Chapter 66 Kruger Lion (Thirteen)
All the animal cubs come to this magical world for the first time, and they seem to be born with curiosity to explore the world.
Dora's four little lion cubs are just one month old and have just learned to tame their wild limbs, but they can't stay in the termite hill anymore!
The little kings of beasts are eager to leave their nests and go out to start their own career as lion kings.
Unfortunately, their desire to explore was strangled in the cradle by their mother as soon as it sprouted.
"roar!"
Dora roared loudly and told the little lion cub fiercely: There are many ferocious beasts outside that will bite you all to death!
Four little lions sat in a row, tilting their heads cutely, their blue eyes full of innocence and simplicity.
"Bing!" Beast?
"Ah!" Like the leopard next door?
"Woo!" The leopard is coming to steal us, everyone hide quickly!
"Ha——!" The enemy beasts retreated!
“…”
Dora continued to warn the cubs fiercely, trying to make them realize the cruelty of nature.
Not only are other species dangerous, but males of the same species will also attack the lion cubs.
“Roar!”
If he encounters a ferocious male lion, he will bite cute little ones like you in one bite!
As a result, as soon as he turned his head, he saw two "brutal males of the same species" lying next to the termite mound, pretending to clean the lion cub's hair.
"Meow?" Yu Yijun blinked his light blue animal eyes.
Bite and wash the little lion? Are you talking about me?
"Meow!" Chouchou rolled over and used his newly furred tail to tease his cubs, demonstrating what it meant to "hold an umbrella for other animals after you've been caught in the rain."
Fresh fur balls!
Baby, just play!
Dora, who is not good at parenting, depressedly crawls into a termite hill and uses her butt to hit the whole world!
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The curious little lion snuggled into the arms of Yu Yiyun and Chou Chou, whimpering and acting like a spoiled child, wanting his two brothers to take him out to explore the world.
The little lion cub is so cute that Yu Yiyun loses her mind.
Even so, he still couldn't fulfill his younger brothers and sisters' wishes.
Dora's mother did the right thing.
A one-month-old lion cub is too fragile. Not only is it easy for them to encounter natural enemies, but they also find it difficult to withstand the test of nature.
With Yu Yiyun's current ability, he is unable to protect them from destruction.
This year's rainy season came late and left early.
February is not over yet, and the rainy season seems to be a breakup fee, barely lasting for half an hour, and then there is no drop at all.
The long dry season seamlessly connects, bringing one bad news and one worse news at the same time.
The bad news: The dry season is very intense, and the temperature has been high for days since the beginning. The surface temperature is approaching 70 degrees, which is already very unbearable.
Even worse news: every day from now on will be the best day in the next few months.
Yu Yiyun had been a wild beast for two lifetimes, so he knew how unshakable the laws of survival in nature were.
All we can do now is to try to keep ourselves fat and plump before the dry season comes, so as to improve our competitiveness in the "survival of the fittest".
The lion cub is still young and has not suffered any beatings during the dry season.
As soon as they step out of the cool termite mound, they will find that the world of Kruger lions is not easy at all and they will doubt their cat life every minute.
“Meow…”
Zhu Mi sighed leisurely.
It would be better to let my younger brothers and sisters stay in the ivory tower for a few more days.
None of the big cats responsible for taking care of the cubs originally planned to take the little lion cub out.
However, the natural environment is changing rapidly and there is no place that is "absolutely safe".
In the afternoon, the sun is scorching, and it is the time when nocturnal big cats are most sleepy.
After Dora finished feeding her four babies, she felt sleepy and tired, and lay there snoring.
There are no cubs to steal in the lightning, so she lies in the shadow area and sucks the cubs from a distance, and is so cute by the furry little cat that she starts to produce milk.
Yu Yiyun and Chou Chou were guarding outside the termite hill, counting ants for fun out of boredom.
African termites are definitely tool insects. They go to great lengths to build termite mounds that are thousands of times taller than their bodies and have their own air circulation systems, but they end up providing natural nests for other animals.
If you are unlucky one day, you may encounter pangolins, anteaters, mongooses... They can turn into free white rice in a minute and hundreds of thousands of them can be eaten at a time.
