Chapter 63 Kruger Lion (Ten)
The three brothers from the Lower West Bank are also brothers. They have experienced long years of wandering and fighting before. Their practical experience is much stronger than that of the Lecce brothers. They are not enemies that can be easily defeated.
The lion, whose back was bitten by Yu Yiyun, realized that he could not fight back with his claws and teeth. He turned over as quickly as possible, rolled half a circle on the spot, pressed the white lion hanging on his body heavily to the ground, and waited for his two brothers to come to support him.
“Ah…”
The piglet was pinned down by a 400-pound cat and suffered 10,000 hits. He almost vomited and cried for help miserably.
When Chou Chou and Tie Zhu heard it, they realized their companions were in danger and reacted quickly.
They immediately harassed the lion from different directions, forcing him to change his actions.
The hunting tactics that were coordinated a few days ago were not used to deal with cattle and sheep, but instead were used against their own kind.
After all, the abilities of two underage lion cubs are limited. Trying to deal with a male lion in its prime is like a mayfly trying to shake a tree or a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
Fortunately, Yu Yiyun, who was pinned under the lion, tried hard enough and found that the lion subconsciously curled up his body and waved his claws in order to drive away his companions, which made the feeling of oppression less intense. She took the opportunity to break free from him.
"Meow..." The little white lion who escaped from the mouth of the cat called out weakly twice.
The hunting practice and the struggle to escape from the lion had consumed too much of Yu Yiyun's energy, and he was no longer able to run at his peak speed.
In order to adapt to the survival rules of the grassland, we chose an open area for hunting practice today, and there were no trees nearby to climb and hide.
Even if you climb up a tree, there is no guarantee that an angry lion will not follow you up the tree.
With bursts of roars, the other two lord lions on the lower west bank were already within reach...
"roar!"
"roar--!"
As soon as they ran over, the little lions were scared and ran around in panic, their paws almost rubbing against each other and sparks almost flew.
"Mia-wah!"
Dead legs, run!!!
The three lions cooperated well and immediately decided to chase separately, with one lion against one cat.
In just a few tens of seconds, Tiezhu, who was grown in the honey pot and ran the slowest, was nearly bitten on the butt by the relentless lion. He finally realized the dangers of a cat's life.
"Roar, woooo, woooo..." Tiezhu was so scared that he screamed like a cat being slaughtered.
Yu Yiyun tried her best and finally got rid of the lion that was chasing her.
Hearing Tiezhu's cry for help, he gritted his teeth and decisively ran towards where Tiezhu was.
At the same time, Chouchou made the same decision, shook off the lion and rushed out to rescue his friend.
The two lion cubs have limited abilities. Apart from their speed, they have no weapons that can deal with a male lion in its prime.
But the nature of lions tells them: Don’t abandon your companions!
The ten-month-old lion cub fearlessly pounced on the huge and ferocious lion, formed a hunting formation, and surrounded the strongest lion on the west coast.
The difference from normal practice is that the hunting formation is mainly to drive the prey to the teammates, and now the enemy beasts need to be led away from the teammates.
The two cats must take turns to attack the lion at their own risk. If they are not careful, their lives will be -1, -1, -1...
Tiezhu, who was nearly bitten to death, stood up by rolling and crawling, and decisively joined the formation of his two friends to share the firepower.
After spending these days together day and night, Tiezhu had long regarded them as best partners, and now they were even friends for life, so an alliance was naturally established.
Although they had never formed a hunting formation together, Tiezhu had watched too many times and knew what he should do, so he bravely attacked the lion.
The male lion was surrounded by three little lions, who took turns biting his buttocks, but could not catch any of them. He was so angry that he let out a long roar to greet his brothers.
What’s strange is that the brothers who are always by my side did not come to support us immediately today.
"roar!"
“Roar…”
The two brothers' voices rang out one after another, both sounding a little irritable.
Lions are able to locate by sound.
Yu Yiyun immediately realized that the two brothers were much farther away than where he had just left them behind.
He didn't think an adult male lion was so stupid that he would run far away after losing his target.
There is a special way of communication within the Lion Alliance. The dominant male lion surrounded by three little lions received the signal from his companions and instantly realized that something was wrong.
