Chapter 76 Killer Whale (I)
In the middle of the dry season, the Kruger lions in the ∩-shaped river officially embark on their migration.
In addition to the three small...three big lions who were responsible for leading the way, the prince and his family who set out on the journey again, the team also included the lionesses and family members from the upper east and south coasts.
Yu Yiyun never imagined that the lioness on the east coast would be willing to leave her territory and follow her to find a new home.
You know, even if the ∩-shaped river channel gradually dries up, the people on the east bank will be the last to suffer.
Even so, the Lion Queen still followed the lord's footsteps with her lioness sisters.
The three surviving male lions on the east bank also followed the team silently. They have learned their lesson now. As long as they can fill their stomachs, they will bow their heads when necessary. There is no hurdle in a lion's life that cannot be overcome.
The South Coast lionesses still have a strong sisterly bond, and are taking their one-year-old cubs on an unknown and challenging journey.
Several of the little lions are descendants of the previous male lions of the South Shore and have no direct relationship with the Ryan family.
Therefore, three groups of lions belonging to different groups form a fairly healthy structure.
If they can adapt to the new habitat, they will continue to multiply.
In time, this group of lions will sooner or later re-mark the territory that belonged to their ancestors.
Perhaps after a few thousand or tens of thousands of years, they will evolve into the ancestors of the new subspecies.
The gene of the king of beasts that has lasted for tens of millions of years will continue to remain on this blue planet, instead of being written into an end by the cold word "extinction".
Yu Yiyun embarked on the road to progress with a vision for the future.
After taking a few steps, I heard the clear sound of a clip, like the chirping of a bird.
"Meow?"
Lightning transformed into the real Lightning and quickly approached the huge lion group. He risked being attacked by the lions and shouted at the white lion.
When Yu Yiyun and Chou Chou heard the sound of lightning, they immediately stopped and turned back, rushing towards the best mother on the entire grassland.
"Mia-wah!"
“Meow…”
Chouchou and Zhumi, one on the left and one on the right, buried their fluffy heads in Dianguan's neck and said goodbye to it reluctantly.
Unlike lions, cheetahs are solitary animals.
A single female leopard cannot reproduce in an environment without other leopards of the same kind.
Even though Yu Yiyun was reluctant to leave, she really had to say goodbye this time.
"Meow." Yu Yijun rubbed Dianguang for the last time, urging him to go back quickly.
Dian Guang has his own cubs to take care of and a home to protect.
After the large-scale migration of lions, the cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, wild dogs, etc. here will have a greater chance of survival in the following dry season and avoid being eliminated by nature.
Dian Guang seemed to understand what Zi Zi meant and did not follow him.
She just squatted there, quietly looking at the lions for a long, long time...
Until the oncoming wind blows away the last breath.
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Unlike his great-grandfather Ryan, Yu Yijun's migration of the lions was not an unprepared adventure.
Zhumi and his two friends had walked this road before and had a general understanding of the situation.
The inland lake is more than 500 kilometers away from the ∩-shaped river channel. There are deserts and semi-deserts along the way, making it difficult to find large prey.
At first, the three wandering kids relied on catching squirrels and rabbits. Chou Chou and Tie Zhu even bravely sucked a few desert snakes to barely maintain their life signs.
Today, with such a large group of lions moving at the same time, it is naturally impossible for them to fill their stomachs with just hares and squirrels.
It's easy for a big lion. It's just 500 kilometers, and it will take seven or eight days at most to travel day and night. You can get through it if you hold on.
But it was the first time for the lions to embark on this road, and they didn’t know where it would lead or how long the road ahead would be.
The unknown is often the scariest thing.
In this case, continued hunger will inevitably cause panic among the lions.
Kruger Lions have a hot-tempered temperament and are prone to unnecessary conflicts.
Even if Yu Yiyun has the ability to stop the conflict, there are still the little lions from the South Bank lion group and the prince and princess's Iron Pillar 2.0 in the lion group.
