87 Training

◎ As a result, the prey was instantly covered with lions, and thought it was dead. As a result, the next second, the lions were all thrown away by it...◎

Because there are so many children, if they eat their fill today, the zebra will become a meal tomorrow.

However, just as Qiao Jinnian expected, Sister Sa looked at the living prey and also thought of letting the sub-adults try hunting on their own.

So, the next day, Qiao Jinnian cut the rope for the zebra and let the fourteen little guys hunt the zebra themselves.

Sister Sa and her two younger sisters were lying under a big tree, watching the cubs practice their hunting skills.

Like Sister Sa, Qiao Jinnian also stood leisurely on the side, wanting to see how the training of this group of sub-adults was going recently and whether there was any room for improvement.

This zebra is their training target. Even if the prey runs away, Qiao Jinnian can catch it back for them, so there is no need to be afraid. Even if they can't catch it back at all, the worst that can happen is they can go hunting again today. It is the rainy season after all.

A group of half-grown young lions swarmed over the prey.

To be honest, the zebra was already terrified. How could it normally meet so many lions at such close range at once?

Generally, zebras stay together in groups. When they encounter predators, they will run forward desperately. Even on vast grasslands, they can use their special skills to kick away one or two blind predators.

However, with so many lions, even though they were sub-adults that were a size smaller than adult lions, the zebras were so scared that they didn't know where to run.

But his instinctive desire to survive prompted him to run forward. Although he was being closely chased by the sub-adult, he still desperately raised his hooves to try to kick one first.

Looking at this group of reckless teenagers, Qiao Jinnian was worried for these younger generations. She was afraid that they would get internal injuries from being kicked, which would be terrible!

It was also due to Sister Sa's good teaching. Perhaps the sub-adults watched Sister Sa hunting every day and had already seen this kind of prey that could kick its hind legs. When the zebra kicked out its hind legs, the two sub-adults behind it actually straightened their upper bodies and used their two front paws to resist the zebra, so they were not kicked in the vital parts by the zebra.

But sub-adults usually just observe and learn, and rarely have such practical opportunities. Once they arrive at the scene, they instantly forget how lions are supposed to hunt.

This group of teenagers just ran after the zebra regardless of anything. They kept running and running. Two of them were smart enough to know that the prey was not safe behind it, so they ran to the side, pounced on it with all their might, and bit the zebra's back. However, their technique was lacking, and they only bit a piece of hair before falling down again.

But the action of this one alerted the other companions, and all the sub-adults began to fight hard, biting from all directions, but their biting was random, they just opened their mouths and bit, and when they encountered some obstacles, they let go.

As a result, the prey was instantly covered with lions, and thought it was dead. As a result, the next second, the lions were all thrown away by it...

Qiao Jinnian was also speechless. If they were ruthless and bit hard, had they forgotten how strong their bite force was?

Sister Sa also straightened up, squinted her eyes, and watched her cubs biting each other randomly without any rules. Even her whole lion face was almost wrinkled.

On the contrary, Sa Xiaomei and Sa Zhua Zhua were still lying on the ground, not worried at all that their cubs would be hurt by the zebra. They were really heartless.

At this time, Qiao Jinnian remembered what was shown in those videos. Any female lion with cubs was very scary. If any other sub-adults approached the cubs, even if the sub-adults were their own children, they would be severely beaten.

This is the instinctive reaction of a lioness with cubs, because the cubs are too fragile and need absolute protection.

However, when Qiao Jinnian was tattooing blue numbers on the cubs with spikes, Sister Sa and her sisters didn't come out to stop her, or even slap her with their claws. This was very strange.

Thinking about it now, Qiao Jinnian touched his face and actually felt that he was so lucky. How could he dare to poke the cubs' butts in front of the female lions? What kind of courage did he have!

Shaking her head, Qiao Jinnian quickly shook all these nonsense out of her mind. She could only think that the lionesses in her own lion group trusted her too much, or it was because she was the daughter of the territorial lion, so the three lionesses couldn't get angry with her.

No matter what, Qiao Jinnian was very touched by Sister Sa and her two younger sisters. This is such a great trust!

The fourteen sub-adults chased for a long time, but still hadn't found a way to work as a team. They were still a group of scattered sand, which made the elders feel helpless.

However, this is why lions need to observe their elders hunting. As sub-adults, they are still young and need to constantly adapt and learn in order to make progress.

Therefore, the lioness mothers were not in a hurry and did not intend to help them. They just let them slowly remember the skills they had observed in their daily lives and then train them based on actual situations.

The mothers were not in a hurry, and it was even less likely that Qiao Jinnian would go to help Yachengnian.

Perhaps because they were tired from running, the sub-adults gradually slowed down. The zebras' physical fitness was actually better than that of sub-adult lions. After all, zebras were adults and had more experience in escaping.

But the lions slowed down, and the zebras slowed down too, mainly because the animals needed to cool down.