At this moment, there were two bored lion cubs who used their big claws to dig them into a pit to see who could catch more termites.
Termite: rude!
Don't eat it, okay? ! !
The termites' resentment was so strong that it was finally heard by the justice from heaven.
When the sun is at its hottest, most animals hide away to rest.
Two figures that looked very much like humans appeared near the termite mound where few animals go.
Yu Yiyun's heart sank. He quickly released the ants, stood up and observed carefully, and found that they were two baboons.
Dian Guang immediately became alert, propped up his body with his long legs, and made an expelling roar to prevent the baboon from approaching.
On the African grasslands, the most dangerous enemy that big cat cubs encounter is definitely the baboon!
If you encounter other ferocious beasts, you can escape danger by just avoiding them.
When encountering baboons, the cubs will encounter endless dangers.
Yu Yiyun was aware of the intelligence of primates and had a natural fear of them, so she usually avoided baboons when she saw them.
Baboons are omnivorous animals. When they have eaten too much vegetarian food, they will occasionally satisfy their cravings with kittens.
If that were the case, the damage caused by baboons would be far less than that caused by other big cats and buffalo.
The problem is that baboons are very smart and have a strong desire for revenge.
Whenever they spot a big cat cub, they send a signal to a wild animal that can kill the cub, exposing the cub's location.
They will even lead the herd and lead them to attack lone lionesses and cubs.
At this moment, a baboon passing by the termite hill was startled by the roar of the cheetah.
They didn't get closer, but realized what was happening and crawled away.
The enemy beast had left, but the atmosphere was not relaxed.
Past life experience has taught the cats that this termite mound is no longer safe.
Termite: Finally I’m leaving. Goodbye forever!
Fortunately, Dian Guang has extensive experience in moving.
Previously, it had given birth to two litters of cubs.
As soon as cheetah cubs are born, they are targeted by various natural enemies.
Lightning was unable to withstand so many natural enemies, so he could only display the spirit of a cunning rabbit having three burrows and try his best to find a safe hiding place.
Even so, its cubs could not escape their fate.
The little lion cub is luckier than his baby. He is surrounded by four big cats for protection and has the ability to fight back even if he encounters danger.
Dian Guang was extremely envious and hoped that his baby would also be as lucky as him.
During the process of transferring the cubs, the little lion cub had no idea what was happening. He jumped around happily and frolicked around the big cat.
Dora thought they were walking too slowly, so she picked up the most active baby.
The baby, whose neck was bitten by Fate, was so frightened that he curled up his tail and cried pitifully.
When his friends saw him like this, they dared not make a fuss and followed his mother in two or three steps.
But after taking just a few steps, another little lion cub was picked up.
Dian Guang, whose maternal instinct was too strong, saw that Dora had a cub to pick up, and she couldn't resist the impulse and bit the cub closest to her.
In the first few months after birth, cats are often carried around by their mothers.
As a big cat, Dian Guang is naturally familiar with how to carry cubs.
The problem is that a cheetah of a few months and a lion of a few months are not on the same level at all.
The cheetah felt a bit tired carrying the cub weighing more than ten kilograms in its mouth, and bit it a little harder unconsciously, causing the cub to cry out in pain.
Dora looked back and saw it, and immediately growled at it warningly, demanding that Lightning put the cub down quickly.
“Meow…” Dian Guang realized his recklessness and made a sound to show his weakness.
Even if Dora was willing to let it get close to the cub, the female big cat would instinctively fight back when she saw the alien big cat showing its fangs to her baby.
Dora merely issued a warning and did not rush over to fight, which made Yu Yijun look at her mother with new eyes.
Dora is truly a strong, gentle and rational lion, but it’s a pity that Chouchou didn’t inherit any of these traits.
For big cats, a month is a significant portion of life.
After spending so much time together, Dora knew that cheetahs were not aggressive towards babies.
Dian Guang was carrying a cub in her belly and was trying hard to find a new home for her and the cub.
Therefore, Dora only warned and did not launch any actual attack.
Dian Guang is indeed an expert in finding nests.
For the next few dozen days, the cubs were not attacked by any enemy animals until they successfully reunited with the lion group.
Yu Yiyun felt a headache when he thought about the cubs joining the lion group.