Adult lions can go hungry for seven or eight days, and young lions are in the growth stage, so they must replenish food in time during long journeys, otherwise they will easily die of thirst and hunger on the road.
Yu Yijun led the lion group out for the sake of better survival, and of course he couldn't just watch the new generation die on the way.
Yu Yiyun had already thought of a solution to the food problem.
During this migration, the lion group almost followed the elephant group, keeping a distance from them throughout the whole process.
In the first few days, the elephants would stop to eat and get water as they passed through the semi-desert grassland.
Yu Yijun signaled the lions to keep a safe distance and wait until the elephants had finished eating and drinking before ambushing them near the pond they had dug.
The small animals that take the opportunity to drink water are almost free to catch, and you can catch them all if you catch them.
Although it cannot fill the little lion's stomach, it can at least fill the gaps between his teeth and prevent him from dying of thirst or hunger.
Halfway through the journey, they entered the desert and sand dunes. The elephants could no longer find water and could only keep going day and night.
They quickened their pace, but their bulky bodies restricted the elephants' movements, preventing the herd from moving quickly.
Some members with poor physical fitness who did not replenish enough nutrients in the past few days became visibly weak.
The nights in the desert are exceptionally long.
As the dark night fell, the elephant, with poor night vision, was preparing to rest when it suddenly heard several lion roars.
"roar!"
"roar--!!!"
The elephants were frightened and became agitated in an instant. In the darkness, they had no idea where to go and were easily caught by the predators.
A male African elephant, who had just reached adulthood and was not so closely tied to his maternal family, was successfully separated by a group of lions.
"Mo..."
The trapped elephant realized that it was separated from the main group and made a helpless sound.
When the leader of the elephant herd heard this, he immediately organized his family members to prepare for the rescue.
However, there were too many lions surrounding him.
Although elephants weigh dozens of times more than lions, in the dark, just a few lions are enough to scare elephants.
As an ancient species on the African continent, elephants have been dealing with lions for millions of years and are well aware of the terrifying nature of these big cats.
The isolated and helpless African elephant raised its trunk high and swung it hard, and stomped its feet with its huge hooves in an attempt to stop the lion's attack.
However, the elephant's heavy weapons are completely useless in front of the nimble cats.
The lion, with its excellent night vision, can see the elephant's movements clearly and perfectly avoid its every attack.
When the elephant's strength was almost exhausted, the white lion took the lead, leaped up, and stretched out its sharp claws to hang on the elephant.
Unlike elephants and zebras, the weight of a lion is not enough to restrict its movements.
The elephant shook its head vigorously and ran faster, trying to throw the lion off its body.
Yu Yiyun hung on it and felt the terrifying power of the elephant that could still create a sense of oppression even when attacked from both sides, and she felt secretly scared.
Fortunately, the lions separated the elephants in advance, avoided the attack range of the elephant trunks, chose a favorable night for them, and there were no trees around.
Generally speaking, the woods are a pig's comfort zone.
But when hunting elephants, if there are trees or stones around, the elephants will drive away or even kill the enemy animals hanging on their bodies by ramming them frantically.
Because of this, most lion prides do not dare to target adult elephants in the herd.
Even if you encounter a lone elephant, your chances of winning are very low.
Healthy elephants are full of vitality and cannot be killed by lions' sharp teeth and claws in one blow.
It’s a pity that the elephant would never have thought that the main force hunting it... was a wolf in its previous life.
What wolves are best at is using their numbers to consume powerful prey.
The elephant ran for two full minutes without getting rid of the prey.
Instead, the white lion made a signal-like sound, and then the second lion hung on it, followed by the third, the fourth...
At first, the lionesses didn't understand the white lion's tactics.
However, when it comes to hunting, female lions are the real experts.
Although the lionesses from the two lion groups cooperated for the first time, they found different positions very tacitly and bit the dying elephant.
Finally, the huge African elephant collapsed to the ground, just like all its prey in the past.
Once you kneel down, you can never get up again.
The prince and the lions who were responsible for restraining the elephant herd immediately withdrew from the herd upon hearing the cheers of their companions.
