Chapter 179 Tyrannosaurus Rex (Part 3)
After becoming a Tyrannosaurus Rex, Yu Yiyun discovered that gossip is not just human nature.
A top predator in prehistoric times, it had nothing to do after eating every day and liked to spy on the movements of other dragons.
Tyrannosaurus Rex was able to sense vibrations from the ground through its paw pads and then analyze them.
There are big guys everywhere around, and the Tyrannosaurus Rex can capture them at the slightest sign of trouble, making it the king of melon-eating.
In the afternoon, Yu Yiyun lay comfortably under the shade of a tree, eavesdropping on a group of velociraptors attacking their prey.
Velociraptor is a small carnivorous dinosaur that excels at teamwork and can gather into large groups.
From the three words "Velociraptor", we can tell that its hunting method is different from that of Tyrannosaurus Rex, and its main feature is "the only martial arts in the world that cannot be defeated is speed".
The speed and unity of the Velociraptor family allowed them to deal with prey that were ten times larger than themselves, making them the jackals of the Cretaceous period.
"Wow~"
Listening to the dragon-shaped dog's hunting story, Yu Yiyun gradually felt sleepy and yawned, ready to go to sleep.
The group of velociraptors were still fighting with the big prey, causing the earth to shake.
Yu Yiyun felt annoyed and was ready to turn over, retract her paws, and unilaterally end the gossip.
The huge body swayed left and right twice, and Yu Yiyun realized that being born as a dragon, turning over is a highly difficult skill.
Not to mention how to turn over with my clumsy body, even if I could turn over, how to turn back would be a big problem.
After all, the front paws are too short and cannot support the ground after lying down.
Yu Yiyun, who is always young and never knows how to deal with things, got herself angry after trying it out.
Why! Dragon! Can't turn over!
I have to turn it over today!
The slight sleepiness that Yu Yiyun had just been feeling disappeared in an instant.
He slowly stood up, wiggling his tail, and walked to the water's edge with duck steps.
The weather has been getting warmer recently, and it should be summer.
Dinosaurs were warm-blooded and could not regulate their body temperature according to the temperature.
At noon, the sun was scorching the earth, and many dragons hid in the shade of trees or caves to escape the heat.
By the endless water, there were only a few little dragons drinking water.
Yu Yiyun approached the water's edge, turned around and used her tail to test the temperature, then moved her legs back and forth, half of her body sank into the water, and used the buoyancy of the water to turn over.
The walls of dinosaur bones are particularly thin, and the hollow structure can maximize buoyancy, allowing them to float on the water even if their bodies are huge.
Yu Yiyun used his tail to support himself on the rocks and land below the river bank, using the force to swing himself to the center of the water.
This area of water is not only large but also deep. The water in the middle is bottomless and can completely submerge the little dragon.
Yu Yiyun sank his whole body into a deep sleep, leaving only half of his head exposed, and closed his eyes comfortably.
The scorching sun shines overhead, making the water surface warm.
After sleeping for a while, Yu Yiyun heard some noise nearby and immediately opened his eyes alertly.
He did not make any sound immediately, for fear of alerting the enemy beast, and only used his eyes that were above the water to observe his surroundings.
I saw a duck-billed dinosaur drinking water from the river not far away from me.
Hadrosaurs preferred habitats with water and often gathered in large numbers.
Yu Yiyun had encountered them several times but had never tasted them.
It runs too fast and it takes too much energy to chase it.
Compared to the duck-billed dinosaur, my mother and aunt would rather go head-to-head with the Triceratops.
At this moment, Yazuikong didn't notice the predator that sank into the water at all, and half of his body was in the water drinking.
Dinosaurs had different evolutionary trajectories and different water requirements.
The duck-billed dinosaur looks like a duck, has webbed claws, and is a relatively hydrophilic dragon. It drank for a long time but still felt it was not full.
It raised its head, looked to the left and then to the right, and found no signs of predators on the shore, so it boldly went deep into the water.
Yu Yiyun felt the waves on the water surface and found that the duck-billed dinosaur was getting closer and closer, still keeping its head above the water, pretending to be a piece of rotten wood floating on the water.
After cosplaying as a rotten wood for two minutes, Yu Yiyun's thoughts drifted to the African grasslands and to the crocodiles in the lower reaches of the ∩-shaped river.
When it rains a lot, crocodiles float in the water pretending to be driftwood, waiting for some blind kid to pass by, and then -
Die, perish, turn over, roll!