"Meow..." Piglet sighed.
After all, for the cubs, the biggest enemy is not other cats, but their old father Tommy at home.
Yu Yiyun did not expect to change the lion's nature, or to use his existing strength to stop the old father from attacking the cubs.
Since it’s not feasible to start with the old father, we can only start with the baby!
The clever pig immediately came up with a plan:
Tommy must be made to believe that the four babies are his own cubs.
From the moment the cubs were born, Yu Yiyun ordered Chouchou to pull up the grass that Tommy had marked and use it as straw mat for the cubs, so that they could be marinated inside and out.
Pig doesn't feel safe just because of the smell of Tommy.
Over the next few days, Yu Yiyun carefully observed Tommy and discovered that he followed the two older lionesses and rolled his tongue frequently.
'Tongue rolling' means that the male lion follows the female lion, licks the urine they leave, and then rolls up the tip of the tongue and puts it under the nose to sniff to determine whether it is possible to mate.
Yu Yiyun is like a social animal with a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan, diligently observing which lioness Tommy prefers.
Then he asked Chouchou to collect her scent and use it to make a bed for the lion cub, so that Tommy would believe that the cub was born to him and the lioness.
Despite their large size, big cats don't actually have very large brains.
In order to increase their aggressiveness and defensive capabilities, lions and tigers have evolved thick bones in their heads, which squeeze out the space in their brains, resulting in their brains being only the size of an orange.
Many times, big cats act entirely on intuition and experience, without any logic at all.
Therefore, when in Qinling Mountains, Zhen'an came to the wise conclusion that "Yunxiao must be my eldest son" through the story of "Mulan bringing her cub".
Yu Yiyun made perfect use of the fact that "the more powerful the cat, the less intelligent it is" and successfully concealed the truth.
When the cubs were two months old, Dora took the four babies back to the Lower West Coast lion group.
Whether the lion group can accept the baby depends entirely on whether the lion king can accept the baby.
There have been cases in the past where a lion king refused to accept his own cubs and bit them all to death.
Yu Yijun and Chouchou stood by, extremely nervous, fearing that Tommy would attack the little lion cub.
If Tommy does not approve of the little lion cub, Yu Yijun will find a way to stop Tommy and take the little lion cub out of the lion group.
Yu Yiyun didn't want that to happen.
After four months of wandering, Zhumi realized the importance of the lion group to his cubs.
A good lion pride not only provides protection for its cubs, but also helps them shape their character.
For example, Chouchou, because he received care and protection from the lion group, he was able to grow up to be a tenacious, tough and highly adaptable lion.
Yu Yiyun prayed secretly, hoping that Tommy would accept the four cubs so that they would not wander away from the group.
Unexpectedly, what happened next was completely beyond Zhumi's expectations.
Tommy went over and sniffed the cubs one by one, smelling his own scent, the scent of the lioness he had mated with, the scent of the lioness that gave birth to his cubs, the scent of his two beloved sons, and the scent of his beloved sons’ godmother…
Although the smell is a bit mixed, it smells like it should be one of its own cubs.
"Howa~" Tommy, who was determined to be the best father on the grassland, accepted the cubs instantly and happily prepared to cuddle them one by one.
But the playful cub hesitated and took a step back when he saw his evil father.
"Hmm?" Are you my father?
"Oh!" I don't believe it, show me the evidence!
"Woo woo woo..." Your tail looks weird, are you a lion?
"Ha——!" The enemy beasts retreated!
The four little lion cubs looked at Tommy and found that he had no tail. They didn't look like they were willing to accept it.
Just at this moment, the prince passed by swinging a freshly washed fluffy ball and instantly ensnared four little kids.
“Ahhh!”
“Oh!”
The little lion cub was attracted by the fur ball and ran towards the prince, shouting "Daddy, cuddle me."
Before the prince could react, he was surrounded by four cubs, which made him very confused.
"Roar?" The prince looked at Tommy and shot him a death stare.
Your cheap kid, don’t you care?
Although Tommy couldn't figure it out, the prince was very sure:
These four little guys are definitely not my cubs!!!
Just when the prince was about to distance himself from the relationship and refuse to be a father.
