18 Trap
◎If this one hits me, I'm afraid there will be two more holes in my body.◎
After the jackal finished eating the little mouse, he started looking for food again. It was obvious that the 10-centimeter mouse could not feed him at all.
Looking at his skillful movements in digging the hole, Qiao Jinnian was really jealous. Why couldn't she grow a pair of claws?
There was no other way. She was weak, so she could only calm down and dig the trap bit by bit on the spot.
This was just an attempt, she wanted to see if she could catch the warthog.
After digging for several hours, a huge lion head appeared next to Qiao Jinnian.
If Qiao Jinnian didn't know that this was the territory of a group of river lions, she would have been scared to death.
But the lioness leader would not allow any other lions to come here, and even Ryan could only rest by the river at the edge of the territory.
So, Qiao Jinnian raised her head and looked into the eyes of the lioness leader.
The lioness leader was obviously very familiar with her and just came over to see why she was sitting on the ground and digging in the soil.
Thinking that she was looking for the warthog's burrow, the lioness thought for a while, then took a few big steps and ran towards the warthog herd in the distance.
Qiao Jinnian stopped digging the hole and hurried over, lying on the hillside to watch the lioness leader hunting heroically.
The group of warthogs that were eating grass roots scattered and fled in fear after being frightened by the lioness.
The warthogs fled to their respective burrows. After finding the entrance to the burrow, they crawled into the burrow backwards, leaving their heads exposed so that they could escape at any time.
However, two little warthogs ran too slowly. Before they could get into the burrow, the lioness leader pressed them to the ground with one claw each.
Qiao Jinnian: "..."
He was indeed a big boss, so she had to admire him. So she made a little lion's admiring sound towards the lioness leader: "Awoo..."
The lioness leader is very strong and is in the prime of her life. Qiao Jinnian thought about giving her a nice name, let's call her Sister Sa.
Qiao Jinnian had to admit that she was bad at naming. The simpler the better. Fortunately, she was the only one who called these names, otherwise she would definitely be laughed at by others.
Sister Sa grabbed a small warthog with her claws, but was not in a hurry to eat it. Instead, she looked at her.
Only then did Qiao Jinnian realize that Sister Sa was teaching her how to hunt?
She looked down at her chicken claw-like hands, then raised them up to show Sister Sa, with a helpless look on her face: "Ouch?"
Sister Sa was speechless. She raised her left paw and let one go. Then she used her right paw a little harder and slapped the little warthog to death with one palm, without even using her teeth.
Qiao Jinnian: “…” Sister Sa is mighty and domineering!
After glancing at her, Sister Sa walked away without any reluctance, obviously feeling that she was wasting her time.
Qiao Jinnian was also helpless. With her small body, if she couldn't walk upright, she probably couldn't even walk out of this grassland. It was only with the protection of Sister Sa's lion group that she dared to dig a trap here.
Sighing, Qiao Jinnian walked over, picked up the little warthog that Sister Sa gave her, and walked towards the river. It was still not safe here. If the warthog mother came to seek revenge, it would be very dangerous.
The mother warthog's fangs look scary. If it hits you, you'll probably get two more holes in its body.
When they arrived at the river, Qiao Jinnian started a fire in the simple stove he made, used a flint knife to cut the warthog, cut off its two legs, and began to skewer the meat on branches and grill it.
The aroma of barbecue attracted the attention of the baboon group. Qiao Jinnian was not stingy and only kept a little meat for herself and gave most of the rest to the baboons.
While thinking about what to do with the bones, Qiao Jinnian saw a jackal sneaking around in the bushes.
I waved at the jackal and he came running over happily.
However, Da Zhuang suddenly rushed over, bared his teeth at the jackal, and kept cursing "wow wow wow".
The jackal was scolded and stood still again, with an aggrieved look on his face, howling at her.
Qiao Jinnian was helpless. The baboons believed that this was their territory and other creatures could not enter or leave here at will, so they drove them away. So he threw the remaining bones and some minced meat in his hand to him and asked him to take it away and eat.
She had seen a scene in the video where, on the grassland, the top predators would eat the large pieces of meat, the jackals and hyenas would eat the bones and scraps, and the remaining carrion would be processed by the vultures, leaving nothing behind.
So, this jackal should be able to eat bones. Sure enough, he bit the bones and ran very fast, fearing that he would be attacked by the group of baboons if he was slow.
Baboons are very powerful and omnivores that eat everything. They may be able to tear a jackal apart with their bare hands.
It was because she showed some intelligence and talent at the beginning that the baboon leader felt that she was different, so he was willing to let her go. Otherwise, she would not know how she died.
This was the food Sister Sa gave her, but she had to learn to catch her own prey as soon as possible. She couldn't let Ryan feed her forever, or rely on the charity of other animals.
The reason why Sister Sa was willing to help her was also for Ryan's sake. Ryan had been cooperating happily with the river lion group in recent months, but he was still unwilling to join the lion group.