Finally getting rid of the annoying big cat, the elephant chief immediately led the elephant herd to the besieged male elephant, scaring the lions so much that they quickly retreated dozens of meters.
It's too late.
Its throat was bitten and its life slipped away quickly.
The clan leader cried out in grief, but was powerless to do anything.
The white lion did not go too far away. It squatted next to its prey, its light blue eyes glowing faintly in the night.
The leading female elephant knew that the night was not over yet and this was still the world of lions.
The lions are about to get a rich meal, but the elephants are still hungry.
They have no chance of winning.
The law of survival of the fittest is so cruel and unshakable.
Even if the elephants stayed by their companions, it was of no use.
The female elephant had to admit that the opposing leader was the better one in this confrontation.
The timing, terrain, and tactics were all handled just right, leaving them no room to resist.
In the end, the helpless female elephant led the herd away, exchanging the sacrifice of her companions for the chance for her family members to survive.
Yu Yiyun watched the herd of elephants go away and breathed a sigh of relief.
Frankly speaking, if you choose a hunting target among elephants, apart from the cubs, the old female leader is the best choice.
But Yu Yiyun dispersed the elephant herd and chose to target the more difficult male elephants.
Lions need food to survive.
Elephant herds need leaders, otherwise their culture and heritage will be cut off.
Yu Yiyun wants to lead the lions to survive, but at the same time she is unwilling to cut off the future of other populations.
In the worst-case scenario, both populations could be wiped out in the desert.
After making sure that the elephants had completely gone away, the lions gathered around and squatted beside the white lion, waiting for him to eat first.
After the battle just now, everyone in the lion group fully recognized the white lion's status as the leader.
The piglet was surrounded by the greedy cats, who stared at him eagerly and made hissing sounds while swallowing their saliva.
This made him feel uneasy eating alone, so he meowed and called for everyone to start eating.
"Meow~" Don't just stand there!
"Meow, meow, meow!" The food will be cold soon!
Before the lionesses could react, their companions and the 'third room' kept outside understood what they meant, and quickly gathered around the hard-earned food, and began to eat it in big mouthfuls.
The lionesses who were eating with their new lord for the first time found that they would not be expelled, so they gathered around him and enjoyed the sumptuous meal happily.
Lions have big appetites.
A hungry adult lion can eat more than 40 kilograms of meat at each meal.
Even so, the elephant that was killed still fed the entire lion pride for three days.
By the end of the meal, the meat had begun to rot and the pig couldn't eat it anymore.
Chouchou and his friends bit off all the remaining meat, packed it up, and happily took it with them on the road to eat.
As a result, in the second half of the migration, only the noble lord of the entire lion group was hungry.
Pig: Meow meow meow?
Is this reasonable!
The photographer who was following the incident found it funny, so he compiled the causes and consequences of Yubang Kewei's hunger into a short story and shared it with everyone.
However, when the story was posted on the forum, the tone of the story became a little distorted, with hundreds of floors discussing "whether a group of lions can hunt elephants".
Most netizens believed that the elephant must have been sick or had heatstroke.
Otherwise, with the ability of a lion, it would be impossible to successfully kill an adult male elephant weighing four or five tons.
There are very few records of lions killing adult elephants, and only a few times, those were when the elephants were alone or sick.
Faced with doubts, Big Cat's supporters were unable to produce strong evidence and were all labeled as "brainless bragging."
The photographer didn't expect the building to be so crooked.
In order to clear the big cat's name, she released all the materials she had planned to put in the documentary, and also wrote a ten-thousand-word essay to describe the whole process.
After watching the video, all the netizens who insisted that "lions cannot hunt elephants" shut up.
The rest of the netizens were so excited that they burst into tears when they learned that Yubang Kewei really led the lion group on a migration journey.
Lion King Ryan's supporters were the most excited, chanting 'The honor of the Ryan family will continue'.
The photographer immediately corrected him:
'No. '
'Now it's the family of Uboncovi.'
