Chapter 62 Kruger Lion (Part 9)
Since Yu Yijun played with the strange lion's fur ball, she also had a "deep contact" with the prince.
A few times later, the little lion from outside... because he was too stubborn, Yu Yiyun secretly named him "Iron Pillar"... and he would play around with Chouchou every day, and the prince would occasionally come and watch.
Literally, a crowd of people.
Even though Tiezhu was bullied by Zhumi and Chouchou in turn and beaten until he screamed in pain.
The prince, the biological father, had no intention of venting his anger on behalf of his beloved son. Instead, he looked gloating.
He was just about to shout to every animal passing by: Look, the one who got beaten the worst was my son Zha~!
Tiezhu: Oh, oh, oh, sever the father-son relationship for three minutes!
After spending a long time together, Yu Yiyun discovered that Prince was definitely a non-mainstream among male lions.
It is well known that male big cats, with the exception of cheetahs, are naturally hostile to unrelated cubs.
If they encounter cubs of the same species, they will bite them to death without mercy.
Old father Tommy is a good male lion among thousands, and he will not attack other lion cubs for no reason.
But even as gentle as he is, he will not take the initiative to contact strange cubs, let alone let them play with his tail.
The prince took the initiative to sniff the cubs and used his own fur ball to play with the two cats.
In addition to his attitude towards his cubs, the prince's attitude towards his partner is equally special.
Male lions always rank at the top of the list of scumbags. They will do anything to pass on their genes and even wish all the female lions on the grassland belong to them.
After occupying a lion group, many male lions completely disregard the wishes of the female lions, even forbidding them to eat and rest, and having sex hundreds of times a day, just to give birth to their own bloodline as soon as possible.
On the other hand, the prince.
He knew that female lions liked strong men with thick manes, so he used rainwater or went to the river bank to clean his body every day, grooming his mane to make it fluffy and clean, and then showed his masculine charm to the princess like a peacock spreading its tail.
Prince: [fancy screen opening.gif]
Princess: Where did this conspicuous bag come from?
In addition to pleasing his partner, the prince is not a freeloader and takes the initiative to undertake the main hunting tasks for the family of three.
The fact that he was able to thrive during the migration of hundreds of kilometers and even found time to raise a cub was enough to prove the prince's hunting ability.
However, the attitude towards cubs and mates was not what surprised Yu Yiyun the most.
Although the male lions are bad, there are still three or two family-oriented ones in the population, such as Tommy.
What really surprised Yu Yiyun was his attitude towards the territory.
Lions are naturally warlike, and the desire to conquer is engraved in their DNA.
Countless lions have been fighting all their lives, even getting themselves injured and eventually dying in agony.
Even so, there are still new male lions showing their claws and starting their life of endless fighting, risking their lives for territory and mates.
PA: I'm sorry, but I don't have those worldly desires.
He obviously has a strong physique and sharp claws. Now he is at his peak and has the capital to occupy the land and be the king, but he does not intend to challenge any lord lion.
The prince had a very Buddhist personality and he didn't even bother to mark the bush where he temporarily settled.
When encountering local lions or other ferocious beasts coming to drive them away, the prince would take his wife and children and move away obediently, wagging his tail.
Even the native cheetahs meowed twice at the prince, indicating that he was stepping on his land.
The prince would immediately get up, retreat beyond the cheetah marking line, and politely ask, "Can I sleep here?"
Zhumi watched helplessly as a tall and strong lion in its prime was "expelled" by the cheetahs native to the bushes, and could hardly believe his eyes!
If all male lions were like the prince, casual, Buddhist, and polite, they would definitely not become extinct in the Colosseum in Europe.
If you lock dozens of princes into the Colosseum, they will just lie down somewhere and take a nap without any fighting spirit.
Who wants to fight to the death just because of human boredom?
What a tired cat!
As the sun gradually darkened, the prince walked lazily to the Lightning Territory to pick up the child.
"Meow~" Yu Yijun saw him and immediately pounced over, aiming at the prince's tail, and performed a pig lunge on the spot.
The prince swung his tail and dodged twice, but was caught in the end, so he just lay there and played dumb.
Soon, Chouchou and Tiezhu also ran over and buried their faces in the prince's mane to play hide-and-seek.
The prince, whose body was covered with little kittens, yawned lazily, closed his eyes, and let them treat him as a shared entertainment facility in the kitten park.