Yu Yiyun's eyes lit up as she recalled the Crocodile Boss's moves.
Yes, Tyrannosaurus Rex is also a reptile. It also has sharp teeth and strong bite force, and is more flexible underwater than on land.
Although due to his body, he couldn't roll into a propeller like a crocodile.
But with a bite force several times stronger than that of a crocodile, this problem should be solved perfectly.
With this idea in mind, Yu Yiyun quickly formed a preliminary plan in his mind, and then quietly approached the duck-billed dinosaur.
The duck-billed dinosaur was having a great time, floating up and down in the water, completely unaware of the danger that was about to come.
Yu Yiyun floated to a distance of about ten meters from it, seized the opportunity to pounce on it, and bit its hind legs hard.
The duck-billed dinosaur was frightened and began to struggle immediately, shouting to call its companions, and at the same time pecking at Yu Yiyun with its flat beak with 2,000 teeth.
It pecked at nothing because the little Tyrannosaurus Rex was one step faster and turned over with the duck-billed dinosaur's hind leg in its mouth.
The duck-billed dinosaur opened its mouth and drowned in the water, feeling intense pain and tearing sensations in its hind legs.
Before it could see the underwater environment clearly, Yu Yiyun turned over again, forcing the duck-billed dragon to rotate 360 degrees. The whole dragon was spinning around, completely losing its aggressiveness.
The bones of the hind legs that fell into the mouth of the enemy beast had been bitten to pieces. The strong pulling sensation made the duck-billed dinosaur extremely painful.
Its cry was so loud that it could be heard from far away, attracting the attention of other animals on the shore.
Seeing a Tyrannosaurus Rex in the water, holding a duck-billed dinosaur in its mouth and spinning around, the animals had never seen such a weird way of attack.
The two huge monsters fought desperately, making the water surface turbid. No one could see what was in the water at all, and they thought a Mosasaur appeared in this shallow sea.
The name of Mosasaur contains the word "dragon", which is similar to Pterosaur. It is not a dinosaur but a marine reptile.
It was huge, reaching nearly 20 meters in size, with a powerful tail. Its food chain included almost any animal, such as bony fish, sharks, and even dinosaurs that tried to cross the ocean.
Although this body of water is open, it is almost surrounded by land.
In prehistoric times, temperatures were higher and inland waters would shrink in the summer, making them incapable of supporting fully aquatic mosasaurs.
The animals on the shore were terrified and almost thought that the Mosasaur had secretly evolved and was preparing to randomly scare a few dinosaurs to death.
The duck-billed dinosaur that came quickly to rescue its companion was so frightened when it saw a huge creature tumbling in the water that it dared not enter the water and tried to pick up its companion from the shore.
The duck-billed dinosaur was so frightened that it quickly relied on the strength of its companions and used the same method as a lizard would break off its tail, abandoning one leg and crawling onto the shore.
Ornithischian dinosaurs had long forelimbs that could serve as support.
Even if the duck-billed dinosaur lost its hind legs, the remaining three legs could barely move.
It was not until it limped away with the group and the shore returned to calm that Yu Yiyun floated up holding the duck-billed dinosaur's hind leg.
"Wow."
The little Tyrannosaurus Rex swung its tail in frustration.
The meat that was in my mouth where I should have bitten the neck just now...oh, there's still a piece left.
It was Longsheng’s first time trying the death roll, and he wasn’t very skilled at it yet, so he broke several teeth during the twisting process.
Fortunately, the effort paid off. Yu Yiyun happily went ashore with the duck-billed dinosaur's hind leg in her mouth and brought it back for her mother and aunt to taste.
Since their aunt started to lay eggs, the three sisters have been moving around in a relatively fixed area, as if they were preparing for the upcoming birth.
The female Tyrannosaurus Rex lays eggs about two months after mating.
The incubation of reptiles is slightly different from that of birds, and they do not need to sit in the nest all the time.
Before laying eggs, the female dragon will look for a suitable cave, or dig out a nest as a hatching site, and then lay the eggs in it.
Sometimes, many pregnant female dragons will build a nest together to protect the safety of the eggs together.
If Yu Yiyun guessed correctly, the hatching of Tyrannosaurus Rex also has a characteristic of reptiles.
The eggs of some reptiles are initially sexless, with the sex determined by the temperature and duration of the incubation period.
Experienced parents will also control the gender of their cubs by turning the eggs over and moving them to new locations.
