Chapter 60 Kruger Lion (VII)
The animals living on the African grasslands are struggling to survive the dry October.
Accompanied by a loud rumbling sound, a flash of thunder flashed across the sky.
rainy season--
It’s coming!
Kruger lions are mainly distributed in subtropical areas, and their rainy season is not like that of their tropical neighbors, which only lasts a few weeks or even a few days throughout the year.
But for the land that has not been moistened for most of the year, rain is extremely precious.
The animals that live here are particularly aware of the rarity of rain.
Even the big cats who hated getting wet didn't complain at all when they were drenched by the downpour.
The cheetah was visibly happy. It hid its two cubs in a natural den that could shelter them from the rain, and then wandered around in the rain.
"Meow~"
“Meow~!”
Dian Guang called out happily and immediately got a response from a nearby male cheetah, who sounded like a young cheetah.
Dian Guang responded modestly and asked handsome Leopard brother to come back later.
The two kittens at home haven't left the nest yet.
They eat a lot and run slowly, which is really embarrassing.
If I don’t raise them myself, how will the two little kittens survive?
Rain has equal impact on all animals. Only at such times would Dian Guang dare to let the rain wet his fur and enjoy the joy of an open-air shower.
After politely declining the young Leopard brother, Dian Guang strolled around for two circles.
Looking back, I found the little white lion following behind me with its tail wagging, also enjoying the blessing of God.
The whole family was most afraid of the stinky water, so they hid under a big rock and cautiously poked their cat heads out.
"Mia-wah!"
Feeling the tips of his ears getting wet, he instantly retracted his head, determined to hide until the heavy rain stopped and not get wet by a single drop of rain.
Before he could completely shrink back, Piglet ran over, grabbed Chouchou's ears and the back of his neck, and dragged the dirty cat out.
"Meow!" Why are you hiding?
You stink, wash yourself while it rains.
"...Wow." Chouchou's ears instantly turned into airplane ears and he shouted resignedly.
The rain was extremely heavy. As soon as I came out, my entire body was soaked. There was no point in going back in.
Chouchou is best at taking things as they come. Since he had already been caught in the rain, he yelled and rushed to his brother, rolling on the ground while hugging him.
After the rain, mud puddles of varying sizes quickly appeared on the ground.
Yu Yiyun, who was originally pure white, had already become extremely dirty after rolling a few times.
"Meow!" How could the mysophobic piglet stand this? !
In Dian Guang's hesitant eyes, the dirty white...not-so-white lion cub got up and used its muddy paws to bathe Chouchou.
Chouchou realized the danger and quickly ran away with his paws spread out.
For a lion, he was already running pretty fast.
But the brother ran faster, and a grassland version of "He runs away, he chases, he can't fly away even with wings" was staged online.
In the end, Chouchou was pressed to the ground by the vengeful pig and rubbed hard, and instantly turned from a little earth cat into a little mud cat.
If Qin Shihuang needed a lion to guard his house, Chou Chou would have become the No. 1 clay figurine in no time.
A heavy rain thoroughly moistened the entire grassland.
In just two or three days, not only did several ponds appear in the Dianguan territory, but green grass also grew on the originally yellowish sand.
The two cats strolled around the doorstep and saw many new faces that had not appeared during the dry season.
Late spring and early summer are the peak rainfall seasons.
The small animals can drink water anytime and anywhere, and their range of activities is naturally not restricted.
The weather had just cleared up, and Yu Yiyun walked with a playful pace, bypassing one pond after another, and exploring the new area with cats and insects following him.
Now, animals are moving from the river to the deep land. Lions are naturally carried around by their prey, and the river has become a relatively safe area.
Yu Yiyun had a clear purpose. She ran back along the same path she came, intending to visit the native lion group.
As for whether Lord Lion welcomes it... who cares!
I have never heard that a mother must sever her relationship with her son after remarrying.
Yu Yiyun dared to "invade" the original lion group openly, so he naturally had enough confidence.
Although he and his brother were only nine months old, even if their age was doubled, they were no match for three lions in their prime.
However, after more than a month of training by Dianguang Mommy, Zhumi and Chouchou's escape speed is ahead of 99.99% of the lions in the entire grassland.
Sun Tzu's Art of War says that among the thirty-six strategies, running away is the best.