He decisively gave up fighting with Xiaobi Ga and quickly rushed to the direction where his companions were.
Just now, the three little lions fled in different directions, and the male lion who was responsible for chasing them went in opposite directions.
The male lion first came to his younger brother who was closer to him and found that he was fighting a 'golden lion king'.
——The younger brother fights to the death, and the Golden Lion King fights.
As male lions in their prime, the Golden Lion King is obviously larger than his younger brother, and his canine teeth and claws are less worn.
Using a blunt knife against a freshly sharpened sword will yield predictable results.
The fight had only lasted a short time, but the younger brother's body was covered with wounds of varying sizes, while the Lion King only had his mane dirty and a few scratches on his skin.
The younger lion brother became more and more desperate and kept asking his older brother for help.
The eldest brother ran over quickly and rescued his younger brother from the claws of the Golden Lion King.
As the eldest brother, his fighting ability must be stronger than that of his younger brothers.
But after fighting with the three little brats for a long time, he had almost exhausted all his strength and soon showed signs of weakness.
Strangely, the Lion King didn't seem to intend to defeat them completely.
There were several times when he had opportunities to seriously injure the lion, but he gave up.
The two brothers never imagined that the reason why the Golden Lion King took the initiative to attack was to warn the Lion Alliance:
Don't touch my son.
Even if you touch it dry, it won’t work!
As the most Buddhist lion in Africa, the prince has no interest in a life-and-death fight.
Qianqian taught them a lesson and let them go, staying behind to clean the mane.
The prince hated pointless fighting.
Being injured is a small matter. Now several clumps of its mane have been pulled out. It would be terrible if I couldn't open my coat for my wife.
The two brothers on the west bank breathed a sigh of relief, feeling lucky that they had escaped danger.
At this moment, they have not thought about——
The other side is the real battlefield.
The two brothers followed the smell and sound, looking for the remaining lion.
From a distance, I could see the Xiaobi Ga duo who had trapped the big brother just now, squatting there neatly, eating melons and watching the show.
Their defeated companions prostrated themselves on the ground with their heads hung, surrendering to their former defeated opponents.
Tommy stood proudly in front of the lion and stopped two of his younger brothers who were ready to kill him.
Male lions can empathize more with male lions. Tommy once saved his life from their claws, so there is no reason for him to kill the cat now.
Upon seeing this, the other two lions immediately rushed over to help their brother regain his ground, roaring loudly.
The lion, who had already surrendered, saw his brothers coming to support him, and immediately stood up and decided to fight for three hundred rounds.
"roar!"
"roar!!"
"roar!!!"
The two groups of lions swore at each other, using particularly foul language.
Logically speaking, there are three lions in their prime on the Lower West Coast, and the only one who can fight on the opposite side is Tommy.
Lions peak late, only starting to reach their best condition at the age of four. A two-and-a-half-year-old sub-adult lion is only about 40% as strong as a five-year-old male lion.
Anyone watching the confrontation between the two camps would feel that the West Coast Lions have a better chance of winning.
Unexpectedly, faced with such a huge disparity in combat power, Tommy not only did not retreat, but rushed forward without hesitation.
"roar!"
The former lion king roared and bravely faced the enemy.
The father's own child is watching nearby, and he must protect him.
This war is not only about breeding rights and the dignity of male lions. Tommy wants his baby to be cared for and protected by the lion group, instead of wandering around in fear!
Sanmao and the professor were still minors, and even if they joined forces to fight against the smaller lion, they would soon be at a disadvantage.
On the other hand, Tommy was still in an advantageous position in a one-on-two situation, and was defeating his opponent.
The lions in the Lower West Coast even began to doubt their cat lives:
Why is he so fierce?
Lions should be looked at with new eyes in March? !
The two sub-adult lions gritted their teeth and decided to risk their lives to hold back the male lion, determined to help the boss win the battle.
——In fact, they don’t need to risk their lives.
I saw that their movements were getting slower and slower, and I was almost bitten on the legs or neck several times.
The living environment in Africa is harsh, and with the recent high temperatures, leg injuries can easily become inflamed and infected, leaving incurable sequelae.