The pig dragon returned home with its fat hind legs in its mouth. Seeing that the aunt was starting to look for a place to build a nest, he became more nervous than the aunt.
Yu Yiyun had hatched bird eggs but never dragon eggs.
He hadn't even seen a dragon egg!
After studying hard for nearly twenty years, Yu Yiyun's teacher never taught her how to hatch dragon eggs correctly.
"Wow!" Auntie!
Yu Yiyun offered her his hind legs and nervously comforted her: Don’t worry, I will learn how to hatch eggs right away, right now!
The aunt held the baby's hind legs in her mouth and looked at the baby's back as it walked away, stunned.
To hatch the eggs, just dig a hole and bury them.
Is it difficult?
It is well known that weaker animals will increase the survival rate of their offspring by increasing production.
Tyrannosaurus Rex has nothing to do with being weak, but it also needs to increase production and increase the survival rate of its offspring.
While eagles only lay 1-2 eggs per nest, Tyrannosaurus Rex lays more than a dozen eggs per nest.
It’s not that the hatching rate is low, but that the vast majority of Tyrannosaurus Rex cannot survive to adulthood.
For example, Yu Yiyun’s mother gave birth to two clutches of eggs, but only one cub survived.
Tyrannosaurus Rex family motto: Only the strong are worthy of being my children!
Yu Yiyun has raised countless children, how could she tolerate such a thing happening under her nose?
In the pig dragon's opinion, as many cubs as there are eggs, there should be as many as there are eggs.
When I think about the near future, many little Tyrannosaurus Rex will break out of their shells, surrounding me and begging for food.
Yu Yiyun was instantly motivated and set out on the road to study at a rapid pace.
This continent has a warm climate, abundant rainfall, lush vegetation, and is home to a large number of dinosaurs.
Although later human research has found no definite evidence as to which month dinosaurs reproduced.
According to the laws of nature, animals tend to raise their offspring in seasons when food is abundant.
No matter what season it was, Tyrannosaurus Rex had plenty of prey, so the time span for hatching its cubs was relatively long.
Likewise, there are a variety of dragons in this area, with different hatching periods, so you can always find a learning target.
Yu Yiyun walked without recognizing any relatives, and used his own dragon-version binoculars to lock onto every group of dragons that passed by.
When they come across a group with young dragons less than one year old, they follow them with shining eyes.
If dinosaurs hatched on a fixed cycle, they should have hatched at about the same time every year.
Considering that it takes time for a dragon to lay eggs, there are dragons in the dragon group that are less than one year old, which means that these baby dragons were still in the eggs a year ago.
In other words, the dragon group may be hatching eggs during this period!
Dalong spotted the little fellow and rushed over to chase him away angrily, mercilessly driving Yu Yijun far away.
The smaller dragon, upon discovering that the Tyrannosaurus Rex was following it, was so frightened that it tucked its tail between its legs and fled in panic.
"Wow!" Dragon!
"Wow wow!" Why are you running!
Yu Yijun followed slowly behind, twisting his tail and trying to raise his voice to show friendliness.
However, due to his size, no matter how hard he squeezed, the sound was still rough to the ears of the small dragon.
A few days later, the most rampant stalker in the dinosaur world targeted a group of velociraptors, the same group that told him a bedtime story a few days ago.
A single velociraptor was over one meter long and weighed dozens or even hundreds of kilograms, which would definitely not be considered "small" in modern times.
However, in the prehistoric era when giant creatures were everywhere, the Velociraptor was not big enough to be seen.
They had just completed a hunt as a group and successfully killed a medium-sized duck-billed dinosaur.
The duck-billed dinosaurs did not have strong attack power, but they were agile and the Tyrannosaurus Rex often had no way to deal with them.
Fortunately, the Velociraptor is more agile than the duck-billed dinosaur, and it relied on its speed and tacit understanding, and the fact that this duck-billed dinosaur was seriously injured - it was missing a hind leg.
Yu Yijun lowered his head, stared at the duck-billed dinosaur's leg injury that had not yet healed, and silently mourned for it for three seconds.
If I had known this would happen, I would have eaten it two days ago.
After the moment of silence, Yu Yiyun looked at the velociraptor with anticipation.
When the velociraptor saw such a big creature coming, it slowly withdrew from the prey even though it was reluctant.
In the face of absolute power, no matter how fast they are, it is useless.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex had a strong armor and a bloody mouth that could swallow several Velociraptors at the same time.
In a head-on confrontation, the puppy-like velociraptor would have absolutely no chance of winning.
