70 Bull Elephant
◎She was a little apprehensive. How come she had a new friend, a male elephant?◎
The rainy season is here, and all animals have hope of survival.
The animals, who couldn't find food here, were already getting restless and wanted to cross the river to the southern grasslands.
There was no movement on Qiao Jinnian's side. After all, this was just the beginning, and they had to wait for the vanguard troops to come from the north.
At first, the fire started from the northeast. I don’t know what the current state of the northern grasslands is. Has the number of many tribes decreased a lot? Or maybe the north is too crowded at this time, with so many animals crowded together, and I don’t know what will happen.
Every day, there is a rapid rainfall of half an hour to an hour. The rain gradually raises the water level of the nearly dried-up puddles. Slowly, the lungfish that have been dormant underground wrapped in mud are revived because the rain water penetrates the soil and returns to the surrounding rivers.
Lungfish, a fish with two respiratory systems that existed 200 million years earlier than the dinosaurs, are becoming active again in the rivers.
The animal that is best at preying on lungfish is probably the shoebill. They stand motionless in the water, observing the movements on the surface.
Lungfish have to breathe on the water surface every once in a while, which will create tiny bubbles on the water surface. If you are not careful enough, you will miss these bubbles. Therefore, only animals like the shoebill, which can remain motionless for hours, can catch almost every prey with their mouths never empty.
What Qiao Jinnian dug out from the soil by the river was a dormant lungfish. Unfortunately, she forgot to eat fish this time. Moreover, she had a lot of delicious meat and eggs every day, so the nutrition was still relatively comprehensive.
The shoebill mother, who had given herself two feathers in a row, picked up the long lungfish and threw it back to the ground on the shore. She picked it up again and threw it down again until the fish was killed. Then she swallowed the whole fish starting from the head.
All this left Qiao Jinnian stunned. It was such a big fish, and she ate so much in one breath!
Qiao Jinnian is already over three years old. In his previous life, due to a bad heart, the three-year-old child looked like a one-year-old baby and was obviously underdeveloped. But in this life, he exercises and eats meat every day. His exact height is unknown, but he has reached the shoulder height of Ryan's father. He is a very healthy child.
Therefore, the lion father often feels very strange when looking at her. If you only look at her height, she can be called an adult lion, but when she lies down, she looks very small.
Lions also have their own methods of calculation. He should know in his heart how old Qiao Jinnian is. Although it is not clear how they count, perhaps they compare it with the sub-adult cubs next to them.
The vanguard of zebras finally arrived, and there were some other herbivores mixed in the zebra team. Everyone came to help each other, such as the real champion in numbers - the wildebeest.
Sometimes, a group of zebras will wait for the wildebeests to go ahead and scout the way.
There is always a shortage of warriors among the wildebeest herds. Strong wildebeest troops will step into the river first, bravely and invincibly, to test how fierce the crocodiles in the river are.
However, the crocodile was also very hungry, but he was not stupid. Who would be so blind? He knew that the first batch were all warriors, so instead of fighting them head-on, he might as well just pick up the old, weak and sick ones to eat, and there would be no shortage of delicious food.
The first group of wildebeests successfully crossed the river, and the following herds of zebras also embarked on a journey across the river to the south.
As more and more herbivores gathered in the river, the crocodiles, which had broken their legs and had been hungry for half a year, gradually stopped ambushing and started eating directly, eating the weakest and easiest ones to bite. Once they bit, they would not let go, and would sink directly to the bottom of the water with their prey, and then eat it slowly.
There are too many wildebeests, millions of them, and it is not easy for them to cross the river. There are no traffic lights and no unified command to direct traffic. How can there not be traffic jams? With so many people, there will inevitably be a large number of trampling incidents, and deaths are inevitable.
Qiao Jinnian sat on the back of the lion father, and the whole family observed the movements in the river together.
She thought that the traffic in the river was too congested at the moment. In order to reduce unnecessary losses or troubles, their family had to find a new route. It would be best if there was a road with a height difference. The difference had to be large enough so that everyone could slide down like a slide and directly reach the other side. In this way, the crocodiles could not bite them, so the rabbits would not be lost, and they could also avoid the busy road full of wildebeests.
Do it when you think of it. Qiao Jinnian pointed to the east. After all, there would be many large groups crossing the river in the west. Only if you go further east will there be fewer animals.
Seeing the cub pointing to the east, Ryan didn't hesitate and growled at everyone. Then the whole family moved towards the east in a mighty procession, including the free-range rabbits.
The first pair of rabbit parents were also free-range. Now these rabbits automatically follow the lion group. After all, they have become accustomed to it and are not afraid of the lion group.
Of course, if the rabbits feel that the lion group is not good and want to escape, Qiao Jinnian will not catch them. After all, he cannot take them in a cage when they go south. If they want to leave, let them leave.
It was originally agreed that the rabbits would be used as food, but Qiao Jinnian got used to the rabbits and didn't want to eat them anymore. The other lion group members thought that these were her food and were unwilling to eat them either. As a result, they ended up raising a bunch of wild rabbits in half a year.
