Chapter 68 Kruger Lion (XV)
There is no hot search in the animal world, but the African grassland has its own loud speaker~
The "hot news" that the four lioness sisters of the Lower East Coast lion group are looking for the overlord lion has already spread among the wandering male lions.
Although there is a shortage of prey on the Lower East Coast, there are many annoying neighbors and living conditions are very difficult.
Most male lions would rather wander than set foot in that area.
But the four young and beautiful lionesses, plus the lord's throne, were so tempting that wandering male lions eager to find a mate flocked to them.
The professor and Sanmao had only been at the Lower East Coast for a few days, and before they had completely won the favor of the lioness, several male lions came to their door one after another.
The four lioness sisters just watched from the sidelines and had no intention of driving them away.
For the future of the Lower East Coast lion group, they need stronger and more powerful male lions to become their companions and fathers of their cubs.
Even if she has a good impression of the two brothers now, if they lose to other lions, the lioness will definitely leave without mercy.
——If you can’t even win the courtship stage, how can you protect your territory and baby in the future?
The professor and Sanmao became independent early and had already been working outside for a year.
Because of this, they knew the rules of the game of the lions, and both showed their most ferocious attitudes to drive away the foreign lions.
Most of the lions came here and found that some competitors had passed the preliminary and re-examinations and entered the final assessment, so they left with their tails hanging.
However, the grassland is large and there are all kinds of lions, but there are always a few that don't know what's good for them.
In the evening, a veteran stray lion appeared on the lower east bank, wandering around the four lioness sisters.
Judging from his mane and canine teeth, he should be around five years old and has fully reached sexual maturity.
A stray lion broke into the territory and saw two male lions acting like lords and driving him away. The two lions were only about three years old, and their tails were raised to the sky.
Oh.
The hair hasn't even grown yet, but he's so eager to lick the big beautiful lion.
Do you know how to lick it? Why not let me do it!
The stray lion thought he had won the battle, so he approached the lioness in a flirtatious and coquettish manner.
The four lioness sisters neither accepted nor rejected it, and the meaning was very clear:
They also have a favorable impression of the confident and mature wandering lion and allow him to participate in the competition.
Yu Yijun, who was lazily dozing off beside him, smelled the scent of a good show about to begin, and instantly perked up, with excitement shining in his light blue eyes.
"Meow~" Fight! Fight!
The piglet enjoyed the fun and encouraged others excitedly.
No matter which male creature reaches the courtship period, the love brain is dominated by the tadpoles, and it will burst out with extraordinary strength and toughness, making the fight more entertaining.
Moreover, this battle between the lions was different from what Yu Yiyun had experienced before.
The final decision does not lie in who wins or loses, but in the claws of the four lioness sisters.
They decide who is the winner and give out the Lion Throne as a reward.
Therefore, the ultimate goal of the lions changed from a life-and-death battle to a show of skill.
Zhumi skillfully found the best viewing seat, picked up the leftover wildebeest leg from dinner, and happily started watching the movie.
An action movie like this, which has no stunt doubles, no script, and relies entirely on the wild performance of both parties, is not something you can watch whenever you want.
At that moment, Yu Yiyun even had a little understanding of why some European aristocrats liked to watch lions fight.
——Just a little bit.
Animals in nature fight because they need to survive and live better.
Such an arena that satisfies human desires will lead to the extinction of animals, goes against the most essential original intentions of animals, and should not exist at all.
Piglet shook his head vigorously, throwing away all the annoying scenes.
He moved too loudly and woke up the snoring Chouchou who was standing next to him with his paws facing the air.
Chouchou yawned and got up in a daze, only to find that the stray lion was very close to him. He immediately started to jump over and prepared to help.
"Mia-wah!"
Enemy beast, here I come!
As soon as Chouchou moved his paws, Yu Yijun immediately pounced on him from behind, hugged him and rolled into a ball.
"Meow?" Idiot, what do you want to do?
"Miwa?" Fight, fight.
Chouchou was so overwhelmed by his brother that his voice suddenly became soft and his eyes became clear.
He couldn't understand that the professor and Sanmao were friendly animals and allies.
Normally, when seeing allies fighting, my brother would definitely rush forward more aggressively than me, so why did he want to stop them today?
How could Chouchou, who was still a little cub, understand that the current war was for the purpose of finding a mate?