In fact, let alone Tiezhu who is one and a half years old, even Chouchou and Zhumi who are nine months old can easily bite through animal skins with their sharp teeth.
Usually, when the little lion is over half a year old, the adult lion will not be willing to play with the little lion.
The cubs played without restraint and sometimes even bit the big lions.
Even the best-tempered lioness in the pride will hide from young boys.
The prince was pounced on and bitten by them, but he did not move at all, and even his emperor engine was not started. His personality was quite Buddhist.
Fortunately, the three kittens are smart and sensible. Even Chouchou has been taught by his brother to know his limits and does not dare to attack the big lion that is playing with him.
It was not until the sound of lightning was heard in the distance that the two brothers got off the prince reluctantly, wagged their tails, and went home to eat.
The prince slowly raised his eyelids and looked at his son who stayed beside him and looked at his playmates.
"roar?"
“Ahhh!”
The father and son had a happy exchange, and then ran home to have fun with the princess.
On the way home, Tiezhu murmured about his happiness.
He was born during the journey and when he was just three months old, he began to accompany his parents on the journey, stopping and traveling. It took more than a year to reach Kruger National Park.
The family of three walked slowly, so the migration was not difficult.
When Tiezhu encounters a place where lions are present on the road, he will stop and search for similar lions nearby.
He is a lone lion, without a lion pride, and naturally has no playmates to play with.
The first time Tiezhu saw other little lions playing happily with their peers, he ran over and wanted to join the game.
As a result, before it could get close, it was driven away by the roar of the ferocious lioness, who took the little lion away with her.
The local lion pounced on him and tried to bite him to death.
Fortunately, his parents arrived in time and took Tiezhu away from the lion's territory, thus averting the danger.
From then on, Tiezhu knew that he was different from other little lions.
Tiezhu did not envy them for having so many big lions to protect them, nor did he envy them for having a stable home, but he was very envious of the little lions because they had companions to play with from the moment they were born.
Unfortunately, from north to south, he met countless little lions, but not one was willing to play with him.
Until that day, the precocious little lion, who was used to being alone, accidentally broke into an area with sparse grass and trees, and saw two of his kind, one white and one yellow, kicking a pangolin ball.
There were no ferocious lions guarding them.
Tiezhu mustered up his courage and tried to get closer and closer. He originally planned to just watch silently and then leave quietly.
Maybe he got too close and was quickly discovered.
The earth-colored little lion was full of fighting spirit and immediately pounced towards him. The white lion squatted beside him and watched with interest.
Tiezhu never dreamed that he would get playmates of the same age in this way.
“Gurgle gurgle~”
Dad, I want to play with them again tomorrow.
The prince walked along the swaying sunset and gently rubbed his son's head.
"roar!"
It looks like this place can stay for a while~
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Africa's dry season is pure dryness, but its rainy season is not pure water.
According to local classification standards, the rainy season lasts from October to March of the following year, which sounds like a full half year.
In fact, the first rain did not fall in the habitat until the end of October.
Several consecutive heavy spring rains have almost used up this year's quota.
As summer approaches, the sun becomes scorching again, and several times the rain evaporates before it even hits the ground.
Even if the raindrops successfully land on the ground, it only changes the mode from 'baking' to 'steaming', and the heat does not decrease at all.
Most of the animals living in this area are migratory animals.
'Migration' and 'transmigration' both refer to the regional movement of animals, but the migration range is large.
For example, the largest migration on land is the 'Great African Migration', where animals in East Africa, due to the lack of water and food during the dry season, do not hesitate to cross canyons and waterfalls to move to new water sources.
The habitat in South Africa is relatively moist, and there is no large-scale migration.
However, the transition between the dry season and the rainy season causes changes in the distribution range of vegetation, and local animals will move over a small area in order to obtain survival resources.
In the bitter summer, the scorching sun continued to burn the earth for more than half a month, and the surface vegetation was eaten away.
The herbivores that had gradually moved to the deep land began to move closer to the river bank.
There was plenty of rain in the recent period, and the lower reaches of the river were also fertile and lush, nourishing the trees on the banks and providing animals with more options.
As usual, Yu Yiyun came to visit the lion group near the lower west bank. She climbed up the acacia tree with a grunt, raised her head and saw the "grazing line" on the top of the tree. She drooled from the corners of her mouth with excitement.
The grazing line is a circle of dividing lines that giraffes bite neatly in order to eat the highest leaves.