Sometimes, Qiao Jinnian thought she was ridiculous. Aren't rabbits raised for food? She even painstakingly climbed trees to gather leaves for them for the next few days.
As they walked, Qiao Jinnian discovered that the ground on the easternmost side was indeed higher, and the difference in height between the opposite side and this side was as high as about 6 or 7 meters.
So now, she needs to choose a tree that must be thick and strong enough, scrape the surface of the tree clean, and place the tree on both sides of the river so that she can slide down from this end.
The idea was good, but when she started to chop down the tree with a flint knife, she realized, oh my god, this tree is too strong. How long will it take to chop it down?
However, all things are difficult at the beginning. Qiao Jinnian could only stand on the ground and start chopping tirelessly, thinking that when he was halfway through, he could ask Ryan and Reiner to try pushing it together, and maybe it would break.
After a while, the road surface began to shake slightly, and Qiao Jinnian thought it was an earthquake.
Qiao Jinnian looked back and saw that it was the male elephant with an injured nose.
The appearance of an adult elephant weighing about 7 tons here would inevitably cause panic among everyone. Even Ryan would have to take the initiative to avoid it to avoid being trampled by the elephant.
However, before getting away, Ryan hurried over, bit the cub's hemp rope clothes, and told the cub to leave here quickly.
Qiao Jinnian shook his head repeatedly and growled, "Ouch—"
This roar, unique to cubs, expresses comfort and indicates that there is no danger.
Hearing this roar, Ryan hesitated for a moment, looked up at the elephant in front of him, and did not leave, but just observed what the elephant was going to do.
The elephant stretched out its trunk and opened its ears as a greeting. Ryan then saw the severe burn in the middle of its nasal cavity. He seemed to remember his own cub's habit of making friends everywhere. So he simply lay down beside the tree and watched it with his own eyes to feel at ease.
The male elephant said to Qiao Jin: "Moo——"
He shook his disabled nose left and right, meaning for Qiao Jinnian to move aside.
After understanding what he meant, Qiao Jinnian actually pulled Ryan to the side.
After they left, the elephant looked down at the tree where Qiao Jinnian had already cut a hole, and his confidence suddenly increased. He propped up the tree with his shoulders, let out a "moo" roar, and paced forward with his chubby feet. After trying several times, it was obvious that he was using a lot of strength.
After a while, the whole tree broke off along the cracked root, and fell to the ground with a "bang" due to gravity, stirring up dust. Fortunately, it had rained a few times recently, and the sand on the ground was moistened, so the loess did not cause breathing difficulties.
All the animals in the lion group were stunned. They stood motionless on the river bank, looking at the bull elephant and then at Qiao Jinnian.
In fact, no one knew what the cub was going to use the tree for, but the cub always had strong ideas and must have her own ideas.
Sure enough, Qiao Jinnian ran over, cut down all the leaves from the tree, and threw them all to the male elephant, letting him eat them as his salary.
Then, she called over Ryan, Reiner and Sister Sa, and asked the three adult lions to come over and together they changed the direction of the tree and slowly pushed it towards the river. The tree was so big that it was stuck between the two river banks and a lot of growth had grown out.
Qiao Jinnian tried to push it and found it was very strong. The lower end was stuck at the bottom of the river bank and was quite firm.
Then she took her flint knife and climbed up the tree. As she climbed down, she cut the excess bark and rough areas to make it easier to slide down.
He climbed up and down by himself as nimbly as a monkey.
This also made the whole family of animals understand that the tree was designed for everyone to climb directly over from this end without having to walk through the water.
It seems that this will be safer and will prevent the small animals at home from being eaten by crocodiles.
After shaving it thoroughly, Qiao Jinnian asked the elders in the family to go first, leaving Sister Sa to cover the rear. After all, both sides needed adult lions to protect sub-adults and small animals, and each side needed protection.
Sister Sa was also very satisfied with this arrangement, so Ryan took the lead. Cats are very good at climbing trees. He ran down from the top of the tree in a few big strides and went directly to the opposite river bank. He raised his head and looked at his own lion group.
Immediately afterwards, the black-footed cat showed off its super jumping ability without any hesitation. Although it was small, it was extremely fast.
Next came five sub-adults, the honey badger, the jackal family, the rabbit family, two cheetahs, Reiner carrying a few guinea fowls and walking slowly over, as well as Stripes, Qiao Jinnian, and finally Sister Sa left.
The whole family came to the other side of the river. Qiao Jinnian looked up at the male elephant who had been standing on the river bank, made a "moo" sound, and asked him if he wanted to go with them.
In fact, she thought the male elephant was probably repaying her, so she was just asking casually.
Unexpectedly, the male elephant did not hesitate, but actually slowly walked down the mountain from the river bank, walked directly across the river, and walked towards him.
Qiao Jinnian: “…” Ah, actually, she was a little nervous. How come she had a new male elephant friend?
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