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◎The little cub made a coquettish sound of "Awoo, Awoo" and kept stepping on Qiao Jinnian with its four legs in the air.◎
Seeing such a large herd of elephants is like seeing dozens of tanks coming towards you at the same time.
All the animals who wanted to survive stopped what they were doing, spread their legs and moved aside to avoid dying without knowing how they died.
Of course, Qiao Jinnian and his family of three also had to retreat. They were already standing far away, so they moved even further away to avoid being mistaken by the elephant for the crocodile's accomplice and being exterminated together with the others.
As the largest species on land, elephants can be said to be the real overlords of this grassland. The king of the grassland is like a toy in front of them.
It is only because they are herbivores that they are not called the king of the grassland.
The crocodile that had bitten the elephant's back in full view of everyone had caused a big trouble.
The crocodile was completely frightened by this scene and quickly opened its mouth to spit out the half-dead baby elephant.
The baby elephant saw his mother and wanted to go forward, but he was obviously seriously injured and could not move anymore. He could only lie on the ground and struggle.
It was the mother elephant who stepped forward, picked up the baby elephant with her trunk, brought him to a safe area, and tried to check his wounds.
The culprit crocodile was about to retreat, trying to shrink back into the water and pretend nothing had happened.
Unfortunately, for an animal like the elephant that holds grudges, the crocodile is unlikely to survive today and may even be wiped out.
Fortunately, there seems to be only one adult crocodile in this river.
The elephant leader walked forward alone with heavy steps, his huge body gradually moving towards the crocodile.
The crocodile kept backing away, trying to dive into the water. However, the elephant leader did not give him any chance. He just slowly raised one of his tree-like legs and stepped down straight on it. The crocodile immediately lost the ability to move.
The elephant continued to slowly lift its other leg, then the third, the fourth, until the entire elephant was standing completely on the crocodile.
The elephant leader didn't need to exert any effort, because all the animals saw with their own eyes that the crocodile that was about to swallow the baby elephant was instantly crushed into a crocodile pancake by this six-ton behemoth.
If animals could breathe, they would probably all gasp in surprise.
Qiao Jinnian: "..."
Uh, she remembered the baby elephant that Ryan and Sister Sa ate last year, so the lions must have seen clearly that the mother and son had completely left the elephant herd before they dared to eat the baby elephant...
Ah, how terrible! All the skills are like a joke in front of tonnage.
The leader made sure that the crocodile was dead, then turned and left the river, leading his tribe in the direction they came from.
They did not look at the other animals, and they did not run back, but walked slowly, after all, they had already taken revenge.
However, the baby elephant was still seriously injured, and the mother elephant was very sad. It was not until the baby elephant died that the mother elephant rolled up the baby elephant's body with her trunk and walked away.
After the elephants left, the animals returned to the grassland and resumed their previous grazing behavior. Everything returned to normal and everyone went about their business.
Qiao Jinnian really wanted to see where the elephants were going, and also wanted to know what would happen to the dead baby elephants?
But doing so is clearly impolite.
Reiner was even more gossipy than her. He actually walked forward and followed from a distance, wanting to see what the elephants were going to do.
The herd of elephants did not go too far away. They found an open place and worked together to dig a hole. They buried the dead baby elephant with its four legs facing up in the hole and then used the soil they had dug out earlier to cover the baby elephant's body.
The elephants surrounded the baby elephant and roared loudly as if they were holding a funeral for the baby elephant.
It turned out that they were really burying the dead baby elephant.
After the family of three finished reading, they were silent for a long time before turning around and walking towards their territory by the river.
Although the elephants had already discovered the lions, they ignored them. After all, lions dare not attack elephants. Only lone elephants would be taken as food by carnivores. Of course, carnivores also had to worry about whether the elephants would come and destroy their entire tribe.
"You can't eat baby elephants." Qiao Jinnian decided to talk to the lion father and said while rubbing his mane.
But Ryan didn't understand anything. He just thought she was playing with him, so he opened his mouth wide and shook his big lion head to show that he was responding.
However, when the dry season comes, even if they don't eat baby elephants, they will eat animals that they would never eat normally.
For example, top predators will even kill each other.
Lions sometimes even treat cheetahs and leopards as food, or when food is scarce, they will directly steal food from other predators. It all depends on who is stronger.
That day, Reiner and Sister Sa went hunting, leaving Ryan in the lion group to look after the five cubs.
But often, Ryan would lie down and play with Qiao Jinnian, and would never play with the other four cubs. After all, they were not his cubs, which was easy to understand.
Qiao Jinnian has shared hardships with Ryan, even though she is not his biological daughter.
The four little cubs were very afraid of Ryan at first. This was the nature of cubs. After all, their mother didn't say that the big lion was their father.
However, every time their mother went hunting, she would put them not far from Ryan and let Ryan watch them.
