The lion goes wandering

Chapter 3 The Beginning of Hunger

Under a few seabuckthorn bushes at the edge of the Sischa swamp, lay five half-sized male lions driven out by the two-color hyena lion group.They fled along the oval-shaped Rollian prairie all night, and at dawn, they fled to the Sischa swamp. When they couldn't run anymore, they found a place at random and fell asleep.

Lions are the most lazy animals in the world. Apart from hunting, they just sleep. Sometimes they can sleep for [-] hours a day.In this regard, African lions are comparable to slow lorises living in the jungles of Asia, and are listed as world-class sleeping champions.The sun is almost going down, and they are still snoring as guests in dreamland.

A cool wind blows from the direction of the swamp, blowing off a few seabuckthorn leaves, fluttering and dancing to the top of the black mane.Probably a little itchy, it trembled its ears, shook off the fallen leaves on its head, slowly opened its sleepy eyes, just in time to see the rapidly sinking sun like a big kumquat.Black Mane yawned for a long time, suddenly woke up, jumped up suddenly, vomit—vomit—yelled anxiously at the four brothers sleeping beside him.

——Wake up, if you don't want to be a starving ghost, wake up!
The vast African savannah has an extremely hot climate. Under the scorching sun during the day, the grassland is like a burning stove. No matter what kind of beast it is, it cannot bear the suffocating high temperature and hides in a place with a lower temperature. Does not come out of depressions, holes or shade.

Until the sun goes down, the flaming sunlight turns a gentle rose red, and the evening wind blows the grass blades, the beasts will come out to move, feed, drink, and find mates.It can be said that in the African savannah near the equator, it is a lifeless day and a vibrant dusk.For lions, the plan for a day lies in dusk—twilight is fleeting, short but precious, and it is the golden time for lions to hunt. They must be grasped tightly, and if they are lazy, the grassland will draw the curtain of night, which is not easy Captured the prey.

The big lion, the scar face, the peach blossom eyes and the red streamer opened their eyes and stretched themselves.Just now they were lethargic and didn't feel hungry. Once they were woken up, they immediately felt hungry; they hadn't eaten for two whole days and nights, and their stomachs were already full of empty plans.

Unlike cattle, sheep, and camels, lions have several stomach sacs, which store a lot of food in their bodies. When they are hungry, they regurgitate the food, chew it carefully, and enjoy it slowly; lions are not as resistant as reptiles such as snakes. To live in hunger, as long as you have a full meal, you will not starve to death without eating for ten and a half months.Lions have to eat every day. Although they are not as delicate as humans, they eat three meals a day, but under normal circumstances, they eat at least one meal a day.If an adult lion cannot eat for four consecutive days, it will become a starving animal. When a half-grown male lion is growing its body, its appetite will be astonishingly large, and it will not be able to resist hunger. If it cannot eat for three consecutive days When it comes to food, it is probably about to die.

In the past at this time, the lionesses have almost dragged their prey back to the mangrove forest. They can enjoy delicious food when they open their eyes, but now, they have to endure hunger to find food by themselves. Have a good time.

The five half-grown male lions all stood up and hurried towards the swamp.

Black Mane took the lead, trotting all the way, and the setting sun stretched its shadow very long.

Black Mane is the eldest among the five and a half male lions, and the burden of organizing the hunting naturally falls on its shoulders. It feels heavy in its heart, and it is not at all sure whether it will be able to hunt food.

When they were still in the two-color hyena pride, although their five brothers also learned to hunt, they all followed behind the adult lions and lionesses, serving as cheerleaders, supporting the field, cheering, or at most serving as the reserve team or the first team. The second echelon is just an incompetent assistant, and has never caught prey alone.

To make matters worse, affected by the male parasitic dominance of lion society, they often sleep late or find excuses to avoid learning to hunt, and they don't even have much indirect experience in hunting.

Black Hyena only knows that there must be many large herbivores gathered by the clear pond in the swamp at this moment. They have been steamed by the hot weather like a steamer for a whole day, their mouths are dry, and their throats are about to smoke. They will inevitably step on the sunset and run to the swamp to drink water.When they drink water with anxious heads and sullen heads, they are the least vigilant, and of course they are the easiest to catch; once they are full, they will resume their usual vigilance and caution, and quickly leave the swamp and run into the vast grassland. Time, it will be difficult to catch them again.

Time is life, and every second must be raced against.