The prey had been frightened too much yesterday and thought it was dead. Today, it was surrounded by a group of lions and was so scared that its legs were weak. Unexpectedly, it was the instinct of survival that prompted it to run around and finally defeated the lions!

The zebra completely regained his will to live. After the lion completely stopped, he also slowed down and actually ran towards the direction of their zebra herd...

Sub-adult lions: “…” No, how come this prey suddenly has energy again?

The prey ran away, and Qiao Jinnian was speechless. He looked at the female lions, but they didn't want to move either.

Well, forget it then...

Several elders have completely given up and don't plan to care about it anymore. At worst, they can go hunting again later. This zebra has a strong desire to survive, so he is lucky.

Unexpectedly, the mothers had given up, but two lions in this group of sub-adults were unwilling to accept the defeat. They did not even bother to rest and ran straight towards the prey at full speed.

Qiao Jinnian knew that they must be very tired, but she didn't expect that there were also some sub-adults with backbone who would not allow the prey to escape from their mouths. This was a very shameful thing for a lion!

Qiao Jinnian suspected that those two were the first two to realize that they needed to pounce on their prey, and they had considerable potential and talent.

After a fierce chase, the two beasts successfully approached the zebra. Knowing that they could not approach from behind, they simply ran to the side, one on the left and one on the right, and pounced on it at the same time.

This time, they summed up their experience and lessons. Although they didn't bite off much meat, probably just the fur, they didn't let go easily this time. They bit hard and never let go.

This is the lion's self-esteem being forced out. There are fourteen lions, but they can't even catch a prey. Isn't it shameful?

The two lions had tightly wrinkled faces, and it was obvious that the two children were extremely tired, but they couldn't lose their lion faces. Even if their mouths were sore, they couldn't let go. They were sure it would work.

Seeing that one of their companions had already caught the prey, the other twelve also reacted. Yes, they couldn’t let the prey escape. This was the prey that their sister (aunt) had caught alive, but they still let the prey escape. They were too ashamed to be lions!

Then the other twelve rushed forward.

The two sub-adults hanging on the zebra did not affect its continued running forward, but its speed was definitely slowed down.

Then, the other twelve also chased after it, and imitated their companions, choosing a place and pouncing on it, using their natural bite force, no matter where they bit, they would hold on tightly.

"Boom--" The zebra's body was instantly covered with small lions, and the body eventually lost balance and fell to the ground.

The prey was almost driven crazy and couldn't understand why it was knocked down again after it had clearly escaped from these lions.

The prey fell, and this scene stimulated these natural predators. Their genes instigated them to bite the prey to death.

So, without any instruction, they chose the zebra's neck and started biting it.

In the end, the zebra was tortured to death by fourteen sub-adult lions...

The sub-adults finally did not waste their sister's (aunt's) efforts. When they saw the prey was dead, they all raised their heads, opened their mouths wide, and looked back at their elders.

Qiao Jinnian also walked forward and saw that they wanted to stand up and ignore the prey, so he ran over and let them continue to lie on the prey. He rubbed the sub-adult's head one by one to show encouragement.

Sometimes prey are very cunning. They will deceive predators into thinking they are dead. When the predators think the prey are dead and stand up, the prey will seize the opportunity to escape.

Originally, Qiao Jinnian shouldn't have cared about them. It would be best if the prey deliberately deceived them so that they could remember the lesson.

However, today's sub-adults were already very impressive. This was the first time they had personally captured a prey, and their enthusiasm should not be dampened, so Qiao Jinnian hurried forward to encourage them.

Sure enough, the sub-adults couldn't keep their composure. When they were praised by their elders, their brown lion eyes sparkled and they looked at Qiao Jinnian with bright eyes.

It can be seen from the children's faces that they were very happy. After showing off to Qiao Jinnian, they did not forget to stand up and run to their mothers to show off in front of them.

Unfortunately, Sister Sa is a strict mother. She has always looked down on the stupid hunting methods of these sub-adults and has long been unable to bear it. How could she praise the children?

Sa Xiaomei and Sa Zhua Zhua didn't look very happy either, but they were gentler than Sa Jie. They walked forward and licked the faces of their own cubs, licking the splattered blood clean, and roared at the children: "Roar——"

Even if this prey is a sub-adult prey, Sister Sa and her two younger sisters will not eat it, and will let the cubs eat it.

Qiao Jinnian stayed in the lion group to look after the children, while Sister Sa took Little Sister Sa and Sa Zhua Zhua to go hunting again.

But the children didn't have to hunt today, so the three of them only needed to capture a small prey, which was a lot easier.

Looking at the children eating happily there, Qiao Jinnian shrugged and said that he was very happy too. Maybe he should catch them a few more times to let the children practice more so that future family members can be trained in the same way.

After all, the risk factor of this grassland is too high. The more practical experience you have, the greater your chances of survival will be.