Translated into cat language, it means: If you can't beat them, you can always run away!
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The last two students in the cheetah training class, with absolute confidence in their speed, stepped into the territory of the lion group on the lower west coast without hesitation.
Unfortunately, the two cats arrived at an inopportune time, and no scent of lions was detected in the territory, so they had no idea where they went to hunt.
Yu Yiyun searched for three times and finally found a leopard foraging for food.
Leopards and cheetahs are both panthers, but their appearances and habits are very different.
Leopards are larger in size and have stronger survival abilities, and are currently the big cats with the widest distribution range.
The leopards on the Qinling Mountains are the Asian branch of the leopard.
African leopards can swim, climb trees, and have strong attack power.
The fact that it dares to confine its territory to the influence of the lion group is enough to show how arrogant Brother Leopard is.
At this moment, it locked onto a South African porcupine covered with thorns and launched an attack with full confidence.
The pigs who like to learn from others in secret immediately entered the spectator mode, happily watching their biological (cat) relatives and attacking their morphological (pig) relatives.
Porcupines have most of the characteristics of pigs, with an obese body, short and thick limbs, and slow movements.
Under normal circumstances, agile and aggressive cats can easily capture it in minutes.
However, which animal that can survive and reproduce on the African continent does not have a few defensive tricks?
Although porcupines have low attack speeds and slow movements, their backs and tails are covered with long and thick spines that can be as long as 20 to 30 centimeters.
Sensing danger, the porcupine immediately buried its head in the soil and nudged the leopard with its butt.
The leopard didn't have time to brake and buried its head hard in the porcupine's butt.
Suddenly, screams like a cat being slaughtered could be heard for several kilometers around.
While the leopard was rolling on the ground in pain, the porcupine quickly crawled away.
The leopard that was thrown to the ground got up again, and on his handsome face...
It was covered with porcupine quills.
"Meow~"
Yu Yijun couldn't help laughing out loud.
At this moment, he really wanted to suggest Brother Bao to go to Zhuge Liang to apply for a job.
With its ability, it can definitely serve as a target for borrowing arrows from a straw boat.
When the leopard heard the cat's gloating laughter, it glared at the lion cub with its prickly face.
Although the lion cub is just a cub, it weighs more than 100 kilograms.
Faced with two fat cats that together cost 250 yuan, the leopard could only sigh and lament that everything was going badly for him today and that he had a conflict with the pig.
It gave up its original hunting target, hung its tail, and walked slowly towards the riverbed.
The lower reaches of the river have less water and will degenerate into a swamp at the end of the dry season.
Now that it has just been filled with water, the mud at the bottom of the river seems to have life...
No, remove the word "seem"!
The leopard jumped into the mud, found the air vent skillfully, and scooped it up with his claws.
During the dry season, the lungfish, which would dig a hole and burrow into the mud to hibernate, were forcibly awakened by the leopard.
The meticulous Leopard rinsed the fish, ate it, and then provided a wake-up service for the next fish.
Yu Yiyun watched Leopard Leopard wake up seven or eight lungfish in succession.
The lungfish were so touched that they all gave positive comments.
"Meow~"
Chouchou was so envious that he also wanted to jump into the water to catch fish.
As soon as he stretched out his claws, he knew he couldn't do the job.
"Miwa!" I don't want my feet washed!
Chouchou immediately jumped back to the shore, hid behind his brother, and yelled to leave this "dangerous" place.
Yu Yiyun called out twice to comfort her stupid brother, then raised her head to observe the surroundings. There was still no sign of the lion group from the lower west bank returning.
It was getting dark soon, and the family had barely had time to prepare dinner. The kid must be very anxious if he couldn’t find him.
The piglet had no choice but to shake his tail to say goodbye to the leopard, then turned around and took his brother home.
When I got home, the glow of the sunset was still lingering in the sky.
Dian Guang had just experienced a failed hunt and was lying under the shade of a tree, gasping for breath.
The increase in the number of prey in the territory does not mean that hunting becomes less difficult.
During the dry season, vegetation is sparse, prey are often hungry and in poor physical condition.
Now the ground is covered with grass, and the cows and sheep can eat as soon as they open their eyes, so they are naturally full of energy.
Moreover, as the size of prey populations increases, the clustering phenomenon becomes more obvious.