Yu Yijun, who was watching from the sidelines, immediately pounced over and drew the lion's attention to herself.
Noticing his brother's movement, Chouchou also pounced over and roared at the ferocious lion, intending to suffocate the enemy to death with his breath.
"Wow!" My mouth has eaten shit before, are you scared?
Tiezhu was watching intently when he suddenly realized that there was no one around him.
Without a moment's hesitation, he bravely followed his companions, even though he knew there was a risk of losing his life in a fight with the lion.
If you are afraid of death, you are not qualified to be a true lion!
"Roar!" Count me in if there's a gang fight!
The prince walked over slowly with lazy steps and found a fight going on here.
The lion, who had just cleaned his mane, squatted there and thought for a few seconds.
Along the way, the prince did not join any lion group or form an alliance with any lion.
It's not that he really goes against the nature of the Kruger lion and likes to be alone.
Even if the prince can endure living alone and being a wandering lion for the rest of his life.
But for couples and children, joining a lion pride is the true destination.
During the journey, the prince stopped at every place where there were lion groups, hoping to find the ideal lion group:
Male lions are kind and loving, female lions are brave and united, and lion cubs are lively and strong.
Without so much meaningless fighting and death, the whole family could live the rest of their lives in relative peace.
The prince blinked his light blue eyes and looked at Tommy, seeming a little hesitant.
Then, he turned his gaze to Yu Yiyun who was circling to attract the lion.
The piglet swung its tail, just like a human using a cat tease to torment a cat, in an effort to wear down the lion and make him give up.
"Meow~"
Seeing that the lion was exhausted, the pig wagged its tail again.
"Meow!" Are you unable to bear it?
The lion was successfully enraged, and pounced forward breathlessly, then was tricked into falling to the ground and lying flat on the ground.
The little lions immediately pounced on him and held him down firmly to prevent the enemy beast from doing sit-ups.
The prince saw the little lions win without any injuries and finally made a decision.
If he were there...
In the near future, your ideal lion group will surely appear.
The prince made up his mind, finally put away his casual attitude, and went out to join the battle.
As soon as he left the court, the situation changed in a minute.
The two lions, who were really excited and determined to fight Tommy to the death, discovered that the Golden Lion King, who had just defeated them easily, was standing on Tommy's side and was obviously a member of Tommy's alliance.
"..."The lions on the west bank clearly began to retreat.
After assessing the strength of both sides, they knew that they were doomed to fail.
Even though he was unwilling, he had no choice but to admit defeat and return the throne to the original master lion.
“Ouch!”
"Mia-wah!"
“Gurgle gurgle!”
The victorious alliance lion group was extremely happy. The three little ones swept away their tiredness and excitedly ran circles around the defeated enemies under their claws, declaring their victory completely.
Tommy, on the other hand, was prepared to fight to the end, but victory came so easily that he was a little confused.
Tommy turned his head stiffly and looked at the prince who had fought alongside him at the last moment, trying to analyze his intentions.
As early as their first encounter, Tommy realized that the prince was very strong, so he was cautious and did not dare to provoke him.
Big cats are definitely the typical representatives of "kings never meet kings". Usually, when unfamiliar male lions of equal strength meet, a fight is inevitable.
Later, Tommy ran into the prince several times while hunting, and each time they were on thin ice.
Tommy was thinking about regaining his territory and did not dare to take the risk of provoking a war.
If he didn't take any action, the two younger brothers would definitely not dare to provoke the lion in his prime.
As for the prince——
It took Tommy several encounters before he realized: this lion had absolutely no fighting spirit.
He doesn't care about the status, territory, and breeding rights that ordinary male lions fight hard for.
Because there was no conflict of interest, the prince had no intention of fighting any lion.
Tommy spent more than half a month figuring out the matter and gradually let go of his hostility towards the prince.
Even when the lion approached his cubs, Tommy did not take any measures and maintained superficial peace with the prince.
That’s why Tommy was so messy when the prince rushed over to fight alongside him.
He couldn't figure out the prince's intentions.
Could it be that he has his eyes on the Lower and Lower West Coast territories and wants to compete with me for the position of Lord Lion?
Not really.