The legend of Lion King Ryan has been deeply engraved in history.
Next, the era of Youbang Kewei has just begun.
The photographer looked at the white lion walking away in the light, and the lion group following behind him.
I sincerely hope that he can lead the powerful and beautiful species of lion to restore its former glory.
In the third month of the lions settling in their new habitat, Yu Yiyun taught them how to hunt ostriches, how to open ostrich eggs, and some tips on finding a new habitat...
On a warm afternoon, Yu Yiyun lay beside Chouchou and fell into a familiar sleep.
Coming into the vast white world again, Yu Yiyun was neither as confused as the first time nor as lost as the second time.
He has completed what he should do, and the rest of the time will be handed over to the Lion King Youbang Kewei.
[Congratulations, you now have your own territory. Mission accomplished.]
The Voice of the World sounded again, and Yu Yiyun almost memorized the familiar lines.
[As a reward for completing the mission well, you will receive preferential treatment before the next mission begins.]
After the World Voice finished speaking its set lines, it found that Yu Yiyun was silent and did not respond at all.
After a few seconds of silence, the Voice of the World asked hesitantly:
[You don't have anything to say?]
“……”Yu Yijun remained silent, then smiled.
--joke!
He did say it last time, and he was indeed satisfied.
Then what?
Five-minute trial card for both parents? ? !
Yu Yiyun: I’m already honest, please let me go QAQ.
The Voice of the World realized that the clever Professor Yu had seen through his tricks, so he stopped keeping the secret and announced directly:
[The reward you will get is: communication skills with your peers.]
"Wait, wait?" Yu Yijun was confused.
He originally thought that the so-called "privilege" should be like the golden finger in the cool novel, where a dragon-slaying sword is given at the beginning.
As a result, I worked so hard, but the only reward I got was "communication with people like me".
What’s the use!
Yu Yiyun, who had already mastered all kinds of meows and woofs, seemed to have lost all her strength and means of resistance.
World Voice ignored his protest and continued to issue the task:
[The fourth task is to learn basic survival skills.]
"ah?"
Yu Yiyun only had time to utter one syllable before the white color in front of his eyes gradually disappeared.
Before regaining consciousness, Yu Yiyun thought confusedly: learn survival skills, and the 'basic' ones.
Compared to the previous tasks, it is too simple.
For wild animals, mastering survival skills is definitely the minimum requirement. Is it necessary to assign them tasks?
"Crash——"
"Swish..."
Before Yu Yijun could sort out his doubts, he first heard the sound of water.
Not only did Yu Yiyun hear the sound of water, but when he opened his eyes, he found himself in a narrow space, unable to move at all, and surrounded by water on all sides.
Water, water dungeon?
"Bing!"
Help!
The baby is going to drown!
Yu Yiyun had just uttered one syllable when he felt something like a metal wall next to him being hit hard twice, making him feel inexplicably irritated.
Yu Yiyun realized that his hearing had become extremely sharp.
The impact had clearly disappeared, but the echo it left behind still lingered in my mind.
Then, Yu Yiyun heard the sound of humans talking.
"Damn it! He can still scream, but he pretended to be half-dead for the past two months." The man who spoke spat and said viciously, "If he hadn't threatened to commit suicide, Ocean Circus wouldn't have suffered so much cyber violence, and wouldn't have suffered such a huge loss!"
"That's right! We built such a big swimming pool just to feed him. But what's the result? This useless piece of shit can't learn how to perform, and few people are willing to buy tickets!" As he spoke, the man knocked hard on the metal wall, causing Yu Yiyun, who had a keen hearing, to have her eardrums buzzing.
The two of them cursed and complained for a full five minutes.
Finally, the person next to him couldn't stand it anymore and weakly retorted, "But, but...Hill doesn't need you to raise him. It was you who insisted on artificially breeding the baby killer whale, locking him in a separate swimming pool, and punishing the killer whale with hunger and iron rods. As a result, Hill's dorsal fin was deformed, he went on a hunger strike, and banged his head against the iron fence in front of the audience. That's why he was subjected to online violence and boycotts, right?"
