44 Motherly Love
Qiao Jinnian was already in tears, and couldn't help but sigh that survival was too difficult.
This is a super large lion pride. Including the cubs, there are at least more than 20 lions. So, naturally, every mouth is waiting for food, and they have to find more food during the dry season.
This is also why they passed through this grassland.
The ten adult lions just watched from a distance, and all the other animals at the scene stopped fighting and looked back quietly at the group of grassland kings.
When the four lions ran side by side towards the group of carnivores, the wild dogs, spotted hyenas, vultures and storks of various sizes, and even the black-backed jackals that were following them to pick up the leftovers, all ran away.
The difference in combat power between the two sides was so great that there was no need to even consider fighting. Therefore, the 20 or so lions rushed forward and surrounded the white rhino mother and her child.
The other animals*7.7.zl simply made way for the dining area but did not leave. They just stood three to five meters away, waiting for the lion to finish his meal so that they could clean up the leftovers.
Especially the various vultures nicknamed grassland scavengers, their long beaks can easily clean up the broken meat and rotten meat between bones.
With the protection of so many adult lions, the fearless sub-adult lions were not even busy eating. They showed off their power and drove away the vultures. The vultures had to circle in the air, and when the little lions came back to eat the meat, they returned to their original place.
There's nothing they can do. This is the law of the jungle. If there were only one or two adult lions, they could still go up and fight. But these are 10 adult lions, and they are not stupid.
The lions ate on the grassland for two full hours. Each of their mouths was stained with blood, showing their real bloody mouths. Then they continued to walk north with satisfaction. Their goal was to cross the largest river on the grassland and go farther north to follow the footprints of wildebeests.
As soon as the lions left, the animals that had been watching rushed to occupy the best seats and started to eat properly.
This time, no animals quarreled because the food became less and they had to eat more.
Even the largest river had its water level dropped to its lowest point due to the drought. The lions were able to cross the river very smoothly without encountering the crocodiles hiding in the river.
Reiner took Qiao Jinnian to find a high rock, stood on the highest point, and tried to see where the lion group was going.
The reason why their own lion group did not cross the river was because the cubs were too young. Perhaps next year, when the cubs grow up a little, they can go north to follow the tracks of wildebeests and zebras, as well as antelopes and gazelles. In that way, Ryan and Sister Sa would not have to work so hard.
Qiao Jinnian squinted his eyes and looked at the huge lion group in the distance, which had actually settled down just across the river.
However, the problem was that there was already another lion group on the other side of the river. After all, this was the riverside and on the migration route of the next herbivores. How could such a great location not be occupied by lions?
Unfortunately, the lion group on the opposite side only had two territorial male lions, and Qiao Jinnian counted again and found that there were at least six female lions there.
She didn't know the age of the two lions. If they were still young, they might still be able to fight hard, but if the two lions were old, it would be dangerous.
Because the brother and sister were standing very high, they had a very good view and could see the battlefield opposite clearly.
All the lionesses were taking care of their cubs while the four male lions that had migrated were the first to roar and declare war on the territorial lions.
“Roar—”
The roars of the four lions shook the entire valley and could be heard even on the river side. The challenge in the roars was too strong.
These four male lions were obviously young and strong. When Qiao Jinnian was waiting to see the two territorial lions fighting hard, all the female lions at the scene, as well as Qiao Jinnian who was watching the fight on the river side, were stunned.
Because, those two lions just ran away like that!
Run away?
Yes, they abandoned all their wives and children and fled directly to the north to save their lives!
The four male lions seemed to have known about this for a long time and roared at the female lions in their territory again.
Even though he didn't understand the meaning of the lion's roar, Qiao Jinnian knew that when a male lion occupied a territory, it meant that all the female lions in the territory belonged to the new male lion, and all the cubs of the previous male lion would be bitten to death.
This is what they must do, because when those cubs grow up, they will be the biggest competitors of the old male lions in the territory in the future. They will not raise cubs that will kill them in the future, and they must also ensure that all the cubs in the territory are of their own blood.
However, just when Qiao Jinnian thought that he would see the male lions bite the dozen cubs to death, the female lions on the opposite side of the river split into two teams, and three female lionesses actually led their cubs and ran away.
The remaining three female lions licked their mouths and looked hesitant. Then, the four male lions pounced forward without hesitation and bit all the cubs to death in front of the female lions, leaving no one alive.
However, Qiao Jinnian stopped watching those things because they were too cruel.