You can help with other things, but you have to do it yourself to find a mate.
If the professor and Sanmao cannot defeat the foreign lions with their own strength, the four lioness sisters will definitely not be satisfied.
We also need help from other animals in the courtship war, and in the future, we should also ask other animals for help in guarding the territory and breeding cubs, right?
Yu Yiyun explained for a long time, but Chou Chou's eyes were still clear, and it was obvious that he didn't understand.
But his brother didn't let him go, so Chouchou lay down obediently. He imitated Piglet, picked up the other zebra leg, and chewed it with gusto.
On the battlefield, the two opposing sides first entered into the routine phase of exchanging harsh words.
"Roar——!" What are you looking at?
"Roar!" What are you looking at?
“Ahhh!!!” What’s going on!!!
The noise on the other side was louder, and there were more lions than the two brothers, so it was barely a 50-50 fight.
After the harsh words were spoken, both sides began to maneuver tactically, circling around each other to gauge each other's strength.
Taking this opportunity, the four lioness sisters can better observe the male guests they like.
A lion's sense of smell is dozens of times stronger than that of a human, and they can also judge strength by smell and sound.
Judging from the information currently displayed, the two sub-adult lions combined are definitely no match for an adult male lion.
If a wandering male lion encounters other sub-adult lions, even if there is one more lion in the number, he will still have the advantage.
I never expected that these two brothers, although not physically outstanding, had developed tactics and tacit understanding in the past six months of training that were far greater than the sum of their parts.
The professor and Sanmao took the lead in launching the attack, both of them went around the lion's back. Without any communication, they suddenly pounced on him at the same time, attacking him from behind from both sides.
The stray lion was totally unprepared and attacked without any warning.
He twisted his butt and dodged in a panic, with several bloody marks on his body.
The wound was not deep, but it was proof that he was injured.
In the world of Leo, being hurt is a sign of weakness.
The stray lion was instantly enraged and pounced on the two brothers with a growl.
The professor and Sanmao still did not communicate with each other, and tacitly dispersed in different directions, leaving the wandering lion unable to cope with the situation.
They learned this trick secretly while accompanying the three little ones in hunting practice.
The three little ones are still in the developmental stage and their attack power is too weak, so they are at a great disadvantage in a head-on fight with the prey.
So when they hunt alone, they will spread out in formation and repeatedly exhaust the prey's energy.
A few months ago, Zhumi used this trick to deal with the former lord of the Lower West Coast, the Lion, and drained more than half of his health bar, helping the Lion Alliance win the final victory.
The two brothers learned the trick very well. When the stray lion pounced on one of them, the other one bit his butt.
Poor stray lion, being led around in circles.
After struggling for a long time, he didn't even touch a hair of the enemy beast, but instead got bitten on the butt several times.
Lions have small brains and act on instinct most of the time.
Wandering lions appear to be an exception.
After missing several attempts, he rarely stopped and fell into deep thought.
Homeless lion: My head itches, I feel like I need to grow a brain...
Ten seconds later, the stray lion pounced on Sanmao fiercely.
The professor used the same trick again, jumping from behind and biting his butt.
The stray lion swung its tail, but did not turn around and attack Sanmao as it did before.
"Ah~" Yu Yijun chewed the lamb leg and cast an admiring look at the stray lion.
Lion, you are good at using your brain, and you will definitely be successful in the future!
Unfortunately, not now.
After being by his side for so long and learning from her, Teacher Sanmao’s abilities were much more than that.
Sanmao watched the lion pounce on him without dodging, but walked straight towards it.
A sub-adult male lion has basically no chance of winning against a male lion in its prime.
Even though she was dominated by love, Sanmao was aware of her own strength and did not intend to confront him head-on.
When male lions fight, they often open their mouths wide and bite the opponent's neck, throat and other fatal parts.
Although that was effective, it also exposed your neck to the other person's mouth.
Sanmao often practiced with Zhumi, but she always lost despite having the advantage in physical fitness. There was only one reason:
The pig's attack power is not strong, but the angle is too tricky.
Sanmao imitated Yu Yiyun, jumped up high, and bit...
The mouth of a wandering lion.
The stray lion didn't expect him to attack Zuibao, and was so angry that he wanted to shake him off and fight back.
But the mouthpiece was held in the opponent's mouth and there was no way to bite any part of the enemy animal.
