81 Hunting
◎At this point, the gazelle realized that the wild dog was not good at swimming, so it made up its mind and retreated into the water.◎
The horns on the female gazelle's head are relatively short. Qiao Jinnian is not afraid of her horns. What they are competing for now is speed.
In fact, Qiao Jinnian could use a bow and arrow to attack the gazelle from a distance, but she didn't like this method of attack unless it was absolutely necessary. After all, hunting was also a survival skill for her, not just for eating.
Only when she is strong enough, strong enough to fight any predator of the same level and save her own life, can she survive.
The bow and arrow were more for self-protection. Perhaps during droughts, they could be used to hunt birds from a distance. Besides, the bow and arrow she made were still too soft. Sometimes they might not be able to kill a very fast herbivore, but would only cause them some minor damage, or even alarm them, making them more vigilant against carnivores.
In short, Qiao Jinnian decisively adopted the most primitive and stupid hunting method, which was to use his own endurance to compete in running with the gazelle.
This female gazelle was obviously taught basic escape skills by her mother. Her four legs are like springs. Every time she jumps, her whole body can move quickly to a distance of one meter. Her jumping ability is particularly good.
But Qiao Jinnian is not an ordinary carnivore. She doesn't care how the gazelle jumps. She only cares about one thing, that is the direction of the gazelle's escape. As long as the direction is correct, even if the gazelle jumps left and right, she will not be in a hurry. She just needs to make sure the general direction is correct.
She would not jump left and right following the gazelle, nor would she make sharp turns in the air like the gazelle. She just kept her head down and ran forward. If the enemy moved, I would chase him. If the enemy made a mess, I would still chase him.
Therefore, Gazelle's superb escape skills became somewhat redundant in front of Qiao Jinnian. Even if she ran a longer distance, it didn't matter. There was nothing wrong with keeping the direction of pursuit. No matter how she ran, she would always be caught up.
The gazelle tried its best to escape from Qiao Jinnian, but Qiao Jinnian was not fooled at all. He ran at a moderate speed, keeping a distance of more than ten meters, neither too far nor too close, and always ran behind it.
The gazelle was completely driven to exasperation. Her frantic escape had already consumed a great deal of her energy. She had no choice but to flee the herd in a panic and run away into the distance.
A gazelle and a human were both running wildly across the open grassland.
After leaving the herd, the female gazelle seemed to have suddenly become a headless fly, running in random directions without any care.
The view here is wide, and even if Qiao Jinnian is dozens of meters behind, he can still see the direction of the gazelle's escape at a glance, unless the gazelle suddenly hides, but this gazelle's IQ is not yet at the level of hiding in a cave.
As they ran, Qiao Jinnian discovered that the gazelle had escaped to a lake. It was a sandy land with a lake in the middle. The water level was not low. It was obvious that there must be crocodiles here.
The gazelle came to the lake and stopped for a moment, as if considering where to run, but the next second, she had no way to think, because a pack of wild dogs appeared right in front of her.
Qiao Jinnian was also very depressed. He had been chasing for most of the time, but Cheng Yaojin suddenly appeared. Should he give up?
The wild dogs had seen a sub-adult lion chasing a gazelle from a distance, so they were indeed planning to get a piece of the action.
Qiao Jinnian suddenly felt a little regretful. Although she enjoyed this chase, she also didn't like having the fruits of her labor taken away by others.
Feeling very depressed, Qiao Jinnian did not dare to act rashly. After all, the wild dogs were small in size, but they were strong when united. She was the only one on her side and might be besieged by the wild dogs.
So, Qiao Jinnian temporarily stopped chasing and watched from a distance, wanting to see if the wild dogs were going to snatch the prey from her.
Sure enough, the wild dog queen said to the tribe: "Oh oh oh oh——"
Following an order, the wild dog soldiers gradually surrounded the gazelle, but surprisingly, the gazelle still had strength, which showed that she had not used her full strength when she escaped just now.
In order to survive, the gazelle had no choice but to retreat, but behind it was the rushing lake water, and in such deep water, there must be crocodiles.
Crocodiles usually lurk at the bottom of the water unless they encounter prey, then they will follow and attack the prey unexpectedly.
The scene was now becoming chaotic. In front of the gazelle were a pack of wild dogs surrounding her, behind her were lurking crocodiles, and of course, not far away was the sub-adult lion that had caused her to run all the way to this lake.
Yes, Qiao Jinnian is the sub-adult lion who is the culprit.
With this result, she didn't know what to do. If she gave up, then all her previous pursuit would be in vain. If she didn't give up, then she would have to fight against the entire pack of wild dogs alone.
If the lion father was here, he would definitely be able to defeat dozens of wild dogs. As long as he quickly bites one of them to death, he can instantly stun the wild dog queen and make her retreat. But Qiao Jinnian can't do that.
Of course, she could also use a spear or bow and arrow to kill a wild dog first to serve as a warning to others.
After a while, the silverback followed the scent of Qiao Jinnian and came over. While running, he looked up at her curiously, not understanding why she stopped running and why she was standing so far away.
