89 White Lion
◎Hah, an old, frail lion, and a pure white, sub-adult lion with a mohawk and ice-blue eyes?!◎
Seeing the old lion fall, the father and daughter did not move. After all, if Ryan went out at this time, the old lion would probably consider whether he needed to escape.
Because he accidentally entered the territory of another lion group, he would probably give up the prey to save his life.
Qiao Jinnian and his father looked at each other, and the man and the lion were ready to leave quietly.
He looked back at the old lion who was dying and gasping for breath, hoping that no hyena would come out to steal his food.
After walking away, Qiao Jinnian even looked back at the old lion, hoping that he would get up quickly and eat, as there was almost no meat left on his body.
Ryan carried his cub on his back and walked silently on the way home, probably thinking about the appearance of the old lion.
The lion father is eleven years old this year. The average lifespan of a lion in the wild is 14 years. Of course, that is because very few male lions can die of natural causes, so the average age is so low.
When these young male lions leave the territory, there will be about seven more adult female lions in the lion group. In that case, the father and the female lion mother will not have to work so hard.
Wait, Qiao Jinnian was lying on her father's back, and suddenly thought of a problem, that is, there are only two territorial lions in her own lion group, but the future lion cubs are all direct relatives. If there is no suitable alliance of male lions, do these lionesses need to split up and form a new lion group?
Now, their own lion group has become a super large lion group, and there will be more little lions in the future. Thinking about that situation, Qiao Jinnian is overwhelmed.
No, we can’t let the lion dad be so tired!
If the sisters or nieces were to separate and form new lion prides, they would disperse and leave this territory.
Then, maybe those lions will defend their territory well, or maybe they will be defeated by stray lions, who knows.
Qiao Jinnian felt that perhaps Ryan and Reiner now needed to form a lion alliance with a new lion.
Alas, these are all matters of one's own lion pride. Often, the territorial male lion in a lion pride only leads a lion pride for two or three years, so there is no such thing as close breeding.
However, in that case, it would mean that Ryan and Reiner were defeated and driven out.
The more Qiao Jinnian thought about it, the more worried he became that something like this would happen. It would be great if a few new alliance lions joined them now.
But she was just daydreaming. She believed that the lion father would find a way to solve these problems himself. Just look at the way he drove the two sisters out, and you will know that he cares a lot about the continuation of the species.
The father and daughter returned empty-handed. The other lions didn't know what they were doing. Only Cloak came running over and looked at her, as if asking her why the prey was gone.
"I'll compensate you with an antelope tomorrow. We lost our prey today." Qiao Jinnian brought the cloak over and rubbed his long ears.
Cloak was howling and struggling to get down, as if he wanted to go back and see if the antelope was still there.
Knowing him very well, Qiao Jinnian also cried out to show him that the hemp rope in her bag was missing.
After gesturing for a long time, Cloak lowered her head to think about it, and sniffed around in her hemp rope bag, as if trying to find out why the hemp rope was missing.
Anyway, he looked a little disappointed, not understanding why such a big prey disappeared out of the blue?
Unable to explain, Qiao Jinnian was still thinking of waiting until evening to go back and pick up the hemp rope. At worst, he could go hunting again tomorrow. He hoped that the old lion had left this lion group.
Because the territorial lions did not expel him, they hoped that he would realize that he had mistakenly entered the territory of other lion groups and would be able to leave after eating his fill.
This is just because the male lions in their own territory feel some pity for the old lion. If it went to other lion groups, those male lions in the territory might bite the old lion to death.
After waiting for a long time, Qiao Jinnian finally waited until dusk and quietly returned to the antelope herd. At this time, the antelope had disappeared, and the hemp rope was obviously bitten off by the lion, leaving a large piece that was thrown on the ground.
Qiao Jinnian picked up her hemp rope and took it back. It was only broken in one section and could still be used tomorrow.
Looking around, she was not sure whether the antelope was eaten by the old lion. She hoped that it was not taken away by other animals.
Fortunately, when she went hunting again the next day, she did not see the old lion and successfully caught a right-horned antelope.
Originally, Cloak was a little angry, but he was a younger brother and had to be obedient, so he had to continue working.
In order to coax him, Qiao Jinnian deliberately did not let Ya Chengnian go for hunting training today, and gave him an extra portion of meat as his wages for yesterday.
Looking at the two hind legs and the two large pieces of antelope meat, the jackal was satisfied and no longer angry.
He should be angry. He worked hard yesterday, but the prey was gone. Anyone would be angry, and animals are the most capable of expressing their thoughts directly.
In the following days, Qiao Jinnian never saw the old lion again.
When she saw the old lion that day, Qiao Jinnian thought of her old father and felt a little bad. Because the lifespan of a lion is too short, she wanted to spend more time with her father.
After several days, Qiao Jinnian would catch a live prey for Ya Chengnian almost every day, which not only helped solve the family's food problem, but also helped train the next generation.
She hopes that the next generation will thrive, grow up quickly, and share the burden with their elderly father.