After the lion of the Lower West Coast surrendered and gave up his territory, the prince returned to his Buddhist and casual self, with no intention of continuing to seize power.
However, when Tommy, his children and younger brother, set out on the journey back home, the prince also called his wife and children to follow behind.
Tommy took a few steps and looked back at the prince.
The prince stared at him straight, his blue eyes were very clear.
"roar?"
There was no aggressiveness in his voice, as if as long as Tommy drove him away, the prince would leave with his beasts without looking back and withdraw from his alliance.
If the prince hadn't helped, Tommy would have definitely gotten hurt fighting two people at once.
A lion who values brotherhood will never do such an ungrateful thing.
He glanced at the prince twice, then looked at the three little ones who were playing and jumping up and down excitedly beside him. In the end, he said nothing and took the seven big cats back to their original home.
The first thing the new lord of the old territory does when he returns home is not to reunite with his wife immediately, but to eliminate the scent of the former lord and re-mark the territory.
The professor and Sanmao have not yet reached sexual maturity, so their smell is not intimidating enough, let alone the three little ones.
Of the seven lions, only Tommy and the Prince are currently able to mark their territory.
After making sure that all the smell of the previous lord had been removed, Tommy raised his hind legs and urinated for the first time at the roots of the tree.
Although lions also have smell glands, most animals on the African savannah do not bathe, so the smell is strong and the claw marks can easily be masked by other smells.
Lions on the grassland basically mark their places by urinating.
Pig is very skeptical about the lion alliance sharing a vast territory, mainly because of insufficient bladder capacity.
Out of politeness, Yu Yiyun turned around and complained to Chou Chou.
'The lion's way of marking his territory is so unrefined!'
'When I was a tiger, I just had to hang my claws on the tree!'
"But lions are better than leopards. Leopards like to hang around in trees."
Chouchou didn't understand a word he said, but just meowed cooperatively, with the emotional value reaching the maximum.
Tommy marked two trees and looked at the prince.
Mark two more trees and look at the prince again.
Until he had marked more than half of it, the prince did not move at all, and was busy showing his wife around their new home.
"Roar~" Honey, do you like it here?
The princess stuck to him, calling out to him in a long drawn-out voice, acting as if she was being intimate with him, as if no one was around.
Tommy waited for a while, and finally couldn't help howling, and asked the prince if he wanted to mark the territory together.
"roar?"
The prince finally took his eyes off his wife and gave Tommy a second to remind him: If you can't pee, drink some water first.
“…”
Seeing that he had no worldly desires, Tommy wanted to kill the fantasy he had a few hours ago that the prince wanted to compete with him for the floor.
What happened to this lion?
The territory is right in front of you without being marked.
Soon, everyone discovered that the prince had no interest in not only the territory, but also in breeding rights.
There is also a loudspeaker on the grassland. The lionesses on the lower west coast already know that the lord lion has been defeated.
As soon as Tommy approached, the Lion Queen came over with her sisters and daughters.
Compared with the former lords who are in name only, they prefer the new and old lords who will participate in hunting and raise cubs.
Although male lions are consumables to female lions, changing husbands is as easy as changing clothes.
But with so many clothes, it’s inevitable to compare their appearance and comfort.
The Lion Queen approaches Tommy and takes the initiative to show her good will to her ex-husband.
Tommy was deeply touched, thinking, "She still loves me", and he went over to his wife and kept close to her.
The little sisters and Tommy's daughter followed closely behind and found that in addition to the old lion king, there were also several real new lion kings.
The four daughters Tommy raised are all two years old.
Male and female lions have different lifestyles and develop at different rates.
Male lions will not mature until they are at least 4 years old, but two-year-old female lions have reached a new stage and can take on the task of breeding cubs.
The lion queen sisters and four daughters went to the lion alliance, picking and choosing as if they were selecting a male concubine.
Zhumi and Chouchou were raised by them themselves and were not included in their selection.
After several months of time, Sanmao and the professor's mane became thicker, but it was still not fully grown and its charm value was low.
Naturally, the lionesses set their first target on the prince.
When the prince noticed the lioness approaching him, he immediately hid behind the princess for protection.