Gradually, the cubs became familiar with the big lion. When they saw the big lion playing with his sister, they also wanted to play with their 'father'. After all, this is the nature of little lions. They are lively and active, and they naturally have admiration and worship for the majestic male lion with long mane.
Qiao Jinnian still couldn't tell which of the four cubs were male and which were female. In short, they all looked exactly the same.
Among them was the bravest cub. He came to Ryan's tail first and bit Ryan's tail hair.
Ryan was a little annoyed after being bitten by a strange little lion, but there was nothing he could do. He could only curl up his tail and lean it against his back to prevent the little lion from biting him further.
The little lion thought that the lion 'father' was willing to play with him, so he continued to chase after him and bite his tail.
Then, Ryan was completely furious, with his mouth wide open and his upper body standing up, he suddenly roared at the little lion behind him: "Roar——"
The little lion had probably never been roared at like this by its mother since it was born. It was so scared that it trembled all over and fell to the ground.
Then, as luck would have it, this scene was seen by Sister Sa who had just returned from hunting.
Qiao Jinnian: "..." It's over, the lion dad is going to die!
Sister Sa is very good at fighting. Could she beat up the lion father?
Qiao Jinnian clearly remembered that when she went to the lion group in the valley to get milk, Scarface roared at the little lion. At that time, the female lion would roar at Scarface. Sometimes, when the female lion was angry, she would pounce on Scarface and slap him in the face.
Therefore, do not underestimate the female lions who are raising lion cubs, because female lions are very protective of their cubs, while male lions are basically dominated by their wives.
However, Sister Sa just walked over, put the captured adult warthog under a big tree, and went straight away to rest.
In fact, in a normal lion group, Ryan, as the territorial lion, should enjoy the food first, followed by Reiner and Sister Sa, and finally the cubs and Qiao Jinnian.
However, Ryan is not a normal lion after all. He is used to wandering and doesn't care much about the order of eating. Moreover, unlike other lions, he often cooks himself and knows how difficult it is.
So, usually the three lions eat together.
But, Sister Sa was obviously in a bad mood today, so she asked the father and son to eat first because she had to go and comfort the frightened little lion.
Looking at Sister Sa's silence, Qiao Jinnian knew that Ryan had gone too far. The reason why Sister Sa didn't get angry at Ryan was simply because, as a territorial lion, being able to accept other lion cubs was an unimaginable thing and a serious violation of the rules of the lion world. Therefore, Sister Sa didn't blame Ryan for yelling at the cubs.
Accepting the cubs of other male lions means that it is impossible for a lion to have cubs in the next three or four years, because female lions do not go into heat. Moreover, once the cubs of other male lions grow up, they will become competitors of the territorial male lions, and they are likely to drive out the old male lions or kill them directly.
Sister Sa may feel that there is no need to be too demanding of Ryan, but only Qiao Jinnian knows that Ryan often gets angry at her, his adopted daughter. He just has a sharp tongue but a soft heart, and is actually very kind-hearted.
In order to speak for the lion father, Qiao Jinnian approached Sister Sa's cubs and wanted to play with them on behalf of their father.
However, Sister Sa was obviously worried that she would accidentally hurt the cub.
The reason why female lions raise their cubs alone outside after giving birth instead of returning to the lion group is because sub-adult or male lions often accidentally play with or crush the cubs to death.
Now, in Sister Sa's eyes, Qiao Jinnian stood very tall and looked like a sub-adult, so she was particularly worried.
However, when Qiao Jinnian was on all fours, she looked very small, like a four-month-old cub.
This made Sister Sa particularly confused. She didn't understand why the cub was sometimes big and sometimes small.
Qiao Jinnian lay on the ground, playing the game of catching the frightened cub's tail and tickling him.
The little cub made a coquettish sound of "Awoo, Awoo" and kept stepping on Qiao Jinnian with its four legs in the air.
Unlike the cubs she met in other places, Qiao Jinnian had no feelings at all. These cubs were Sister Sa's children, and she admired Sister Sa very much, so she liked these cubs because of her love for Sister Sa.
Soon, the five of them started playing a game of chasing and fighting. Qiao Jinnian stretched out his two paws, pretending to be a big devil, and ran forward after the four little ones, scaring the cubs so much that they cried "Ao Ao". While running, he cleverly hid in his mother's arms.
Qiao Jinnian took the opportunity to get into Sister Sa's arms.
This surprised Sister Sa, and she lowered her head and kept licking the five heads.
Ryan got angry at the cub and was seen by the other cub's mother. He was not in the right to begin with, and now when he saw his own cub playing with the other cub, he didn't know what to say. He could only eat with Reiner while turning around and secretly looking at his own cub.
Seeing Sister Sa's eyes looking at him, Ryan quickly turned around, ate meat with big mouthfuls, and pretended to be very busy.
Qiao Jinnian: “…” Dad feels so childish.
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