Her eyes were always following the three escaped female lions, because they bypassed the edge of their territory on the other side of the river. After making a circle, they actually planned to cross the river and come to the south bank of the river, which was this empty grassland, where Qiao Jinnian was standing at the moment.
Qiao Jinnian was very willing to do this. After all, this grassland was an unowned land, and the three female lions were not male lions, so they would not pose a threat to the cubs in their lion group.
Soon, the lioness mothers carefully led their cubs across the river.
The river was very shallow, and the lions were cats that were born to swim, so they only showed their heads above the surface of the river and swam across.
Unfortunately, their luck was not as good as that of the super master group. Perhaps the crocodile knew that the super master group was not easy to deal with, so it did not come out.
So, when the three female lions successfully crossed the river and looked back at their cubs, they found that the two slowest swimming cubs behind them had been dragged into the river by crocodiles.
The lioness mothers were very anxious and hesitated to step into the water. Then they saw the other cubs who had successfully reached the shore and were in a dilemma.
The two cubs finally let out a "wool" cry for help and then made no other sound.
The cubs had lost their lives, and the lioness mothers looked sad, but it was too late to save them. They could only take the remaining cubs ashore. After reaching a safe place, they turned back and roared sadly at the river.
“Roar, roar—”
The roar echoed across the empty grassland.
At this time, Qiao Jinnian was already in tears, and couldn't help but sigh that survival was not easy.
But the next second, the lioness mothers saw an adult male lion and a cub, with the cub riding on the male lion's back.
So, the female lions immediately became alert and started roaring at Reiner to drive him away.
This grassland is a no-man's land between elephants and lions. Reiner is not here to seize territory, so of course he doesn't want to roar at them. He immediately takes his sister and runs to the bushes.
Although this was a bit embarrassing for the lion, Qiao Jinnian still breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't want to go against these lion mothers. She admired these mothers very much.
After all, these mothers took the initiative to leave the homes where they had lived all their lives in order to protect their cubs.
You know, female lions have lived in one territory since they were born, and only male lions wander around looking for new territories.
Qiao Jinnian instantly thought of Sister Sa, so Sister Sa was unwilling to surrender to the new territorial lion, so she took the cubs and left the territory.
I don’t know what happened to Sister Sa’s lion group.
Qiao Jinnian sneaked into the bushes to see if the three lionesses would continue to migrate south with their cubs. It turned out that they seemed to want to stay here and had no plans to move further south.
There is no other way. After all, herbivores are now in the north where there is more abundant water and grass, and no animal would be foolish enough to migrate south early.
However, she was a little worried that the four male lions would capture the three female lions.
After observing for a few days, Qiao Jinnian did not find any signs of the four lions coming to catch the lion.
Or perhaps it was because the super lion pride was already super large, with so many people that even the male lions had to cook for the children every day. So, with the loss of three female lions, their number was already too large, and the parents could not bear such a great pressure to support the family.
This was Qiao Jinnian's own guess, but it was very likely the truth. After all, they moved their entire family and seized the territory of other lions.
Sure enough, over the past few days, Qiao Jinnian often saw four male lions busy hunting with the female lions.
Generally, in a normal lion pride, male lions do not need to hunt, they are only responsible for defending the territory. However, in that super large lion pride, if the male lions do not go hunting, there will not be enough food for so many hungry mouths.
Suddenly, Qiao Jinnian began to sympathize with the parents of the lion group.
Looking back at her lion father, Qiao Jinnian felt that her father had a kind of survival wisdom that transcended the world. You see, he only needed to raise her, how easy it was. He only needed to go hunting once every few days, and he also found Sister Sa, a hunting master, for her. Basically, whenever they went out, they never came back empty-handed.
However, according to Qiao Jinnian's observation of Ryan, he seemed to have a natural sympathy for female lions who were raising their children alone, and sometimes he would meddle in other people's affairs, which was not like a normal male lion at all.
Qiao Jinnian boldly guessed that perhaps Ryan's mother was once a single mother raising a child, or perhaps Ryan's wife had encountered some bad consequences when she was raising a child alone.
Wait, Qiao Jinnian felt that his thoughts were too divergent, so he should worry about how to get water first.
Now that the white rhino by the river was killed by the mad bull elephant, but three female lions and a group of cubs have arrived. So, can she give up watering her tuber plants?
Qiao Jinnian: "..."
This won’t do. She must go out and communicate with those female lions.
However, it was obviously unwise to let Reiner, the male lion, take her there. Lioness mothers with cubs were very sensitive and were afraid that the male lions would bite their cubs to death. So, Qiao Jinnian had no choice but to let Sister Sa take her to negotiate.
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