Survival In the World of Beasts

This is a wilderness, quiet under the starry sky, the sky is low, the stars are thin and the moon is bright, and the low and low calls of unknown insects can be heard intertwined around from time to time. It is very loud, giving people an illusion of tranquility without knowing what the night is. .

The howling of animals can be heard from very far away, like whimpering and responding, but very far away, vague and unclear, without the horrible feeling that makes people tremble, but like a certain background The sound is generally embellished with a symphony of insects, adding some wild interest.

Such a vast wilderness, the soil is so fertile and rich, and there are rivers passing through it, inhabiting countless herbivorous groups, large and small, of course, it is impossible to really be so peaceful.

There is only one reason for this calmness. This fertile land already has an owner, and the owner can't afford it.

Li Shizhao lay quietly on the tree. He and White Tiger sneaked in during the day when Tyrannosaurus was patrolling the territory. This behavior is really dangerous. If you encounter it in person, you can never be like a wrist with the swiftness of Tyrannosaurus. The dragon was so dull that he turned a blind eye, but it was really irritating. If it hadn’t been for Baihu’s sense of smell—even if the two of them had blue water chestnuts on their bodies, it wouldn’t affect its judgment. If Li Zhizong is alone, I really don’t know when to touch When he arrived at the Tyrannosaurus Lair, as long as he thought of the owner here, Li Shizhen couldn't help but breathe a little bit more excited.

The geographical location here is very special. From human observation, there is no shelter, it is impossible to be a place of settlement. But in the eyes of Tyrannosaurus, there are only a few tall trees around here, which will not affect its vision judgment and activities. It is close to the largest water source within a radius of thousands of kilometers. Every evening, there is an endless stream of food delivered to its mouth. Don't be too beautiful.

After several days of observation, Li Shizhao discovered some very interesting phenomena, and gradually affirmed the inferences he and Baihu had made.

First of all, Tyrannosaurus does not like to prey on larger individuals as he has always guessed. In a group of prey chased by it, it prefers smaller individuals, or the race is slower. Of juvenile individuals.

Secondly, this female tyrannosaurus has been preying very frequently recently. This frequency has reached the point where Li Shizheng is secretly surprised. If it is roughly calculated and compared, its food intake has surpassed the one who "harassed" it from time to time. Male Tyrannosaurus.

The last one is very important. The female tyrannosaurus domestic violence incident that happened that day does not seem to be accidental. It also rejected another male tyrannosaurus, and there were several small conflicts.

Less than five hundred meters below the tree where Li Shizhao and Bai lurked, there was a small round pit with a diameter of about three meters. There was some withered yellow hay in the pit. The surrounding land was relatively soft because it was trampled on. The reason for the more frequent is that the grass is not high, and only a few very sparse grasses are scattered in scattered spots, indicating that it is not a barren land. There are many messy large footprints on the ground, each of them is deep and long, and the length is close to one meter. Yes, you guessed it right, this pit is the tyrannosaurus lair ==

It's really a pit, if you don't say who thinks such a pit is the mansion of the mainland's number one (land) lord (ho).

As the number one overlord of the mainland, Li Zhizhen was almost moved by their simple style. With the status of Tyrannosaurus, no matter where he lives, probably no creatures dare to stop him [I can't stop it, alright...]. Li Shizhao saw with his own eyes that female tyrannosaurus sometimes squatted in this pit to rest after drinking and washing after hunting.

Good soil turtle and unrestrained style...

However, looking at the whole continent, the "home" can stock such a variety and quantity of "food", and the area of ​​the "home" is so bold and bold. Apart from Tyrannosaurus, probably no second one can be found.

But think about it carefully, with the strength of adult tyrannosaurus, it seems that they are not afraid of wind and rain. These more comfortable environments for humans, such as shelters, restrict the vision and judgment of this top predator. , Which prevents them from grasping the movement of their territory for the first time.

So this is not simple, but simple? Just being too strong does not need to pursue those unnecessary enjoyments, because those things are not enjoyments for Tyrannosaurus but are cumbersome.