Silverback did not understand her assessment of the situation, for he had never felt any fear.
Seeing that she was still standing there in a daze, Silverback became a little impatient and decided to go hunting on his own.
Looking up, Silverback first took a look at the scene and found that the gazelle was attacked from both sides, so he planned to take advantage of the chaos to snatch the prey away.
Standing on the sand, next to the gazelle, the silverback looked at the bubbles in the water, where the crocodile was lurking, and approached the gazelle step by step, opening his mouth, ready to bite the gazelle.
At this time, the gazelle thought that the wild dog was not good at swimming, so it made up its mind and retreated into the water.
Sure enough, the wild dog queen came closer and looked in the water. They were indeed not very good at hunting in the water, but they refused to leave. After all, the gazelle would definitely come out again.
The gazelles walked in the water, not going to the center of the lake, but staying around the periphery, waiting for the wild dogs to give up hunting.
The silverback was also very curious about how long the gazelle would stay in the water, and stared at the animals in the water without blinking.
Everyone is waiting to see who will give up first.
The first to take action was the crocodile lurking in the middle of the lake. A hungry crocodile quietly approached the gazelle's back, opened its big mouth, bit the gazelle's head in its mouth, and tried to use a death roll to roll the gazelle into the lake and drown it first.
But it has to be said that the gazelle that Qiao Jinnian valued was actually quite tough. When it was bitten by a crocodile, it desperately shook its head and paddled in the water, trying to break free from the crocodile's big mouth.
After all this trouble, the two sides were deadlocked and the gazelle never gave up struggling.
At this time, a group of uninvited guests appeared beside the lake. A little rhinoceros suddenly appeared beside the sand, ran over happily, and prepared to roll in the mud in the water.
The crocodile was startled by the noise and suddenly opened its mouth. The gazelle took advantage of this opportunity to quickly start swimming at death speed towards the shore.
The crocodile lurked in the water again and looked at the ignorant little rhino with dissatisfaction.
Wherever the baby rhino appears, there must be a big rhino. Rhinos have very poor eyesight and are very timid. When they see so many animals by the lake, they panic and rush towards the animals first, knocking down anyone they see. In this way, the baby rhino can be guaranteed to be safe.
The wild dog queen was so scared that she cried "Oh Oh Oh" and ordered the tribe to retreat quickly. It was not safe here, and the rhinos began to clear the area.
Because the rhinoceros cleared the area, this action actually saved the gazelle. She returned to the shore. There was no pack of wild dogs in front of her, only a honey badger, which looked up and kept looking at her.
The gazelle didn't even look back, and continued running towards the bushes with its wet hair.
At this moment, Qiao Jinnian looked at the gazelle that had finally survived, and suddenly she lost the mood to hunt. She had originally made up her mind that this gazelle would be her dinner tonight.
However, she witnessed with her own eyes how this tenacious creature successfully survived several waves of such powerful carnivores, and her feelings began to become complicated.
Of course, she is not a saint, after all, she also needs to eat.
After drinking all the water in the cup, Qiao Jinnian sat on the sandy ground to rest for a while.
After recovering his strength, Qiao Jinnian put on his bow and arrow, preparing to go to the bushes to shoot a bird and roast it for food.
After an entire afternoon, she finally managed to shoot a white alarm bird, the kind that likes to alert herbivores.
After grilling the meat with the silverback, Qiao Jinnian couldn't help laughing. Who could eat the meat of this little bird?
In this strange group, perhaps Qiao Jinnian had the worst hunting ability. He spent most of the day and only caught a small bird.
In the afternoon, the cloak couple worked together to capture a young antelope, which they had eaten clean.
Silverback's main food is also those scorpions. Allen and Tiaowen eat grass. Star and Freckles will get something as soon as they attack. Therefore, Qiao Jinnian is the least capable...
Qiao Jinnian reflected on this for several days and felt that he always thought too much, which was why he failed in hunting.
But fortunately, there were prey everywhere during the rainy season, so she didn't starve to death.
There were all kinds of carnivores all around. Because Allen was here, Qiao Jinnian was not targeted by other lion groups, and no carnivores came to eat her as food.
In fact, Qiao Jinnian no longer has the smell of a lion, but she can still imitate the roar of a lion, so other lion groups still treat her as a lion.
The rainy season is the breeding season, and Qiao Jinnian met a single lioness on the road. She was living with her newborn cubs by the swamp.
The cubs were very cute, but they were unfamiliar lions, so Qiao Jinnian had to avoid the mother and her two cubs and take a detour.
The lioness successfully captured a zebra that day and was feasting on it when she was besieged by a group of hyenas.
The hyena pack obviously wants to grab the ready-made meat and eat it directly, and single female lions are the easiest to deal with because female lions have a weak point, which is their cubs.
The cubs were hidden in the bushes by their mother. The lioness squinted her eyes and looked at the hyenas in front of her. She hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she still gave up the food because the cubs were still waiting for their mother to return...
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