Yu Yiyun is agile and skilled in various smooth little combos.
Every time it attacks this position, it will jump up and ride on the enemy beast, making it impossible for the opponent's claws to move.
Sanmao was too bulky and couldn’t learn it no matter how many times she tried.
Fortunately, he has strong and reliable brothers!
The professor pounced from behind and pressed hard on the lion, forcing him to lie prone on the ground, unable to swing his claws to attack Sanmao.
The wandering lion's two weapons lost their effectiveness and it could only make a guttural sound to show its weakness.
Sanmao and the professor had the upper hand and had no intention of killing the lion. They ran towards the lioness they liked, wagging their tails.
The stray lion got up, unwilling to give up, and ran after them.
Sanmao and the professor were chased by the resurrected stray lion, and they seemed to be fleeing in a panic. If someone who didn't know the situation saw them, they would think they had lost the battle.
In fact, all four lioness sisters followed Sanmao and the professor, cooperating to stay away from the stray male lion, preventing him from getting closer, and making sounds to expel him.
The choice of the four lioness sisters was obvious, they completely accepted the professor and Sanmao.
The stray male lion chased for several hundred meters and heard the female lion breathing towards him. He knew that his chance of courting was completely gone and walked away with his head hung dejectedly.
The professor and Sanmao excitedly circled around the four lioness sisters, turning into loyal cats licking the fur of the partners with whom they had just confirmed their relationship.
Yu Yijun had just finished gnawing on a bone. He slowly got up and howled at Chou Chou twice.
"Meow." Let's go home.
"Meow." What follows is the paid plot.
"Wow?" Innocence was written all over Chouchou's innocent face.
Do kittens have to pay, too?
"Ah!" Yu Yiyun glared at Chouchou and whipped him skillfully with her tail, not at all bothered by her brother's cuteness.
Oh, he is dirty and smelly, he is no longer worthy of being called 'kitten'.
Yu Yiyun, who loves novelty and dislikes old things, has a cuter little cat that can be rubbed to your heart's content~
It was already dark, and Zhumi and Chouchou did not risk crossing the crocodile quagmire. Instead, they walked along the river in the moonlight and ran all the way to the wasteland at the end of the river which was gradually drying up.
Yu Yiyun walked across the muddy river in two steps, rubbed his claws on Chouchou's body, and cleaned up the smell he left behind.
After making sure that no traces were left, the pig ran impatiently to the wasteland and found a hidden sand dune.
Pushing aside the thick hay on the surface of the sand dune, Yu Yiyun, with his excellent night vision, saw seven cheetah cubs lying in the den in the dim moonlight!
Seven!!!
Who can stand these seven cats that can sing like birds?
Looking back on the first few days after they were born, the pigs were very busy.
Yu Yiyun knew that the survival rate of cheetah cubs was low, so all female cheetahs usually gave birth to more than one cub.
Photographers on the grasslands often see a mother leopard with a string of cubs, and then the number gradually decreases...
It is considered extremely lucky for the leopard family if one of the cubs eventually grows up.
Dian Guang has a very strong maternal instinct. Even though she knows that she may not be able to raise the cub, she still tries her best to give birth to the cub, hoping that the baby can see more of the world.
Perhaps its desire to be a mother was too strong, resulting in too many cubs.
In the first two days after birth, the cub was very weak, and Dian Guang himself was not much better.
Even if Dian Guang ate a lot, she couldn't provide enough milk for her cubs.
Hearing the cubs crying for food, it became so anxious that it turned around and around, and Yu Yiyun also turned around and around.
The African grasslands are different from the Qinling Nature Reserve. There is no rewilding team keeping a close eye on them at all times.
Even if they did, they would not provide milk for cheetah cubs.
Unfortunately, cats do not have a fixed breeding cycle, so the time for giving birth is not right.
It is now the dry season, and the cows and sheep have basically finished breastfeeding, so it is impossible to find a wet nurse for Leopard.
Hearing the cheetah cubs crying out of hunger, mother Lightning couldn't bear to starve a few of them to death, so none of the cubs got enough milk.
Yu Yiyun felt sorry for Dianguang and Zaizai, and was about to take the risk of stealing milk powder when Dora, who was breastfeeding, fell from the sky.
Dora brought the cub back to the lion group. The little lion, who was less than three months old, couldn't wait to start eating meat!
