Leopard's Feud

Chapter 1 The Difficult Baboon
Camille the leopard managed to kill an adult female baboon after spending the night lurking in a baobab tree.

In the wee hours of the morning, dawn is still not over the jungles and swamps of Botswana.

This is the first hunt for female leopard Camille after giving birth. She just gave birth the day before yesterday and is still very weak.Panting slightly, Camille struggled to drag the dead baboon down the baobab tree.The baobab tree is so huge that even thirty men holding hands cannot enclose the trunk.The shady canopy of the baobab tree was once home to a family of leopards.Now, it is occupied by a family of baboons.Camille took advantage of the dawn of the baboon family to go out together and hunted down the female baboon who stayed on the baobab tree.

Camille had just dragged her prey up an ebony tree near her cub's den when something unexpected happened.

A baby baboon crawls out of the fur of a dead female baboon.

The baby baboon was very young and had just been born last night.It has not yet grown a few hairs, like a small red meat ball, not as big as Camille's palm.Just one powerful slap from Camille was enough to end the baby baboon's life.

Camille deservedly killed the baby baboon.

Baboons are not only the prey in Camille's mouth, but also the enemy of Camille's leopard family-baboons have killed Camille's children twice.Camille, now a third time mother, has yet to have a child who has survived to adulthood.It can be said that Camille hated baboons to the core of his bones. He wished he could bite and chew all the baboons in the world, and wished that all the baboons in the world would be extinct.

In the dim light, Camille's eyes reflected a faint cold light.

Camille raised her forefoot neatly.

At this moment, the little baboon suddenly arched into Camille's arms.Camille shook her body violently, trying to throw it off the tree so hard that its head would bleed and its brains burst.However, the little baboon firmly grasped the fur of its abdomen, and refused to let go at all.

"Boom!" The violent lion's roar sounded.

The lions, smelling their prey, were gathering under the ebony trees.

In the African savannah, lions are at the top of the food chain.The body of a leopard is less than half the size of an adult lion. Besides, lions live in groups and always move in groups.Compared with lions, leopards have neither a size advantage nor a numerical advantage.No matter how brave the leopard is, it is impossible to compete with the lions.

Facing lions, the only housekeeping skill a leopard can rely on is tree climbing.The leopard's hip joints are strong and powerful, which can firmly grasp the trunk and shuttle between the branches.The lion can only climb up the crooked tree trunk due to its heavy body.Otherwise, leopards on the African continent would have been wiped out by lions long ago.Therefore, leopards always live in trees.For leopards, a big tree that blocks out the sun is the safest home.

Camille ignored the entanglement of the little baboon, and hurriedly dragged its prey to a higher tree branch to prevent the lions from attacking.

Under the tree, four hunting female lions bared their long tusks and roared sharply.They grew impatient with waiting, so they jumped up in the air and rushed towards the ebony tree.Although the ability of lions to climb trees is far inferior to that of leopards, they can still jump on tree trunks more than three meters high.Camille had to quickly drag the prey, allowing the little baboon to grab the fur on its abdomen and climb towards a higher canopy.

Camille doesn't want to lose its prey.In order to ensure the safety of her newborn daughter Carla and prevent it from being attacked by baboons, Camille has been guarding her daughter since she was born and never left her.By now, Camille had eaten all the food she had stored up before giving birth.

Camille desperately dragged the carcass of the female baboon higher up in the canopy.The baby baboon in Camille's arms squeaked and protested that he was being hurt.The screams of the little baboons stimulated the lion's appetite even more. "Huh—" A lioness leaped onto the trunk of the ebony tree, hooked the trunk firmly with her fingers and claws, opened her mouth wide enough to bite Camille's tail tip.

In the past, Camille could move freely and flexibly in the trees with heavy prey in its mouth.But Camille had just given birth and was still very weak, so it was difficult for her to move around the tree with a female baboon carcass close to her own weight in her mouth.In addition, the baby baboon grabbed its abdomen tightly, making it more inconvenient to move.As soon as the baby baboons are born, they will grab the hair on the abdomen of the female baboon and let the female lead her to move on the grassland. This is the instinct in the genes of the baby baboons.However, leopards are not baboons and have never had the habit of letting their cubs climb trees by grabbing their bellies.The abdomen of a leopard is the weakest and weakest part of the whole body.

The bloody little baboon!Camille shook her body vigorously, trying to throw the baby baboon off the tree.Under Camille's powerful shaking, the little baboon's fingers and claws involuntarily and slowly loosened.

From the corner of Camille's eye, he glanced under the tree, and found a furry shadow swaying faintly in the ebony pile under the tree.Camille stared intently with her keen eyes - her daughter Carla poked her little head out of her nest among the ebony piles!

Newborn leopard cubs cannot grasp the tree trunk with their paws.When Camille was hunting, it hid the little leopard Kara in the ebony pile under the tree.But the young Kara didn't know how to hide herself, so she poked her head out of the ebony pile.Fortunately, the ebony pile exudes a strong smell, and the color of the ebony pile is very similar to the color of the little leopard's fur. The four lionesses have not yet noticed the existence of the little leopard Kara.

Camille stopped shaking her body, and gently brushed the little baboon's fur with one of her front paws, allowing it to firmly grasp the fur on her abdomen.If Camille pushed the baby baboon down the ebony tree at this time, it would probably arouse the alert of the four lionesses and expose the location of the baby leopard Kara under the tree.In any case, Camille cannot risk her daughter's life.

Camille couldn't climb to a higher canopy, so he stopped on the branch of the tree and licked the fur of the baby baboon with his rough tongue, hoping to calm it down so as not to arouse the desire of the four lionesses to attack.To Camille's surprise, the little baboon actually grabbed its nipple and sucked its milk sweetly.For a while, the pain of Camille's breasts after giving birth was relieved, and a different kind of warmth rushed into Camille's heart. It couldn't help lowering its head and gently licking the soft down of the little baboon, just like treating its own like children.

For mammals, breastfeeding is a way of establishing an emotional bond between mother and child.This is true whether it is a baboon or a leopard.After all, leopards and baboons are not two species that have nothing in common.They also have their own happiness, also have their own affection.

The baby baboon was sucking milk, looking up at Camille the leopard with a pair of bright eyes.These small eyes, as clear as clear springs, reminded Camille of her daughter Carla who was hiding under the ebony pile.The roar of the lion, frightened poor little Carla!
The sun rose slowly from the east, shining bright and fiery light on the land of southern Africa, and a new day began again.

The four lionesses tried several times to climb up the tree to snatch Camille's prey, but they were always a bit short of the branch where Camille was.Finally, the hungry belly made the lionesses completely lose their patience.After the four lionesses roared angrily at Camille for a while, they left the place far away to look for other prey.

As soon as the lioness disappeared from Camille's sight, Camille jumped down from the ebony tree, gently picked up her daughter Carla, and stuffed her plump breasts into Carla's mouth.Camille tore the carcass of the female baboon and turned it into streams of sweet milk.

At this moment, Camille noticed that the baby baboon was still hanging on its abdomen and sucking its milk.It's just that Camille doesn't hate baby baboons as much as she did in the beginning.The baby baboon clung to its fur as tightly as it would its mother.Apparently, the baby baboon considered Camille his mother.

Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed across Camille's mind.

Camille gently licked the hair of the little baboon in the way a leopard caresses its children.Then, it devoured the body of the female baboon, turning the female baboon's flesh into milk, feeding its own children, and feeding the female baboon's children.

The feud between the baboon family and the leopard family has lasted for several generations, and a new chapter will begin.

(End of this chapter)