This line appears near the lower west coast territory, which means that in the summer, lions here can hunt delicious giraffes just like the upper east coast lions.
As soon as the thought flashed through Zhumi's mind, it was quickly sealed away.
Can we rely on them to hunt giraffes?
The more than 20 lionesses in the upper east coast lion group fought for half an hour with full cooperation to kill the giraffe.
If the giraffe had been prepared and managed to escape, the lions, having wasted half an hour's energy, would definitely not have the strength to capture the next prey and would have been left to starve miserably.
For lions and tigers, every time they fail in hunting, they are one step closer to death, and they don’t have many opportunities for trial and error.
Even if the three musketeers of the grassland were in the best condition, they could only inflict heavy damage on the zebra.
Not to mention giraffes, even if they encounter a healthy buffalo, the "weak" big cat can only drool from a distance.
Don't get too close, because African buffaloes are not only strong, but also have violent tempers and will actively attack lone adult lions.
If they encounter a lone young lion, they will kill it without hesitation.
As for the lord lion group on the lower west coast...
Yu Yiyun was standing high above, looking down at the river bank downstream.
Several huge African elephants occupied the river bank and taught the baby elephants how to swim and bathe.
The average weight of this group of African elephants is over four tons, and each elephant drinks 200 liters of water a day, making them mobile water pumps.
The amount of water in the downstream area was originally less than that in the upstream area. After half a month of drought, the water level was visibly dropping rapidly due to the drinking and playing of several African elephants.
As the African elephants drank, they used their trunks and hooves to turn up the mud at the bottom of the river and taught the baby elephants how to take a mud bath.
Playing in the mud, which is considered "punishable to humans", is a compulsory course for every African elephant.
In hot weather, mud baths can help elephants cool down, protect them from the sun, and prevent mosquito bites.
The leading lions of the lion group on the lower west bank were lying neatly on the river bank, and it seemed that they had not had water for some time.
Rainbow lizards crawled all over them, picking lice from their bristles and eating them.
Look at how cowardly they are, how can they catch a giraffe?
Yu Yiyun looked down from above, staring at the "cute pets" on them, and couldn't help but feel a little envious.
Due to Africa's unique climate, many animals form mutually beneficial relationships.
For example, the famous bird care master, the oxpecker, helps hippos, buffaloes and other animals clean wounds and parasites.
If savannah lions don't take a bath when they get older, they will have lice and fleas on their bodies.
Just as Mackenzie wolves are helpless against scabies, the big cats' claws are helpless against the insects that live in their dense manes.
So, the colorful rainbow lizard, which feeds on insects, made its home in the lion's mane.
The lion, the lord of the lower west coast, is obviously a big customer of rainbow lizards and feeds the lizards colorfully.
Pigs that do not eat carrion and take regular baths are not bothered by parasites at all.
In the eyes of the rainbow lizard, he is definitely the worst lion in the entire grassland.
Yu Yiyun looked at the rainbow lizard eagerly, wondering whether she should sacrifice herself for the sake of raising a pet.
No, no!
Thinking that he would become as sloppy as them, Zhumi shook his head vigorously.
It's better to let Chouchou do that kind of thing, and then he can just use Chouchou's pet to play with it~
Yu Yiyun made up her mind and prepared to go home to check whether there were lice on Chou Chou's body.
As a result, he had just climbed halfway down the tree when Chouchou, who couldn't find his brother, followed him, meowing loudly.
"Mia-wah!"
The lion, who was squatting quietly on the river bank and was very angry with the African elephant, noticed the sound and the stinky smell and immediately looked over.
They were so angry that they had no place to vent it. Just then, the lion cub bumped into their guns and the three brothers immediately chased after them aggressively.
Yu Yiyun didn't bother to tiptoe down the tree. He called Chou Chou over to use him as a cushion and jumped down from a height of two meters.
Fortunately, Chou Chou had good food and thick skin. Even though he was pressed down by a pig weighing more than 100 kilograms, he only howled twice and then immediately got up and ran away.
In the running competition, the three brothers are no match for the outstanding students in the Leopard Class.
When the lion found that it could not catch up, it let out a roar that shook the earth and cursed in a particularly harsh way.
Tommy, who happened to be hunting nearby, heard the calls of his two sons and the familiar roar. He immediately gave up his prey and rushed to the scene.
The professor and Sanmao didn't know what was going on, but brothers come first, so they followed their big brother happily.