The horizon is like a sharp knife, cutting the sun in half.Five half-grown lions entered the Sischa swamp.This is the largest swamp in central Africa, stretching as far as the eye can see, surrounded by low bushes and rolling hills, dozens of ponds of various sizes dotted around, between the ponds is unfathomable silt, above With dense reeds growing, a group of flamingos circled and flew over the swamp.

Black Mane stopped at the edge of a barren hill in the swamp, the air was moist with moisture, and the zebra neighed rudely in the wind.Through the gaps of the wormwood, the black mane really saw a large group of zebras crowding around an oval-shaped pond. They were scrambling to drink water, and the order was as chaotic as a pot of porridge.Every zebra's body is covered with dark blue lines horizontally and vertically, and there is a large zebra crossing by the pond that dazzles "people".

Zebra is a kind of animal with a strong body and delicious meat. It is one of the favorite foods of lions. As long as one zebra can be caught, it is enough for five of their brothers to have a full meal.What's more important is that zebras don't have horns on their heads, and they don't have fangs or claws to resist, so there is no risk in catching them.

Oh, I didn't expect that after becoming a homeless man, the first hunting went smoothly, and the black mane was very happy.

Black Mane led the four brothers to sneak forward in the grass for a while, and when they were about 100 meters away from the zebra group, they reached an open area without any shelter.

Carnivores in the world are mainly divided into two categories: canines and cats. The hunting styles of these two types of animals are quite different: canines are accustomed to obtaining prey by long-distance raids, that is, after finding the target, they chase after it fiercely. Chasing, chasing, chasing for ten or twenty li at a stretch, chasing until the prey is foaming at the mouth, exhausted, and finally thrown down; cats are accustomed to hunting food by ambush, that is, approaching the prey quietly, Get as close as possible, and then attack suddenly, plunging down on the prey with lightning speed and killing it.

Lions belong to the genus Felidae in taxonomy, and are the purest kind of cats. Of course, they also use the purest cat hunting style to hunt.

Like other cats, lions have sharp knife-like claws. When walking, the claws will automatically retract into the sheath. There is a thick layer of fleshy pads under the claws. Every step is like stepping on a soft carpet. The huge body walks silently, and the taupe color of the body is very close to the color of the grassland and desert, so it is easy to paralyze the prey.

The five half-big male lions were only a hundred meters away from the zebra group, and the zebras were still in the dark, still bowing their heads to drink water.Two male zebras got into a quarrel for some unknown reason. They bit each other with their mouths like they were kissing, and from time to time pointed their buttocks at each other, neighed, kicked each other, and beat each other very happily.

Now is the best time to launch an attack, Black Mane thought, the front is an open field, and it is impossible to continue sneaking, only a strong attack.

Lions are the best sprinters in the African jungle, second only to cheetahs and giraffes in the [-]-meter sprint.The black mane was thinking, and the five brothers could reach the zebras in about six seconds at a distance of more than [-] meters; five half-big male lions suddenly rolled out of the grass like five clouds of smoke , It will definitely surprise the zebras. When these stupid guys come back to their senses, they understand that a catastrophe is imminent, and it is too late to escape.

Five of their brothers must have rushed into the herd of zebras, surrounded one of them, it was responsible for biting the neck, each of the four brothers contracted a horse's leg, let you be a stallion, a mare, an old horse, a big horse, a small horse, a good horse, a bad horse, a strong horse Horse, thin horse, Tianma, monkey, horse, horse, horse, horse, horse, horse, horse, gelding, horse, god horse, a genius horse that only emerges once in 500 years, let you eat Wahaha Hercules, youth, treasure, beauty, spring, sun god, Chinese soft-shelled turtle, American ginseng, tea, snow mountain A stick of Artemisia Jiangnan, a stick of Willow Shiquan Dabu Pollen Oral Liquid, Tianqi Oral Liquid, Wife Oral Liquid, or Master Oral Liquid that will come out in the future, all have to wait obediently to die.

The black mane was about to shake its tail to issue an attack command. Suddenly, it felt a hard light flashing across its face in the depths of the grass. When it turned its head to look, it couldn't help shivering, and stood upside down with its lion hair all over its body. , almost scared to urinate - there is a big male lion lying in the grass, the mane on the neck and shoulder blades is as lush as spring grass, and the big copper bell eyes are full of murderous intent.