Once cattle and sheep gather in groups, they are not only difficult to catch, but sometimes they will even attack hunters.
Apart from running fast, Electric Light has no other advantages, and his hunting success rate is significantly reduced.
Just now it was chasing a blackbuck and was about to catch it.
Suddenly, the mother impala came with a few sheep and charged aggressively, scaring Dian Guang so much that he had to give up the prey.
As a result, he exhausted all his energy but didn't catch any food. He could only gasp for breath and sigh that the life of a cat is difficult.
Hearing the voices of the two cubs, Dian Guang immediately propped himself up and rubbed them gently.
“Meow~”
Please wait a moment, Mommy will prepare the meal soon!
Dian Guang, whose stamina bar was almost empty, sucked the milk of the buzzing cub and instantly recovered her health. She was ready to stand up and show her strength as a mother.
No matter how hard the life is, we must not let our children suffer; no matter how hungry we are, we must not let our babies starve
When Yu Yiyun saw its state just now, he knew that Dian Guang must have failed in his hunt.
The pig lowered its head and rubbed against the leopard, which was two sizes smaller than itself, and made a clingy kitten cry to comfort it.
Watching the figure of Dian Guang disappear into the distance, Yu Yiyun hooked Chouchou with his tail.
He and Chouchou were just nine months old. According to lion standards, they would have to wait at least another year before joining the hunt.
But they grew up fast, and their daily intake of twenty to thirty kilograms of meat was obviously a burden to Dian Guang.
Although the claws and teeth of a nine-month-old lion are not sharp enough, it is difficult for it to cause harm to several major prey.
An average lion, at nine months old, can catch a hare, which it must hold in its mouth and show off for three minutes.
The problem is that Yu Yiyun is not an ordinary lion.
He has experience hunting South China tigers and herding Mackenzie wolves, and knows how to unleash the potential of a wild animal.
Even though their claws and teeth are still developing, Yu Yiyun and Chouchou are able to cooperate with each other and have the advantages of weight and speed.
Just hunting!
Easy to take, take... can't hold.
Yu Yiyun carefully selected her target and locked onto a little lamb that was addicted to eating grass and had no defenses.
He hooked Chouchou with his tail. This time the stupid brother was quite powerful.
Perhaps it was because he had just seen a leopard hunting that aroused his nature as a top hunter. Chou Chou stared at the lamb without blinking, ready to pounce at any time.
Yu Yiyun asked Chou Chou to stay where he was, and he went around to the other side of the lamb, adopting an outflanking tactic that was beneficial to the lion.
Pigs are bathed regularly, so they have light body odor, and their meat pads reduce the sound of their walking, so the lambs are unaware of it.
Just as Yu Yiyun moved to the back, preparing to launch an attack with Chou Chou.
"Meh?"
Suddenly, a sheep bleated behind me.
A blue wildebeest with pointed horns, a tall stature and weighing more than 200 kilograms, stared at the kitten with eyes as big as copper bells.
——Young lion, what do you want to do to my baby?
"…Meow?"
Yu Yiyun is very flexible and immediately made the softest and cutest clip sound.
He should have thought that while the lambs were grazing carefree, the adult sheep would probably stay nearby.
The blue wildebeest would not accept being let off without being rude, and it drove the two bad cats more than a thousand meters away before giving up.
Chouchou ran slowly and was almost hit on the butt by the angry wildebeest, which scared him so much that he meowed.
After recovering from his shock, Yu Yiyun summed up the experience and lessons learned and chose a new target.
This time, he chose a blackbuck that was in a listless state and had no other kind within a radius of 500 meters, and he and Chou Chou surrounded it from both sides again.
I thought that the blackbuck in such a poor condition was either old or sick.
But who knew that this impala was a love-brained person and was dejected because his courtship failed.
Suddenly they encountered two lion cubs. The impala, which was in estrus, became so angry and resentful that it chased the two cats so hard that they almost fell to the bottom of the Cheetah Primary School.
After two consecutive failed hunts, Chouchou was so exhausted that he could barely breathe.
Yu Yiyun, who was originally full of confidence, also began to wonder whether it was too early to hunt now.
Compared to Yellowstone Park, most animals in Africa are strong and robust, and even lions have to fight in groups when they come here.
Moreover, in the area where they live, there are very few non-aggressive rodents, and even pigs have thorns on their bodies.