The unfortunate child ran over and circled around the cub excitedly.
"roar!"
Daddy, are they my brothers and sisters?
Tiezhu, the only son, was so excited that he snuggled up to each cub and happily said that we will be a family from now on!
God knows how envious Tiezhu was when he saw that Chou Chou and Zhumi were brothers.
Now, he holds his younger brother with his left paw and his younger sister with his right paw, turning into a cat licking from both sides.
I can’t lick it. I can’t lick it at all!
prince:? ? ?
Yu Yijun was originally worried that the lion would not be willing to raise the cubs after bringing them back.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Yu Yijun breathed a sigh of relief.
The next question is, let them discuss who will be the cheap dad.
We pigs are so exhausted after working so hard to set up such a big plan!
While the big lion was busy greeting the cubs, he came to the gradually narrowing river to drink water and rest.
It took a full two months from the birth of the lion cub to its return to the lion group. Now Zhumi is a 14-month-old big lion!
He eats and sleeps well every day and exercises hard. His mane grows very fast and has formed a small circle under his neck.
After drinking the water, Yu Yiyun stared at the calm water surface, happily admiring his new scarf and imagining what he would look like with thick mane.
It must be... hot.
The temperature has been over 40 degrees for several days in a row, and the ground is scorching hot.
Unfortunately, lions have thick manes and underdeveloped sweat glands, so Yu Yiyun can only cool down by drinking more water.
At this moment, he missed the temperature of minus 40 degrees Celsius in Yellowstone Park.
The dry season has lasted for more than a month, and the water level downstream has dropped significantly. The deepest area can barely cover the body, making swimming a luxury.
Yu Yiyun squatted on the river bank and found that the river bank was getting narrower and narrower, and the boundary between the lower east bank and the lower west bank gradually disappeared.
Fortunately, the two lion groups downstream are equally small in size and face equally great pressure to survive, so neither side has any intention of provoking a fight.
In order to avoid conflicts between lion groups, the two lion groups have already reached a tacit understanding and even staggered their water drinking times.
Yu Yiyun observed that the lions on the west bank drank water in the evening, while those on the east bank drank water at dawn.
Most of the time, they stay in areas far from the river bank.
Therefore, after returning home for so long, Yu Yiyun has not really seen her next-door neighbors.
An idea flashed through Zhumi's mind, and when he raised his head...
On the other side of the river bank, several lionesses were squatting there in unison, their eyes simultaneously fixed on Zhumi...behind?
Yu Yiyun turned around and found that the professor and Sanmao, who had finally gotten over the awkward period, had come to the back without her noticing.
They neither drank water nor hunted, but squatted there quietly, letting the breeze blow their manes, which would eventually grow thicker, while looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle...
Yu Yijun looked at their serious yet slightly fresh expressions and thought that the professor and Sanmao had been possessed by spirits.
You know, the two silly cats were snoring loudly a few hours ago, with their legs spread out, and were photographed in private by a passing photographer.
The photographers on the grassland are like fanatical fans of wild animals, and they love to shoot high-definition black histories.
Yu Yiyun could already imagine that the photo of the two of them with their legs spread and drooling must have been a public execution.
At this moment, the two lions, who never cared about their image, came to the river with light cat steps and greeted each other with guttural sounds.
The East Coast lioness stared at them for a moment and responded, clearly interested in them.
Yu Yiyun was sandwiched in the middle, listening to the two groups of lions howling for a long time, and had a subtle sense of déjà vu.
Cowherd.
Weaver Girl.
Milky Way.
What? I will build a magpie bridge for you on July 7th?
The two groups of lions howled for a long time, and finally ended this duet with a sense of reluctance.
The lioness left the river bank and her back gradually disappeared into the distance.
The professor and Sanmao's true colors were revealed in an instant. They rolled around excitedly and ran circles around Yu Yiyun, showing off their new crush.
From their excited reactions, Yu Yiyun realized that the lions on both sides of the Taiwan Strait had been hooking up for some time.
"Meow?" Piglet raised his cat face and asked doubtfully: Aren't you afraid that the lion king on the opposite side will break your legs?
“Roar!”
“Ouch!”
