The lion goes wandering

Chapter 10
To be precise, there are not absolutely no safe areas around the Luolian Prairie. There are two places that do not belong to any lion group.

One is the hinterland of the Sischa Swamp, covering an area of ​​several hundred square kilometers. There are no lions living in it. It is quiet enough, but there are large puddles surrounded by small puddles, which are watery and full of deep water. Unfathomable quagmire, once you stumble into it, you will never want to climb out again in this life.What's more frightening is that there are ferocious crocodiles soaking one after another in the mud, about five or six meters long, with two rows of sharp teeth like hacksaws exposed from their long snouts, and huge tails like steel whips stirring up the mud waves Roll over.

When the crocodile is on the ground, the lion still has a way to deal with it, because the huge crocodile is a bit clumsy on the ground. With the agility and strength of the lion, it does not confront the crocodile head-on, but cleverly circles around the crocodile at the right time. From behind, a bite on the back of the crocodile's neck can kill the crocodile.

In the past, their four and a half male lions have eaten crocodiles when they were in the bicolor pride, of course, only occasionally.But when the crocodile is in the water, its huge body becomes very flexible, and its strength has also increased several times. The balance of power is reversed, and the roles of predator and prey are reversed. Inevitably, it becomes a delicious meal for crocodiles.Therefore, although the hinterland of the swamp has a beautiful environment and has both water and food, no lion dares to live there.

In addition, there is another place where there will never be any lions, and the territory is vast, let alone four and a half male lions, even if four hundred lions walk in, it will not appear crowded. It's the Batia Desert.

The terrain of the Lolian Prairie is like this: the center is the unfathomable Sischa Swamp, surrounded by vast savannahs, and extending outwards is the Batia Desert.

The savannah is about forty to fifty kilometers wide. The closer to the swamp, the more fertile the land and the lusher the grass; the farther away from the swamp, the barren the land and the thinner the vegetation.

Although the Bhatia Desert has a vast area, it is a veritable restricted area for life. Looking around, it is a piece of golden yellow sand, with no grass, no trees, and no water, so no wild animals dare to patronize it.Whether it is the Patilu lion group in the north or the Duerikaka lion group in the southwest corner, when dividing the land boundary, they always draw a straight line from the edge of the desert to the edge of the swamp, and refuse to advance to the desert.When the four brothers were cornered by other lion groups several times, they also fled into the Batia Desert, but that was just a short stay to avoid the limelight.

The hinterland of the Sischa Swamp and the Bhatia Desert are forbidden areas for life and are not suitable for living. In addition, all the land that can survive has been divided up by other lions. What should I do?what to do?
The big lion is a lion who is good at using his brain.

One morning, he and his three brothers fled to the edge of the desert to avoid being chased by a group of ultra-short hyena lions.It looked up at the sky and felt that the distribution of clouds was very strange: over the swamp, there were white clouds, and the clouds were transpiring; while over the savannah, the clouds gradually thinned out, and the miasma was diluted like a spoonful of milk mixed with a large glass of water. When the sky above the desert is blue and white, not even a trace of cloud can be seen, and the fog is filtered clean by the dry and hot desert.It knows that this phenomenon is closely related to the vegetation and water surface on the ground: where there is water, the sky is covered with clouds and fog; where there are grass and trees, the sky is bright with white clouds.This principle is the same as the more fertile the land, the more lush the vegetation.

Of course, this discovery is not unusual, let alone great, as long as you are not a too stupid lion, if you think about it seriously, you can probably think of this level.But what makes the lion head different is that it can associate one thing with another.

It faces the desert, looking far into the distance, there is a sea of ​​sand. Although the lion's eyesight is good, it can see nothing but yellow sand.However, on the distant horizon, there is not a clear blue sky and yellow sand and a blue and gold line. On the contrary, the horizon is chaotic, full of rolling clouds, and purple air is dense and blurred.Although it is far away and not very clear, there is no doubt that there are clouds on the horizon.In the sky with clouds, there are grass, trees and water underneath!Suddenly the big lion trembled with excitement, and was more happy than to find a wildebeest running into the ambush circle of their four brothers.

This means that the desert in front of us is not an endless sea, just like a pond, a grassland, a river, or a forest. No matter how wide it is, it has a bottom, and no matter how big it is, it has a side. As long as you have the courage to cross it, you will be another What a view!The desert is a forbidden area for life, but beyond the desert, there may be an oasis of life!

For the sake of caution, the big lion also carefully observed the flight path of a bird called a pelican for several days.

There is a group of pelicans. I don’t know whether it is because the trees in the Sischa swamp are sparse and it is not suitable for nesting, or because they are afraid that their nests will be ransacked by wild animals such as crocodiles, lions, and elephants. Anyway, their nests are not around the swamp, but they fly to the swamp every day. Come for food.

The pelican has gorgeous feathers. Its long and large mouth is bent into a hook shape at the tip. The lower beak shell has a large skin bag as long as the mouth, which can be stretched freely, like a self-provided fishing net, which can be used to catch fish at any time.This group of pelicans catches fish or pecks other small water birds in the large pond in the swamp every day. At dusk, this group of pelicans flies away from the Rollian Prairie.

The big lion can see clearly, and the pelican always flies straight to the Batia desert without looking back, without turning or staying, and crossing the desert in a straight line.The big lion knows that the pelican is a kind of swimming bird, and its flying speed and flying ability are not too strong. The pelican is very picky about the living environment, it must have trees and water, and it is impossible to build a nest in the desert.From this, we can boldly imagine that the Batia Desert is actually not wide, and pelicans can easily fly over it, and presumably lions should also be able to cross it; this group of pelicans built their nests on the other side of the desert, which can fully prove that it is suitable for Where life lives.

Travel across the desert in search of a new living space!
The big lion did not hesitate to make such an unprecedented determination in the history of lions, which has never been seen before or since.

Yes, this will be an unprecedented and difficult expedition. It does not know how wide this vast desert is, nor does it know what difficulties and obstacles it will encounter on the way.Perhaps, before they reach the end of the desert, they will be killed by drought, hunger and fatigue; perhaps, the clouds on the horizon are just mirages, an illusory dream deceived by God.However, they have nowhere to go, instead of staying in the Luo Lian prairie and waiting to die, they might as well make a breakthrough, maybe they can find a way out.

They have no choice.

In the evening of that day, four half-big male lions accidentally picked up a nilgai that died of old age at the junction of the grassland and the desert, and they had a full meal for the first time.

The big lion thinks that it is a good omen to pick up the blue wildebeest, and today is an auspicious day, so it is advisable to go out for a long journey.As a result, the four half-big male lions embarked on a new journey without hesitation.

A round of fiery sunset sees them off.

(End of this chapter)