The three brothers from the lower west bank were obviously surprised when they saw Tommy running towards them in a majestic manner.
In their opinion, Tommy was beaten so badly and forcibly expelled from the lion group.
Even if he recovers from his injuries, he will definitely be destitute and live a miserable life in the short term.
Who would have thought that when Tommy reappeared, except for the fact that half of his tail was missing, he looked energetic and even gained several dozen pounds.
As for the three brothers on the lower west bank, not long after they obtained the territory, the downstream area dried up and they could hardly catch any prey in the territory.
After waiting for the rainy season with great difficulty, many uninvited guests came to their doorstep, so they had to depend on the elephants for water.
Comparing the two, who is the winner?
The three brothers from the West Coast became more and more angry as they thought about it. Tommy had originally planned to seek revenge on them.
The anger levels on both sides were maxed out, and the battle between the lions was almost imminent.
Just when they were about to start a fight, the two cats that had run away came back, followed by a herd of aggressive buffaloes.
Yu Yiyun didn't know why he had such bad luck today. All the rain that didn't fall in Africa turned into Mercury retrograde for him.
Just after escaping from the lion, he ran into a group of buffaloes that were courting each other.
Several strong buffaloes are about to compete with each other for the favor of a female buffalo.
The pig who likes to join in the fun immediately entered the mode of eating melons and watching the show, and by the way, he missed the taste of beef.
Then……
Because it hadn't rained for a long time, the stinky smell of not taking a shower was so strong that the bison noticed them.
Yu Yiyun immediately picked up his brother and ran away, making up his mind:
For the Rainbow Lizard, the plan to turn Chouchou into a real Chouchou was cancelled.
What kitten doesn’t need a bath?
The two cats just ran for a while and their speed has obviously slowed down.
Yu Yijun had caught many bison in his previous life, so he knew very well how strong the endurance of cattle was.
There were no suitable trees nearby to climb, so there was no way they could escape.
The pig suddenly had an idea and simply took the buffalo to the place where the lions were fighting.
If you are lucky, you might be able to eat fresh beef today.
Tommy: ...You are such a filial son.
The wild buffalo was running when it spotted six lions in front of it, so it retracted its hooves and applied the emergency brakes.
Even wild buffaloes in the courtship period are strong and healthy, weighing more than 1,000 kilograms, several times that of a male lion.
But six lions together are enough to make any one of them dinner.
Little did they know that the lions were also frightened when they saw the herd of buffaloes.
Although six lions can deal with buffalo, the two groups of lions are mortal enemies and there is no possibility of cooperation at all.
Yu Yiyun escaped from the crisis and switched to the melon-eating mode again, feeling that the triangle was indeed the most stable structure.
The three forces confronted each other for a few seconds, and finally, they turned around and left tacitly, as if nothing had happened... That would be strange!
The lions of the Lower West Coast have a strong desire to win and are naturally belligerent.
It was discovered that after being defeated, Tommy was not destitute, but was better off than before.
The two lion cubs that were not bitten to death were not only alive and well, but also invaded their territory.
Judging from the White Lion's proficiency, it is obviously not his first time.
The lion on the lower west bank could not swallow this humiliation and attacked Yu Yijun and Chou Chou several times.
Yu Yiyun was a fast runner and could climb trees, so she managed to dodge every time.
Even so, the frequent harassment from the male lions on the lower west coast caused a great burden to the two cats.
The piglets were afraid of their stingy "stepfather" and when they found out that Dian Guang was raising them, they took their anger out on the weak Bao Bao and did not dare to go home openly for a long time.
When they occasionally go back, they have to use the excrement of other animals to cover up the smell they left behind, making them look like thieves.
Dian Guang didn't know what was going on, but he realized that the cubs were in danger, and he looked at them with worry in his eyes.
"Meow~" baby!
"Meow~" Zhumi moved close to Dian Guang, rubbed against Leopard, who was three times smaller than him, and used a low voice to comfort her.
Chouchou yawned and went to the familiar tree roots to sleep.
As soon as I lay down, I smelled a strange odor and jumped up in fright, showing my teeth.
Yu Yiyun noticed the reaction of her stupid brother and also went over to smell it, smelling the scent of a male cat.
In an instant, he thought of the young male leopard who had been wandering around the territory recently, meowing all the time with a pinched voice.
“…”
Okay, I have a godfather again.
Yu Yiyun had been a South China tiger and understood the habits of solitary cats.