Hunting is not easy, sighed the cat.
Just as Piglet was struggling between "continue hunting" and "give up", a pointed-nosed, monkey-faced creature that looked like a large rat appeared in front of him.
Full of resentment and eager to hunt to prove himself, Chouchou immediately rolled over and got up.
Although the prey was very small, it was only enough for Dian Guang to eat, and its body odor was very pungent.
Even so, seeing his younger brother showing a strong desire to hunt, Yu Yijun, the best brother in Africa, still cooperated and pounced on him, driving the prey to Chou Chou's side.
The unfortunate little creature that happened to be passing by was a mongoose, which feeds on insects and lizards.
It has very strong survival ability and is even immune to snake venom. It can eat cobras that are twice its size as spicy snacks.
The striped mongoose has an extremely pungent body odor, which large carnivores particularly dislike.
Therefore, the mongoose basically walks sideways on the African continent, especially in the rainy season when prey is abundant, and it hardly encounters natural enemies.
Who would have known that this mongoose went out today and looked at a pirated almanac.
The two lions, who clearly did not regard it as food, actually took a stance to surround the large prey, which made the mongoose feel a little flattered.
Did I absorb water and swell up and turn into an elephant?
The stupid brother finally showed his strength and fought with the mongoose for five rounds, finally subduing it.
After completing his first hunt in his life as a lion, Chouchou excitedly left his brother behind, picked up the prey and rushed towards Dian Guang, trying to be a conspicuous person.
“Wow!”
mom! ! !
Dian Guang was sneaking up on a Thomson's gazelle when he heard his adopted son calling from afar.
The Thomson's gazelle sensed the danger and ran away immediately.
The hunt ended in failure again, and the prairie leopard sighed.
It turned around and before it asked Chouchou what was going on, it smelled a fishy odor.
Dian Guang took two steps back and was frightened to see Chouchou holding a mongoose in his mouth.
The scene was like a parent stewing red-braised pork, but the naughty child threw the red-braised pork away, threw a rat into the pot, sprinkled cockroaches as decoration, and said: Mom, you eat this tonight!
Dian Guang was too picky about food. He was so scared that he hid far away and madly refused to be fed by Chou Chou.
If it had known that the lion cub had a strong taste, it would definitely not have picked up this baby.
Chouchou thought that her mommy must think there was too little prey and was reluctant to eat it.
He came close to the lightning, feeding it and comforting it enthusiastically:
It's okay! You eat first, I'll go get more!
"Meow!" Dian Guang was completely panicked.
If it could speak human language, it would definitely want to ask someone to save it.
Yu Yiyun heard the call of lightning from afar and increased his running speed, from 10 kilometers per hour to... 20 kilometers.
Lightning smelled the scent of the little white lion and ran over quickly as if he had met a savior.
When I ran over, I suddenly saw——
The white lion's face, body and hair were clean, without a speck of dirt.
It was clumsily dragging a hornless young antelope in its mouth, which appeared to be an adult female.
Dian Guang was stunned!
You know, although the antelope is small and has low attack power, its vision and hearing are very sharp.
Not to mention the snow-white lion, even the patterned cheetah will make the little antelope highly alert.
Dian Guang has been roaming the martial arts world for many years, and the number of times he has approached the little antelope can be counted with just one paw.
The little white lion was able to successfully hunt it down and bring it back without causing any external injuries or alerting any enemy animals.
What a chosen hunting demon!
Yu Yiyun was so tired that he was out of breath.
It’s not that the little antelope is too heavy, but he used all his powerful moves to catch the little guy.
Including but not limited to dropping from the sky, pressure hunting, and rabbit kicking.
After the successful hunt, Yu Yiyun realized a truth:
Low-end hunting often requires the most complex skills.
Yu Yijun brought the little antelope to Dian Guang, then she was so tired that she fell to the side, closed her eyes and fell asleep in three seconds.
Chou Chou ran over in a hurry, looked at his own prey, then looked at the prey his brother brought back, and his desire to win immediately reached its peak.
He left the mongoose behind, nudged the sleeping Yu Yijun, and meowed, asking him to take him out hunting.
“Hoo! Hoo!”
The piglet started snoring.
He has always been able to pretend to be asleep.
But the two cats are brothers, they can hide from each other for a while but not forever.