After kittens learn to eat meat, breast milk naturally becomes their complementary food, and they will only come to suck when there is no meat to eat or when they are thirsty.
Lions have a long lactation period, usually lasting 7-10 months.
Dora was taken care of by the lioness sisters. She had meat to eat every day and had plenty of milk.
Two days ago, she smelled a faint scent from the white lion cub and knew that the leopard had given birth to cubs.
In the next few days, his son kept staring at the little lion sucking milk with envy on his face.
Dora calculated that her child was less than one and a half years old.
Among Leos, a high proportion of them are mama's boys.
Even for a one and a half year old lion cub, it is no big deal to want a drink of milk.
Anyway, she had plenty of milk, so Dora lay down generously, exposing her belly and inviting her mother to come.
"roar."
Erza, drink nienie~
Chouchou immediately pounced over and was about to reminisce the taste of his childhood when he was kicked away by Yu Yijun.
"Meow!" He's still drinking milk at such a big age. Isn't that embarrassing?
“Woo woo woo…” Chouchou curled up into a ball and the lion shed tears.
The little lion found that his son did not want to drink milk, but envied the little lion who had milk to drink.
Coupled with the increasingly obvious smell of the little leopard on him, Dora gradually reacted.
The cheetah that loved to steal cubs can no longer afford to raise its own children.
The piglet squatted beside its mother, raised its paw and stepped on the air twice, secretly plotting to squeeze out its mother's milk and feed it to its brothers and sisters who had no blood relationship with it and were even of a different species.
No, even if I could express it, I wouldn't be able to collect the milk.
Lions can't chew cud like wolves, so we can't let Yu Yijun hold it in his mouth, right?
This kind of thing should really be left to Chouchou...
No, Chouchou will definitely drink it all by himself.
The more Yu Yiyun thought about it, the more worried he became, and there was no way he could just let Dora feed Dian Guang's cubs.
Although Electric Light did not show any aggression towards the Dora cub.
But until the end, Dora would still breathe out of habit every time she saw lightning approaching.
After all, Dora is a lion, and lions and cheetahs are like water and fire...
Uh, it can also be dissolved.
By the time Yu Yijun reacted, Dora had already headed towards the place where Dian Guang hid the cub.
When the cheetah smelled the scent of the lioness, it did not hide or resist at all.
As Dian Guang got along with lions more, he seemed to be confused about his own species and gradually stopped considering lions as enemy animals.
Besides, if Dora wanted to kill it, there was no need to wait until the cubs were born.
As long as the cheetah enters the lion's attack range, it is almost a dead end.
Instead of hiding, Lightning took the initiative to come out from the sand dune where Dora's cubs had been hidden, and meowed at Dora.
It actually sounds a bit like a complaint from a best friend.
"Meow……"
“Meow…”
“Meow meow meow…”
Yu Yiyun, who was following closely behind, heard Dian Guang's aggrieved cry and felt that the leopard was about to break.
Dora saw the lightning running towards her and breathed out habitually to prevent the cheetah from getting too close.
Dian Guang felt even more aggrieved, just like a fragile girl who complained to her best friend but her best friend said, "Don't bother me." She was about to lose her pearls.
Dora ignored Leopard's self-pity, lowered her head, crawled into the narrow sand dune, and found a suitable place to lie down.
The little leopard is only a few days old and has not yet opened its eyes. It acts entirely on instinct.
They were so hungry that they didn't even have the energy to think about whether the animal next to them was their mother. They just cried and crawled under Dora's belly, sucking milk in big gulps.
The amount of milk a cat drinks is mainly determined by its body size.
A lioness weighs more than four times as much as a cheetah and has more than enough milk to feed seven cheetah cubs.
Dianguan poked his head into the room and saw his own cubs surrounding Dora, their stomachs bulging visibly and stars popping out of his excited eyes.
"Meow~"
"Roar!" Dora yelled angrily again.
Get away! Get away from me!
It was difficult for Dora to explain what kind of mentality made her take the initiative to feed the enemy beast cubs.
She knows clearly that these cubs under her belly will compete with the lion group for survival resources when they grow up.
But Dora was still soft-hearted and couldn't bear to watch them starve to death.
Yu Yiyun stared at the scene quietly and felt it was beautiful from the bottom of her heart.