The breeding habits of cheetahs and tigers are similar, with female leopards only able to carry one litter of cubs at a time. Only when the cubs leave will the female leopard enter estrus again.
Apparently, the young male leopard was sending out courtship signals.
But Dian Guang, who had already treated the two lions as cubs, did not respond for the time being.
Zhumi returned to Dianguang, rubbed him several times, acted coquettishly with Baobao for several days, and made a decision secretly in his heart.
The next day, Yu Yiyun took Chouchou and temporarily left Dian Guang's territory, just like when she said goodbye to Mulan.
After walking a few kilometers, Yu Yiyun felt unprecedentedly confused.
Although the Lightning Territory is small, for him and his brother, it is a place they can return to.
At this moment, the two lion cubs, who had just turned ten months old and were about to grow their manes, couldn't even find a safe place to sleep.
Even if he went to live with his father, Tommy was now a wandering lion, just like them, with no place to live.
With the abilities of two little kittens, it is impossible for them to mark their territory.
When a ten-month-old lion cub marks its territory, it tells all nearby animals:
There are kids here, hurry up and bully them.
"Mia wa?" Brother, where are we going.
"Meow..." Piglet cried sadly.
As soon as the meow stopped, a familiar voice came from a distance, responding to them.
“Gurgle gurgle~”
Tiezhu, who is already one and a half years old, also jumped and skipped like a lion cub, ran all the way like a rabbit, and greeted his little friends from afar.
When Yu Yiyun saw the iron pillar, his eyes lit up.
That's right!
Being born a lion doesn't mean you have to mark your territory to survive.
And the non-mainstream prince~
That night, the innocent Tiezhu brought Yu Yiyun and Chou Chou to a bush without any territory markings.
The prince didn't seem surprised by the arrival of the two lion cubs and continued to lie there lazily snoring.
However, the princess, who had never had the chance to make contact before, approached the two kittens, sniffed their scent, and then licked their ears affectionately.
It's like in a lion pride, when a lioness brings new cubs, the other aunts would do the same.
Yu Yiyun observed the princess closely and found that she not only had long eyelashes, but also had beautiful heterochromatic eyes. No wonder the prince acted like a peacock in front of his wife every day.
The princess is not only beautiful, but also responsible for driving away prey and assisting in attacks when the prince is hunting, and she almost never misses her prey.
Every time they succeed in hunting, the two big cats would stick together for a few minutes before they began to eat affectionately together.
Yu Yiyun stayed at the prince's house, eating and drinking for several days, and enjoying deluxe cat food every day.
He looked at Tiezhu with sympathy in his eyes.
Eating so much sugar every day, your blood sugar level must be above the standard, right?
Tiezhu: “Roar!”
Tiezhu would only be born if mom and dad had a good relationship!
The two cats, who had no ability to protect themselves, originally planned to stay at the prince's house for a few days.
Wait until they have enough hunting ability to feed themselves, or find a new place to settle down, and then leave, so as not to disturb the big cat's sweet and happy world of two lions.
Who knows, changes always come earlier than expected.
Early in the morning, Yu Yiyun, as usual, went to the ownerless territory with Chou Chou and Tie Zhu to practice hunting.
As they chased their prey and became exhausted, they could hear the roars of lions one after another.
After several days of tracking, three male lions on the lower west bank smelled the scent of the lion cubs.
Tiezhu saw strange lions, although he didn't know why they were so aggressive.
As the oldest brother of the Meow Meow Team, Tiezhu bravely stood in front of his younger brothers and tried to stop the lion from hurting the cubs.
The little lion living in the honey pot has never experienced life in a lion group and does not know how dangerous the male lions are.
The strange lion pounced on him, scratched the waist and abdomen of the iron pillar with one claw without any hesitation, and opened its mouth wide to show its sharp teeth.
Just as he was about to bite, Yu Yijun, who had originally planned to escape with her two friends, quickly pounced over and bit the lion's back deeply with her milk teeth, forcing him to open his mouth in pain.
"Roar!!!" The lion let out a roar that was extremely intimidating.
Yu Yiyun did not respond. The cat that bites animals does not meow.
Lion cubs have poor bite force and limited attack power against male lions.
But Yu Yiyun knew very well how to cause maximum damage when the bite force was poor.
He tore it left and right, and bit off a small piece of the hide.
The lion roared, murderous intent flashing in his eyes.
The two male lions following closely behind took the little white lion as their main target of attack and pounced on him in unison.
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