The dragon-shaped dog retreated to the side in fear, huddled into a ball, and stared at the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Pray that he finishes his meal and there are enough leftovers.
"Wow!" I don't intend to steal your food!
"Wow?" Am I that kind of dragon?
"Wow, wow, wow..." Even if the duck-billed dinosaur is delicious, I will...
Yu Yiyun moved closer, blinked twice, and looked at the dragon-shaped dogs again.
"Wow?" Hello, can I have a bite?
“… Ugh.”
The velociraptor whimpered like a dog and stared at the little Tyrannosaurus Rex wetly, with its tail hanging to the ground.
If they had ears, they would be drooping.
Yu Yiyun looked at them one by one, thinking that it would not be easy to hunt the duck-billed dinosaur with these little guys.
As a big dragon, I can't compete with the little guys for food.
Yu Yiyun was very polite...she took away a large piece of meat and left the velociraptor's territory contentedly.
"Woo woo." Robber!
"Woo woo." Bad dragon.
The velociraptor looked at his receding back, secretly dissed him, and then hurried to enjoy the delicious food that was still very rich even though one of its hind legs was taken away.
Yu Yiyun hid in a safe place, and after eating the hind legs, he realized:
Oops, I forgot something.
He followed the velociraptor, apparently to learn how to hatch eggs.
It would definitely not be appropriate to turn back now, as the dragon-shaped dog would probably be barking with anger.
Yu Yiyun decided to change her target and set out again under the cover of night to follow the group of people with little dragons at home.
Dinosaurs were used to being active during the day and resting at night.
I thought it would be difficult to gain anything tonight.
As a result, after searching for a while, Yu Yiyun actually found a few Triceratops that had run too far away while looking for food and had just returned to their territory.
If the Velociraptor is the jackal among dragons, then the Triceratops is the bison among dragons, with an extremely ferocious temperament.
When encountering a group of Triceratops, even the Tyrannosaurus Rex has to give way, let alone Yu Yijun, a vegetable dragon?
He was so scared that he lay down on the spot, using the cover of night as a cover, pretending to be a small mound of earth.
Fortunately, the Triceratops had average night vision and did not doubt the abrupt earth slope, so they returned to their territory shoulder to shoulder.
Instead of resting immediately, they traveled for a long time and finally arrived under a very inconspicuous big tree.
A dragon used its nose to push aside the leaves on the surface.
The other dragon moved closer, observing something carefully.
The two dragons stayed quietly for a long time, nudged each other with their noses, and then lay down carefully in that place.
Yu Yiyun watched their movements, made a guess, and quietly marked a location.
The next day, the Triceratops left its territory to look for food outside, and there were only two Triceratops in the territory.
Yu Yiyun used the same trick again and caught a small raptor to lure away the dragon that was guarding its territory at home.
While they were all running away, Yu Yiyun quietly approached the location marked yesterday.
He imitated the appearance of a Triceratops and used his nose to push open the leaves on the surface. Underneath was a nest made of branches and mud, with two eggs lying quietly in the nest.
The competitive pressure on herbivorous social animals is less than that on carnivorous animals.
Triceratops is a ferocious dragon. Newly born dragons can thrive in the protection of the family and have a higher survival rate, so there is no need to increase the survival probability through production.
Most Triceratops lay 1-3 eggs in a nest, and the probability of a single-born eagle is not low.
Compared to those parent dinosaurs who just bury their eggs and don't care about anything else, the mother Triceratops is very responsible and will help the dragonflies control the humidity and temperature to ensure that the dragonflies can hatch safely.
Yu Yiyun leaned over and touched the nest with her short front paws to confirm the temperature and humidity required for the incubation of dinosaur eggs.
As the paws touched, they involuntarily touched the testicles.
The texture of dinosaur eggshells is not hard, probably because this can prevent the huge dinosaurs from crushing the eggs.
Yu Yiyun pressed it with her claws and felt the yolk and egg white flowing inside.
Two dragon eggs lay quietly, one was round and the other was also round.
Yu Yiyun moved his throat dryly.
Because of the special structure of reptiles, they do not secrete saliva when they are greedy.
If the pig dragon were a mammal, it would have bathed its testicles with saliva by now.
Thinking back to the Triceratops I have seen, most of the time there was a big dragon followed by a small dragon.
It is reasonable to infer that Triceratops is similar to the bald eagle. The main reason for having two offspring is to be on the safe side, as the family can only afford to raise one.
So…
Yu Yiyun tried hard to find excuses for herself.