The two brothers chattered excitedly, seemingly having lost their ability to speak, but Yu Yijun didn't understand a word they said.
In the afternoon, the pig felt hot and wagged its tail to go to the off-road vehicle driven by the photographer to cool off.
I only found out the situation of the lion group on the east coast after hearing the photographer's random chat.
The lion group on the lower east coast was indeed similar to theirs, with five female lions and one male lion.
Due to the terrain and river flow, there are not many juicy prey on the lower east bank, but there are a large number of hyenas, wild dogs, baboons and other neighbors that lions don't like.
Therefore, the lion king was rarely provoked by foreign lions during his life. On the few occasions, he was able to escape danger and successfully protect the lion group.
Now, the Lion King is very old.
The average age of male lions in the wild is 10-12 years old, and the lion king is 14 years old this year.
In order to protect his family, he lost one eye, lame one leg, and his canine teeth were almost worn down.
Last rainy season, the old lion king was injured while hunting.
Although it recovered later, it was no longer able to participate in hunting, let alone resist a male lion.
In recent months, he has taken the initiative to stay on the edge of the lion group, sending a signal to the female lions: Find a new male lion to replace me.
Of the five lionesses, only one is the lion king's surviving partner, and the rest are all his daughters.
Most female lions do not have deep feelings for male lions.
But the old lion king and his partner have been together for ten years, so naturally they are not like a group of lions that frequently changes their lion kings.
The partner insisted on staying with the old lion king, providing him with food, and leaving the territory to her daughters so that they could recruit new male lions.
Once a new leader lion appears, the lion king and his partner will leave the lion group and complete the final journey together.
Most lion group leader changes are done by the new lion king defeating the old lion king, and the female lions have no choice.
In this case, when the lion king abdicates due to old age and there are no male lions in the group, it is the turn of the female lions to assess the male lions.
The male lion must pass the layers of trials of the female lions before he can step by step move towards the throne of the lion king.
In the past few months, the four lioness sisters have met several male lions, but none of them suited them.
The rainy season has just ended and there is plenty of prey.
The male lions that came to the door were all skinny, with sparse manes and some injuries on their bodies, which was enough to prove their low survival ability.
After going around in circles, no one could even pass the first round of review by the lioness sisters.
Until one evening, the lioness sisters went hunting together and came to the river bank. They saw the professor and Sanmao on the other side of the river.
The lioness sisters thought that they were sub-adult male lions who were about to be kicked out of the home, but after careful observation, they found that the two lions had just turned three years old, but they were already part of the lord lion!
For a lion, three years old is still too young to do anything.
Compared with other lions on the grassland, Professor and Sanmao stand out from the crowd.
Sanmao and the professor also noticed the lioness sisters on the other side of the river.
In Africa, it is not uncommon for a lion alliance to control multiple lion groups at the same time.
In addition, although they joined the Lower West Coast lion group, they did not enjoy the breeding rights that the lords should have. How could they be satisfied with this?
Although the 3-year-old male lion has not reached true sexual maturity, he can make the female lion successfully pregnant by redouble his "efforts".
Male lions are similar to most humans in that they are ambitious and cannot resist temptation.
How can two adolescent male lions control themselves in the face of four enthusiastic and proactive female lions?
From that day on, whenever they had time, the professor and Sanmao would come to the river bank and spread their feathers, trying to show their charm to the lioness.
In fact, they both wanted very much to go to the other side of the river.
However, crocodiles, buffaloes and hippos often appeared in the river, and lions were not good at swimming, so the two brothers were forced to have a long-distance relationship.
At this moment, they sincerely hope that the dry season will be stronger.
When the riverbed is dry, you can cross the river and go on a date with the girl!
Yu Yiyun figured out the whole story and looked at the two of them with eyes full of disgust, as if a cat could not become a tiger.
"Meow?"
Do you two know how my dad caught up with my mom during those years when I was a South China tiger?
"Meow, meow!" The other cats swam across the river that was hundreds of meters wide in no time.
These two are really promising once the water dries up!
Yu Yiyun was so angry that she chased after them, howling for several hundred meters, and forced the two landlubbers to jump into the water with a splash.
“Ouch!”
Cats who can swim enjoy spring first!
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