It's time for Dad and brother to go on patrol again. The lion must patrol frequently, otherwise the lion's scent will fade and other stray lions will break into the territory.
This time, Qiao Jinnian wanted to go on patrol with her father and brother to see how far the territory of her lion group had expanded.
The lion father did not object to the cub following, after all, she had often followed before.
This time, the cub had grown up and had the ability to protect herself, so the lion father was not afraid that she would be snatched away if she walked alone.
But Qiao Jin thought that she might not have the chance to ride on her father's back in the future, so she walked for a while and then rode on her father's back for a while to enhance the father-daughter relationship.
Even when Reiner wanted to carry his sister on his back, Ryan sternly refused.
As if knowing that she would definitely want to come and see the baboon family, Ryan deliberately took a detour to the baboon family in the southern rock circle.
This time, she hadn't seen Da Zhuang for a long time. Da Zhuang's tribe had expanded again, with many more members. It seemed that Da Zhuang was a good leader.
There were many more little baboons in the tribe, and there was a huge hillside under the rock circle where Dazhuang's tribe lived. When he saw her coming, Dazhuang swiftly and skillfully did countless front flips on the hillside and came to her.
There are really countless somersaults...
Qiao Jinnian: "..." I really envy the baboons' agility!
Even after falling down so many times, Da Zhuang was still like a normal baboon, not dizzy or blurry. How could this not make people envious?
With a leader like this and such a large natural hillside, every member of the tribe, especially the young baboons, actually imitated their leader, jumping from the rocks onto the hillside one by one, and then starting to do front flips. If the background music of "Cloud Palace Swift Sound" was added, it could be a movie of "Journey to the West"...
With so many baboons, the family atmosphere is so happy!
Qiao Jinnian laughed to death. She didn’t expect Dazhuang to develop the tribe so well.
I stayed here for a few more days and found that there were plum fruits growing behind the rock circle of Dazhuang, so I picked a lot of fruits for Qiao Jinnian as a specialty.
This time, Qiao Jinnian didn't dare to take so much and explained it to Dazhuang, because this thing would ferment and would make all those herbivorous friends drunk.
So, she simply ate a few of them here and asked Dazhuang to distribute the rest to the other members of the tribe.
Da Zhuang didn't bother to be polite with her. If she wanted it, she could take it. If she didn't want it, he would distribute it to everyone.
Qiao Jinnian sat on the hillside and saw that Dazhuang's face had obviously aged. She didn't know how old Dazhuang was. When she first met him, he was already the leader.
Seeing that the Dazhuang tribe was living well, Qiao Jinnian continued to walk south with his father and brother. This was the third time the lion group expanded its territory.
However, the area further south is actually a desert-like area. However, because it is the rainy season, there is also river water gushing out from underground. I wonder what the scene will be like here during the dry season.
When they arrived here, the lion father put Qiao Jinnian down, lay down by the river and started drinking water.
The water here is very clear and shallow, and you can see the river bottom clearly at a glance, so crocodiles have nowhere to hide. It may also be that because this is an underground river, it is impossible for crocodiles to exist here.
Qiao Jinnian really didn't know much about the southern part of the country, but she liked the water very much. At least there were no hippos pooping in it, and the water tasted so good.
After everyone drank some water, they took a short rest by the river. Then Reiner was responsible for hunting. Every time they went out, Reiner was responsible for hunting.
So, when Reiner went to the nearby sand to look for prey, Qiao Jinnian sat by the river, lying on his father, too lazy to move.
Maybe there were fewer prey here, they waited for a long time, but Reiner didn't come back.
The figure of a lion appeared in the distance. Qiao Jinnian squinted his eyes, thinking that Reiner had finally returned, but no, that walking posture was not Reiner's domineering posture at all.
But this is the territory of our own lion group, how could there be other lions here?
Wait, the more Qiao Jinnian looked at the figure, the more she felt that the way the lion walked unsteadily was very similar to the old lion she had seen that day.
I didn’t expect that the old lion had been running around for a few days and was still wandering around his own lion group!
Ryan also squinted his eyes, straightened his upper body, and saw the staggering figure, but he was too lazy to move.
Until, another lion appeared behind the old lion...
Qiao Jinnian felt that the matter was becoming more and more complicated. If Ryan did not symbolically exercise the rights of a territorial lion, it would seem that he was too easy to bully. Would other lion groups think that the territorial lions were timid and dare to provoke him?
But, as the two lions approached, Qiao Jinnian finally got a clearer look at them. Ha, an old, frail lion, and a pure white, sub-adult Mohawk lion with ice-blue eyes?!
Ha, no wonder Ryan didn't even bother to take a second look.
But the territorial lion didn't care. When the two lions saw Ryan, they finally realized that they had intruded into the territory of other lion groups. They were so scared that their ears shrank and their mouths opened wide. The sub-adult lions rolled over with their bellies facing up, bent their front paws, and retracted their sharp claws, showing an absolute posture of submission.
Qiao Jinnian: "..." I can't bear to look at it, I can't bear to look at it, but this snow-white fur is so beautiful, can I touch it?
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