The number of lightning hunting failures increased, and even if he successfully brought back prey, it was not enough to feed the two lion-shaped gluttons.
Chouchou realized the urgency of learning hunting, and without any complaints, he followed his brother to practice skills and various tactics every day.
My stupid little brother loves to play and make trouble, and he easily gets distracted during the learning process.
But Yu Yiyun was generally satisfied with his learning attitude.
You know, while ordinary lions are still acting like spoiled brats in their mothers' arms, Chouchou has to endure the scorching sun at noon in summer, biting and chasing himself over and over again under the scorching sun, and his face is so tired that it is no longer round.
Therefore, when Chou Chou was tired from studying and slacking off, Yu Yiyun was happy to play with him.
Today's hunting training ended, and Yu Yiyun accidentally discovered a pangolin that was searching for a termite nest.
African pangolins and Asian pangolins are morphologically different.
Living on the dangerous land, pangolins have grown a hard armor and roll themselves into a ball when they encounter danger.
Little did they know that its life-saving habit of rolling itself into a ball would just suit the two big cats' wishes.
Let me ask you, which cat doesn’t like to play with a ball?
Zhumi and Chouchou surrounded the pangolin, playing and frolicking on the green grassland, kicking each other.
If the fans of a certain country saw their performance, they would probably break down on the spot and curse, "The Chinese national football team plays worse than two cats!"
The two cats played happily for a while, and Yu Yiyun was just about to show mercy and let the pangolin go, whose overnight meal was almost shaken out.
Suddenly, another lion appeared in view, with a noticeable mane ruff around its neck, estimated to be about one and a half years old.
Even with the mane, he's still a little lion.
He stared at other children playing with balls, his face full of loneliness, as if saying, "All the excitement is theirs, and I have nothing."
This area belongs to the Electric Light Territory, and male lions naturally have a sense of belonging to the territory.
When Chouchou spotted a strange lion, his tail hair instantly stood up, he became highly alert, and let out a low growl to warn the strange lion to leave.
The little lion originally planned to just watch the fun and then leave.
He found that a little kid who hadn't even started to grow mane dared to yell at him, so he yelled back without giving in.
The relationship between male lions is like that between boys in middle school.
Even a dispute as simple as "What are you looking at?" or "What's wrong with me looking at you?" can make them fight.
Yu Yiyun was just about to drag Chou Chou back and tell him not to cause trouble.
When I turned around, my stupid brother, who couldn't stand the anger, had already rushed over.
"..."Yu Yijun had no choice but to follow.
After a male lion starts to grow a mane, its fighting ability improves dramatically.
Logically speaking, a one-and-a-half-year-old male lion could crush two cubs with just one claw.
But when it comes to matters related to Yu Yiyun, nothing can be explained logically.
Although Chouchou has not started to grow a mane, he has learned to climb trees and run from Dianxue for two months, and learned hunting skills from his brother for a month. His strength is much better than that of lion cubs of the same age.
A young lion that has not yet formally learned to hunt has at most an advantage in weight.
In terms of weight, Chouchou is not much behind, as he eats his mommy and daddy every day and occasionally acts like a spoiled child and asks his brother to catch wild rabbits for a snack.
After a few moves, the two little lions were evenly matched.
Yu Yijun originally planned to rush over to help, but seeing this situation, he simply squatted beside and started to watch the show.
"Meow!"
You two, fight quickly!
“Meow, meow, meow!”
If you don’t fight now, it will be dark!
When Chouchou heard his brother's "encouragement", he played even harder.
After leaving the original lion group, Chouchou has never had such an exciting fight again.
After finally meeting a little lion who was willing to fight with him, he excitedly wagged his tail while fighting, inviting the other party to fight again next time.
The one and a half year old lion cub tried his best to defend his dignity as an "older lion".
He roared proudly at Chouchou, and found a little white lion next to him. He decided to let him also try the dimensionality reduction attack of the "mighty lion".
Yu Yiyun watched the whole process and had already figured out the foreign lion's moves, so she easily jumped away before the lion pounced on her.
While the foreign lion was falling, the lion jumped on him and pressed his neck, forcing the little lion to bury its head in the dirt, unable to lift it up.
"Me?"
Where did this elementary school kid come from?
"Meow!"
You are such a rookie, yet you still try to pick fights like other cats.
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