surrounding the place. It turned out that a large group of antelopes had come to the grassland.

Strangely, Qiao Jinnian saw several baby antelopes hidden in the grass pits by their mothers. She could see them with her naked eyes, but those carnivores seemed to be collectively blind. They couldn't see them at all and just ran around the antelope herd.

Originally, the leopard running in the front caught up with an antelope, but two lion groups came from behind, so the leopard had to flee in a panic and even stopped chasing the prey.

The lion group members cooperated with each other and quickly caught two adult antelopes and left the grassland.

Qiao Jinnian was holding a torch in her hand, which made her quite conspicuous. Everyone could see her, but they were obviously afraid of the fire in her hand.

"Roar--" Qiao Jinnian stood straight on purpose, raised the torch high above his head, and began to roar at the lion group, trying to scare them away with his momentum.

Sure enough, the lions had already caught their prey and didn't want to fight much, so they were quickly scared away by her. Of course, anything that could hold fire was a terrifying existence, and it was quite tall...

In fact, she is not tall at all, it is the torch that is held high that makes her look tall. This is the best way to bluff and can scare away large animals to a certain extent.

After the lions ran away, Qiao Jinnian saw that the baby antelopes hiding in the grass pits stood up and ran towards the antelope herd.

In other words, the antelope mothers deliberately hid their babies in a grass pit far away, and the carnivores were so attracted by the large group of antelopes that they didn't see the babies at all.

The baby antelope was very patient and lay still in the pit, thus saving its life.

Qiao Jinnian supported his chin, thinking about something. He didn't expect that the antelope's strategy was successful and the baby antelope was protected!

Animals are so smart!

After a whole night of anxiety, Qiao Jinnian felt that she did not sleep well, but she had to continue on her journey, and she needed to find some protein to replenish her energy today.

They came to a river beach, which was called a river beach, but in fact there was only a small puddle. Surprisingly, she found that there were fish in it!

Qiao Jinnian fished out a huge fish from the puddle. It was so heavy that she could hardly hold it.

The jackal was very excited because the fish had so much meat!

Qiao Jinnian hasn't eaten fish for a long time. She usually roasts the fish and eats it slowly, but how can she preserve the fish for a longer time?

After giving the big fish some simple processing, Qiao Jinnian used branches to impale the fish, preparing to smoke it, just like smoking meat, which might allow it to be preserved for a longer time.

Of course, to be on the safe side, she roasted half of the fish directly over the fire, and preserved the other half by smoking it.

It turns out that this grilled fish is quite delicious, and the jackal family also enjoyed it very much.

Cloak even ran to the small pit to see if he could catch another fish. Unfortunately, that was just luck. They still had to use some fishing traps and couldn't just catch fish.

However, the last time the shoebill ate the lungfish reminded Qiao Jinnian that lungfish would hide themselves in the mud, so she started digging fish and eating them directly from the dry riverbed.

Although the success rate is not high, we can still dig out fish, which means we don’t have to worry about meat.

In this way, they walked all the way, digging fish all the way, and finally came to the foot of a mountain. So, is this the easternmost canyon? Can she find the primitive humans?