After eating the meat, Qiao Jin thought that he had to start digging the hole tomorrow, but he had to change the tools, so he looked around for suitable materials.
In the evening, Ryan lazily opened his eyes to see what she was doing.
Qiao Jinnian pointed to the east and said, "Ryan, can we go over there and take a look?"
Ryan could figure out what she meant pretty quickly now, if she pointed in a direction.
When the weather was not hot, he was willing to walk around, so he carried her on his back to take a walk on the vast grassland.
The grassland here is where the Lions and River Lions often come to hunt large animals. There are a group of elephants, giraffes, hippos and rhinos living here.
But with Ryan carrying her, she wouldn't be afraid, because she had to come here to find the right materials.
As they walked, she saw a kind of tree with sharp-looking thorns, so she patted Ryan on the back and motioned him to stop.
When she walked upright, Ryan always became angry, blew air from his nostrils, and began to rub the ground anxiously, obviously wanting to go up and slap her.
But he held back, because a lion's slap could kill its prey directly, and he was very clear about his own fighting power, so he could only silently make a "whoosh" sound from his throat to express his disapproval.
Qiao Jinnian was also very thick-skinned and decided to just walk like this. Sooner or later, Ryan would become desensitized and get used to it.
Only when he got close to the tree did Qiao Jinnian see clearly that this tree was covered with "weapons". The sharp thorns on its body were gathered in a circle, wrapping the fruits on the tree very tightly. This was the result of species evolution. Plants evolved to protect themselves.
Carefully avoiding the sharp thorns, Qiao Jinnian tried to break off a thorn from an area with fewer thorns, but it was really very strong and could not be broken at all. It was also because she was too weak.
So, she first took off a section of hemp rope, selected the thickest one, put it on, and pulled it out to the maximum extent. Then she wrapped the entire hemp rope bag in her hand, held it near the root, and continued to bend it downwards until she could not break it anymore. Then she used a sharp stone to split it hard at the root.
With the help of tools, it still took her a long time to finally break the entire sharp thorn.
Holding the spike, Qiao Jinnian showed off to Ryan beside him: "Look, Ryan, I have a weapon! Roar, roar——"
This is the lion's roar that declares victory. She and Sister Sa learned it. Sister Sa roars like this when she successfully hunts.
Ryan walked over and wanted to get closer to her, but looking at the huge spike, he hesitated. He instinctively felt it was very dangerous. He licked his lips and looked at her helplessly.
Although this weapon is very powerful, you must be careful not to hurt yourself. Qiao Jinnian wrapped the entire root with linen and cut off the sharp thorns underneath, so that it would not be dangerous to hold.
Riding on Ryan again, Qiao Jinnian held up the huge weapon in her hand high, feeling somewhat complacent. Hahaha, without sharp teeth and claws, she was no longer afraid of those large animals!
However, she still overestimated her arm strength. After taking two steps, her arms began to ache and she had to hold both hands up. She could not hold on any longer and had to drag them on the ground. As Ryan walked, the thorns left a long scratch on the grassland, and dust flew behind her on this dry grassland.
Before going to bed, Qiao Jinnian was still thinking about how to modify this tool tomorrow so that it could play a greater role.
The next morning, she couldn't wait to go to the half-dug trap and start digging with her new weapon. The spikes of this weapon were really sharp, which could save a lot of effort, but it also produced a lot of dust.
The jackal from yesterday came to see her again. She simply stopped, pointed at the trap she had dug, and roared, "Roar--"
While roaring, she dug the soil with her hands, and roared again, signaling the jackal to come and dig.
Then she saw the jackal's round ears move, and it tilted its head to look at her. It came over tentatively, dug a few times with its two claws, and looked up at her again.
Seeing that he understood, Qiao Jinnian patted his head and said happily: "Roar——"
After being praised, the jackal dug the hole even harder.
After a while, the trap was dug. Qiao Jinnian used sharp thorns to make the opening bigger, cut off a few thorns, and prepared to insert them into the pit.
In order to prevent himself from getting stuck, Qiao Jinnian tied one end of the hemp rope to the tree and the other end to himself, jumped into the pit, inserted the sharp spikes, carefully avoided the spikes, and climbed out with the help of the hemp rope.
The jackal kept watching her from the side, and really didn't understand what she was doing here.
During this period, he harassed the warthog herd again, but was chased away by the mother warthog again. He had to find some insects in the grass as snacks.
Finally, Qiao Jinnian placed a few branches at the entrance of the cave and covered it with leaves and dead grass as a cover.
Everything was ready. She was afraid that the jackal would accidentally fall into the trap, so she gestured to him. She didn't know whether he understood or not, but she thought the jackal must be very smart because he was watching the hole she dug and the spikes she inserted.
Facts have proved that she really underestimated the wisdom of animals, especially the great wisdom of this canine species, because she saw with her own eyes how the jackal, the weakest carnivore on the grassland, used a trap to catch the warthog!
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