It looked around carefully, and there was a big male lion crawling towards it step by step along a path. Obviously, it would never come up to make friends with it.I really don't know if I don't look at it, but the soul is frightened when I look at it, there are many lionesses buried among the withered grass leaves, and they are all staring at it!
The black mane didn't even have time to think about it, and immediately drooped its high tail, changing from preparing to attack to retreating quickly.The five half-big male lions turned their heads and escaped from the edge of the oval pond in one swift motion.

The two big male lions and the group of lionesses were probably afraid of disturbing the zebra herd, and they didn't want to let the food that was almost in their mouths slip away, so they didn't come to catch up.

Oh, the five brothers ran to the hunting territory of other lions by mistake, and the black hyenas were thinking while fleeing, the lions are taking food from their mouths, how can the two big male lions and those lionesses be willing to let it go?It was discovered in time, otherwise, a fight would be inevitable.Their five half-big male lions will never be opponents of big male lions and lionesses. As long as they fight, they will definitely be bitten and overturned!
What if they leaped out of the grass to attack the herd of zebras and managed to capture a zebra before the two big male lions and the pack of lionesses pounced on them?The two hungry big male lions and the group of lionesses would never let them enjoy the spoils. They would definitely play the role of trail-cutter robbers, surround them and snatch away the zebra they had worked so hard to hunt.If they want to resist, they will be brutally killed, and they can only stare aside and make a few useless complaints at most.How dangerous!

Only half a mile away, the panicked neighing of the zebra and the joyful roar of the lion came from behind. There is no doubt that the group of big male lions and lionesses had successfully hunted and knocked down a zebra.It's a pity that it's someone else's joy.

The sun had gone down, leaving only a water-red band of light on the horizon.Alas, what a waste of time.There was not much time left for hunting, and the black mane was so anxious that he hurried forward along the swamp, hoping to find another hunting ground before it was completely dark.

After turning a few turns and crossing a large reed, I heard the snorting of African longhorn antelope.The longhorn is also a famous dish in the traditional recipe of the lion. The meat is delicate and melts in the mouth. It is extremely delicious.

Five half-big male lions tiptoed over to the sound, and in the dim twilight, they saw a group of longhorn antelope drinking enough water, licking me, licking you, and preparing to leave the pond affectionately.Although the long-horned antelope has two sharp sword-like horns about one meter long on the top of its head, it is small and weak and cowardly by nature. When it sees a lion, it only knows how to run for its life. It never uses the long horns as a weapon to fight a lion. An easier prey.

The big lion, the scar face, the peach eyes and the red streamer are gearing up and eager to charge.After all, Black Mane is older, and his personality is more mature and prudent. Thinking of being plotted against by two big male lions and a few female lions just now, he still has lingering fears - the lessons of history are worth remembering, there is no big mistake in being careful, caution is a treasure, or Take a closer look.It restrained the impulse of the four brothers and poked its head out of the grass. It looked like it had been poured with a basin of ice water, and it was cold from head to toe. It almost fainted in a hurry—there were more than 20 lions , lined up in a row, lying under a ditch tens of meters in front of them, obviously, they were preparing to ambush the long-horned antelope that was slowly approaching.

Hearing the commotion, this large group of lions turned their heads to watch. Dozens of green eyes swept over, and the black mane was so frightened that he didn't dare to delay for a second. He immediately led the four brothers to oil the soles of their feet, and quickly left this place. right and wrong.

Afterwards, they turned around a few ponds, and wherever they went, there was no sign of herbivores, or they were occupied by other prides of lions, arbitrarily preventing them from hunting.

It was dark, and the trees, mounds and grasses were all hidden in a thick night, and the Sischa Swamp, which was alive at dusk, gradually became deserted.The bustling herds of zebras, wildebeests and gazelles disappeared from the land as if by magic, and the sound of carnivores returning home with a full load can be vaguely heard, and the piercing howling of hungry hyenas can be heard in the distance.At the end of the sky, Mount Kilimanjaro turned into a grotesque silhouette, and the perennial snow on the top of the mountain was glowing pale.In the lonely sky, there are a few stars twinkling, as if laughing at all the unlucky people in the world who don't have enough to eat.

Five half-big male lions walked aimlessly on the grassland with their heads downcast. All of them were dizzy and weak from hunger. They didn't know where to find food, and they didn't know how to keep themselves from starving to death.

God, the first day of being a homeless life is so difficult, what to do after that?

(End of this chapter)