The princess, who was pushed in front of the lioness, was obviously a little panicked.
You know, not only male lions fight each other, but female lions will also attack other female lions if they encounter another lion that invades their territory.
Just now, the princess deliberately hid among several male lions, planning to find an opportunity to slowly get in touch with the new lion group.
Now, because her husband is not supportive, she is forced to face the storm ahead of time.
“Hmm…”
The princess took the initiative to humble herself and greet her new sisters.
The new sisters were focused on selecting a concubine and had no interest in eliminating dissidents for the time being, so they ran towards the prince again.
The prince had no way to retreat, so he hid his huge body under the princess's belly.
"Ah!" The princess was almost knocked over by him, and her gentle and sweet lion image was instantly overturned. She raised her claws and slapped him on the head three times.
The strength is just right, it's confusing but not brain-damaging.
The prince was beaten so hard that he saw stars. He felt wronged and buried himself in the princess' arms and acted coquettishly.
When the lionesses who were selecting concubines saw how he was acting like a wife slave, they immediately dispersed and decided to make do with the professor and Sanmao.
Tommy was being intimate with the Queen Lion, and when he saw his beloved daughter surrounding his two younger brothers, he immediately rushed over to separate them.
"Roar!!!" I don't agree with this marriage!
Lions also have the instinct to avoid inbreeding. Even if they stay in a lion group, the lion king will not mate with his own daughter.
Tommy naturally knew that the male lion alliance would share the female lions in the territory with each other, not to mention that his daughter was not his partner.
But Tommy subconsciously felt that... this marriage was not a good idea.
The professor and Sanmao, two young boys, received the favor of the young lady for the first time, and they were a little overjoyed and lost themselves in the act.
Suddenly, Tommy yelled at him, and he finally reacted and his ears immediately turned into airplane ears.
When the lioness saw how cowardly the two male lions were, she instantly lost interest in them and stepped aside to complain about the poor quality of the male lions on the grassland.
"Meow~"
Upon seeing this, Yu Yiyun rolled on the ground laughing with glee.
After rolling a few dozen meters, he looked at the lion group again and found something wrong.
He and Chouchou returned to the lion group. The female lions greeted them one by one, but none of them was particularly friendly.
Logically speaking, although female lions take care of the cubs together, the biological mother is definitely more enthusiastic about her children.
Moreover, when he first visited, he saw seven lionesses, but now there are only six.
Counting the time, it has been nearly four months since the three brothers occupied the lion group.
After a male lion takes over a lion group, he will definitely mate with a female lion immediately and give birth to his own bloodline as soon as possible.
As we all know, it is definitely not easy for a male lion to leave behind his bloodline.
In addition to defeating the lord lion and fighting for lord supremacy, he also has to overcome his natural physical disadvantages.
Kruger lions are induced ovulators and the probability of pregnancy is very low, only about 0.05%.
The male lion must have sex repeatedly from morning to night, without sleep, to stimulate the female lion to ovulate.
Each male lion must mate thousands of times to ensure that the female lion becomes pregnant.
Prey is hard to find during this period, and lions have to spend a lot of time hunting, making reproduction extremely difficult.
But according to zoologists, there is one exception.
Perhaps it is nature's compensatory mechanism to prevent mothers from feeling overly sad after losing their babies.
A lioness whose cubs are killed by a male lion will immediately enter the estrus period and will be relatively more likely to conceive.
When it comes to raising their cubs, the social-living Kruger lions are somewhat similar to the Mackenzie wolves.
When a lion cub is just born, its vitality is very fragile, so the lioness will hide in a place far away from the lion group to raise it alone.
When the lion cub grows to two months old and has a certain degree of survival ability, it will be brought back to the lion group.
So here comes the question -
The lioness who gave birth in hiding alone had no idea that the territory had changed hands.
But when Tommy saw the lioness bringing her cub home, he knew for sure that it was not her cub.
Even though Tommy is a good father, his nature will inevitably bite the cubs of the previous lion king to death.
The more Yu Yiyun thought about it, the more frightened he became. He glanced at his father and secretly made a decision that went against his ancestors:
Sorry, Daddy~
Although the kittens are not your biological children, they are my brothers and sisters!
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