It’s no big deal if I eat one, right?
Appetite and human nature were pulling back and forth, and Yu Yiyun suddenly realized that there were no people in this world at all, and human nature was useless!
The pig dragon decisively abandoned its humanity, took out a dragon egg with its front paws, restored the nest to its original state, and slowly left the scene at the fastest speed.
Not long after running, Yu Yiyun heard an angry roar. It was probably the Triceratops greeting the egg thief's family.
The culprit dragon held the egg and happily found a big tree. He leaned against the trunk and enjoyed it happily, even chewing the soft eggshell clean.
"Wow~" delicious~
The great gourmet concluded that dragon eggs are much more delicious than bird eggs~
It’s a pity that the little people in the 21st century will never have this blessing.
Yu Yiyun licked his front paws stained with egg liquid, but felt unsatisfied, so he turned on the search mode again to help the nearby dinosaurs to "generate good births and raise good children".
Once you know where dinosaurs like to nest, finding their nests becomes easy.
Dinosaur eggs are not only delicious, but also rich in nutrition.
Some dinosaurs laid many eggs at a time, and some dragons liked to build nests in groups, which ended up giving some egg thief an advantage.
After eating too many eggs from other dragons, Yu Yiyun had an idea to rebel against Tian Gang:
What do Tyrannosaurus Rex eggs taste like?
Anyway, my aunt is going to lay a lot of eggs, it's impossible to hatch them all, so I just...
Yu Yiyun had this thought and laughed speechlessly at herself.
Youth has no price, and nephew melts in your mouth.
Fortunately, no matter how inhumane our pig dragon is, he will not eat his nephew.
Even in a different time and space, Yu Yiyun still liked to dig out eggs. He dug out countless nests and roughly figured out the hatching conditions required for dinosaur eggs.
Everything is ready, just waiting for aunt to lay dragon eggs!
After several days of hard work, Yu Yiyun was exhausted and dragged her tired body to the water to take a bath.
Just like last time, he floated to the middle of the water with his head exposed, pretending to be a piece of rotten wood, trying to trick his prey into performing a death roll.
As a result, the prey was not attracted, but another piece of rotten wood was attracted.
The little dragon on the other side also came over to drink water under the scorching sun. He stared at the dragon in the middle of the water for a while and finally recognized it as a fellow creature.
The innocent little dragon took it for granted that the pig dragon was playing an interesting game again, so he floated over to imitate him and pretended to be two pieces of rotten wood with Yu Yijun.
The two pieces of rotten wood were floating, and then the new one opened.
"Buzz." Is it fun?
"Wow~" Dragon, learn about the death roll, master class quick lesson~
"Buzz." You are such a strange dragon.
"Wow~" I knew you wanted to learn. Let's stay here and wait for the prey to come closer!
"Buzz." Okay, I'll continue playing with you.
The two little dragons could not communicate in the same language, but they reached a consensus and floated quietly in the middle of the water.
It was too hot today and no prey came near after waiting for a long time.
Yu Yiyun was bored to death, so she blew bubbles and chatted with Xiaolong on the other side of the river, asking him to tell her stories about the prehistoric world.
"Wow?" Tell me quickly, how do you Tyrannosaurus Rex rule the world?
"Buzz?" What?
"Wow?" Do you know what the overlord after Tyrannosaurus Rex looks like?
Xiaolong on the other side really didn't understand and didn't respond.
Yu Yiyun continued to speak:
“Wow.”
They have no hair, no scales, and no strong teeth.
“Wow.”
Many of the little people can only eat fine food. Their teeth, which are not sharp to begin with, have degenerated, so they have difficulty chewing a sugarcane, let alone breaking a bone.
“Wow.”
But animals like these will dominate the earth in the future. They are also trying every way to study us.
"Buzz?"
On the other side of the river, Xiaolong opened his eyes wide and looked at Yu Yijun in confusion.
“Wow.”
The pig dragon thought he had listened and was about to continue telling the little man about his various fantasies about dinosaurs, such as "riding a dinosaur to school" and "raising a Tyrannosaurus Rex as a pet."
After just two screams, the little dragon looked behind him and flapped its front paws nervously.
"?" Yu Yijun turned around in confusion and saw a Satyrsaurus that was as big as a Tyrannosaurus Rex and equally ferocious, slowly approaching them.
Yu Yijun was stunned for a few seconds, and a useless piece of trivia flashed through his mind.
Satyrsaurus' favorite food: baby Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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