Although it is unclear whether Dora did this out of maternal instinct or to repay Dian Guang for his past care.
But they live in harmony, making the mysterious nature full of more possibilities.
Fortunately, Dora was willing to help. Now, on the tenth day after the cubs were born, they have opened their eyes one after another and started to explore the mysterious world.
Maybe because it grew up drinking lion's milk, the little leopard is particularly brave.
Not only is he not afraid of strangers, he even dares to lie on the pig and count his teeth.
"Meow~"
The pig pushed aside the grass and poked its head into the nest, only to find that Lightning was not inside. He probably went out hunting while his cubs were sleeping.
Dora comes to feed the cheetah cubs once a day and does not take care of them the rest of the time.
Even so, every time Dian Guang saw her, he was still so excited that he wanted to marry her immediately, right away, on the spot.
The seven cats were originally sleeping, but when they heard the noise, they immediately opened their curious eyes and couldn't wait to act coquettishly towards their half-brother.
Yu Yiyun was so fascinated by the cuteness of the kittens that she lost her mind and was about to crawl in to give them a sniff.
Chouchou, who was following behind him, suddenly rushed over and bit his tail.
"Ah!" Yu Yiyun pulled out her tail and warned her brother not to play with her fur ball.
Chouchou played too hard and pulled out all the hair that had grown with great effort.
"Mia-wah!"
Chouchou yelled, sounding particularly impatient.
Based on Yu Yiyun's understanding of Chou Chou, she knew that he was an optimistic person and would not make such a sound for no reason.
Yu Yiyun immediately became alert, quietly pushed the hay back, and looked around...
No need to look around.
Directly opposite him, on top of the sand dunes, there was a five-meter-long African rock python coiled up.
At that moment, Yu Yiyun felt that her heartbeat almost stopped, and at least 4.5 of her 9 lives were scared away.
The memory of being entangled by a python and almost suffocated on the top of the Qinling Mountains once again attacked Zhumi.
Yu Yiyun, who remained calm in the face of powerful tigers, gray wolves, lions, and brown bears and even fantasized about hunting elephants, now felt weak in all four legs.
He didn't know whether the beast had any weaknesses that it couldn't overcome, but Yu Yiyun did.
...afraid of snakes QAQ.
The African rock python is different from the king snake we encountered before. It is a real "giant python" with a maximum length of nearly ten meters, which is enough to tie up a pig and tie a bow.
The rock python has a very light body odor and makes very little noise. It is good at approaching its prey silently, making it the most difficult hunter to guard against on the grassland.
Its hunting range is wide, including carnivores and herbivores, and even hyenas and crocodiles are on its menu.
Although most African rock pythons will not target big cats.
But when the female python leaves the nest and leaves behind a litter of cubs, the rock python will not refuse the food that is readily available.
Facing the two lion cubs that suddenly appeared, the rock python's cold eyes reflected the moonlight, emitting a faint cold light.
A forked snake tongue popped out of its mouth, warning the two of them not to cause trouble.
"Mia-wah!"
When Chou Chou saw the rock python about to get into its nest, his brother did not react at all.
He shouted in panic and rushed over to stop the rock python.
As a result, the claws he stretched out were quickly entangled by the rock python, and the cool snake body slowly climbed up his neck and waist.
The rock python changed its mind.
Compared to the newborn cheetah cub, the lion in front of him seems to be more full.
It's just over a hundred pounds, it's not like it can't swallow it.
The rock python wrapped its body around Chouchou and opened its mouth so big that it could hold the sky and the earth, intending to swallow Chouchou whole.
Just as it was about to hold Chou Chou's head in its mouth and eat the cub whole.
Suddenly, the rock python froze and felt a severe bite on the lower part of its neck. The pain made it subconsciously curl up its body and wrap itself around Chouchou even tighter.
"Wow...wow..." Chouchou struggled in pain and was almost suffocated by the snake.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Yu Yiyun did not bother to attack the so-called "vital point", but pounced over and bit the snake's tail, forcing it to let go of Chouchou.
The python loosened its tail in pain, but quickly launched a second attack, tightly wrapping around Yu Yiyun's legs and waist.
The smooth and cold snake tail tightened little by little and slowly wrapped around the white lion's neck.
The rock python's huge mouth slowly opened in front of Yu Yiyun.
The unfathomable throat was about to swallow him whole...
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