"Shut up, I'm so annoyed!" The man cursed a few times and said impatiently, "So, I'm going to let him go, right?"
Another person smiled and replied, "Yes, releasing killer whales is a good deed. Now those people have nothing to say, right?"
"How can you say you're releasing it into the wild?!" The person who spoke had a trembling voice, and was obviously angry. "Little Hill is an artificially bred killer whale. He was just two years old when you forcibly took him away from his mother! For the next six and a half years, you didn't let little Hill come into contact with any of his own kind, and you kept him tamed the whole time in the human way. Under these circumstances, if you release him back into the ocean, Hill will die!"
"Anyway, we've released him. Whether he survives or not is his own business."
"Yes, those animal protectionists keep saying that killer whales belong to the ocean. If you have any objections, go and argue with them."
“…”
The noise outside the metal wall continued, but Yu Yijun could no longer bear it.
Through the existing information, he already knows his species——
The top predator of the ocean, the killer whale.
The killer whale is the only living species under the genus Orca in the family Delphinidae, and there is currently no independent subspecies.
Killer whales living in different environments are divided into more than ten ecotypes due to their different diets and habits.
They can be broadly divided into 'mammary eaters' and 'piscivores', with each ecotype having specific eating habits.
To put it simply: killer whales are very picky eaters and only eat their own recipes.
Killer whales have extremely high intelligence, complex language that allows for accurate communication, and a close social relationship, making them the most formidable hunters in the ocean.
From blue whales weighing hundreds of tons to fish and shrimps, all are included in the killer whale's diet, which is enough to prove the killer whale's powerful hunting ability.
Killer whales living in the ocean rarely encounter natural enemies until -
In 1965, humans fished the first killer whale out of the ocean.
Gradually, humans discovered that this highly intelligent marine animal could be domesticated to perform a series of complex and spectacular performances.
Since then, more and more killer whales have been caught and sent to ocean circuses around the world, becoming cash cows for humans.
In many countries or regions, the rampant wildlife trade is second only to drug trafficking.
The price of each killer whale can even reach tens of millions.
The high profits attract more people to engage in killer whale fishing and related industries such as domestication.
However, the highly intelligent killer whales are different from most wild animals.
The "food and clothing" provided by humans cannot meet the survival needs of killer whales.
Killer whales are highly social animals with thoughts and emotions, and their brains have even more gray matter and folds than Homo sapiens.
Keeping killer whales alone in an aquarium is like imprisoning humans in an elevator.
Each killer whale swims hundreds of kilometers and dives hundreds of meters a day, but in the small swimming pool, they can only float on the water or keep circling.
Captive whales make sounds but get no response. Over time, the sonar system gradually stops working...
Many captive killer whales show signs of despair, pain, and resentment, chewing on iron bars to wear out their teeth, and even going on hunger strikes and self-mutilating.
In addition, captive whales are susceptible to lung disease, gastric ulcers, sepsis, etc.
The phenomenon of captive and domesticated killer whales continued until this century, when a killer whale named Tilikum appeared.
He was kept in captivity by humans for more than 30 years and caused the deaths of three people. He finally attracted widespread attention from the human world and was made into a documentary called "Black Whale".
Tilikum sacrificed his miserable life to improve the living environment of killer whales.
More and more oceanariums that hold killer whale shows are facing boycotts, and more and more government agencies are banning the capture of killer whales.
The Ocean Circus, where Little Hill was imprisoned, was apparently one of the ones being boycotted.
The boss, who originally planned to make money from killer whales but ended up suffering huge losses, drove the whaling ship to the middle of the ocean without caring whether it was a killer whale habitat or not.
"That's it. Throw him down."
"good."
With a creaking sound, the rusty water tank slowly opened.
Yu Yiyun, who was trapped inside and unable to move, felt despair.
Yu Yiyun had experienced countless devastating starts, but none of them was as hellish as this one.
Fat Tiger, I might really die...
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