Is it true that under the iron rule of this continent, the real strong should be so extensively stocked, to achieve this kind of powerful and unrestrained to all wind and rain?

Li Shizhao silently observed the huge monster lying quietly under the stars, and softly questioned himself in his heart. But is it wrong for humans to use tools to improve the environment and pursue a comfortable and comfortable life?

No, maybe it's not right or wrong, but just the environment is different. When the power of nature is stronger, of course it is to surrender to nature and adapt to nature. However, behind this answer, Li Shizhen vaguely evaded the assumption that when the power of a certain ethnic group is strong enough, can it ignore nature, challenge nature, or even conquer nature? Like human beings on earth?

This is a temporarily unsolvable problem, and Li Shizhao didn't struggle anymore.

He and Baihu have been lurking here for four or five days, eating and drinking Lazarus on the tree. Taking into account the smell of Tyrannosaurus and the extremely violent temper recently, I didn’t even see that he could beat her husband. They solved the physiological problems. When the tyrannosaurus was out for food, the white tiger digs out the pits. After the solution is completed, the pits are buried densely with soil and then a layer of blue water juice is sprinkled. In order to reduce this kind of trouble, Li Shizhao consciously reduced the frequency of eating and drinking, and he once again marveled at the patience of the white tiger as a predator.

It seems that this kind of patient observation and lurking for a few days or even longer is completely common for it. It does not have so much sweat glands to wick under the scorching sun and wears a thick auspicious suit. The heat can be imagined, but In this case, it can lie down and observe the actions of the Tyrannosaurus, staying still and not moving at all from sunrise to sunset.

For a long time without drinking water and eating, it seems to be completely tolerable to it. Unlike Li Shizhen, the daily necessary drinking water is still indispensable although it is reduced. He could perceive that Bai Hu didn't actually need to eat or drink many times, and it seemed that he had stopped actively to take care of his needs.

After all, their current lurking is with the help of Geely Clothes, how did Bai Hu observe the Tyrannosaurus before? In fact, it is difficult for Li Shizhao to imagine the whole process from difficult to difficult, after all, its coat color is too eye-catching on the grassland.

Li Shizhao silently retracted some floating thoughts, calmed down, and waited patiently.

At this moment, the expressions of one person and one tiger who are silently watching and patiently observe are somewhat similar. That is the expression of the hunter who silently endures coldness and waits for the best time to deliver a fatal blow. It is calm, sharp, focused, without fluctuations but ready to go. Every quiet muscle is ready to complete the thunder strike at any time.

The many days of waiting seemed to have finally paid off. The Tyrannosaurus was extremely irritable this day. It did not go out for food and water all day, and its work and rest seemed very abnormal. It kept pacing back and forth, and the surrounding trees accidentally "blocked" its way, but their powerful tails pulled their leaves off the ground.

Li Zhixun also sweated out of shock, and quickly hugged the tree, for fear that a tyrannosaurus would accidentally be discovered. However, the white tiger beside him swayed leisurely with the swaying of the branches, quite freely.

In the evening, when the clouds on the horizon were in full bloom, it seemed that the female Tyrannosaurus was aware of this important moment by nature, and it suddenly calmed down instead of its previous irritability.

It returned to its nest, and its thick legs kicked back alternately. The ground behind it quickly accumulated a lot of soft soil, which was thickly padded, like a soft soil bed, those hay. It was also pushed onto this soil bed.

The female tyrannosaurus squatted down. Li Shizhen couldn't see clearly from the tree, but the female tyrannosaurus seemed to be exerting force all over the body. From the tight to almost frozen posture, it was not easy.

This whole process lasted for a very long time, and the sky had completely dimmed. Bai Hu and Li Shizun also didn't mean to take advantage of the gloomy sky to begin to rest, and they were still watching this critical moment in silence. Until the stars had begun to guide the sky, the Tyrannosaurus stopped completely. The female tyrannosaurus seemed to squat aside with exhaustion and began a long rest.

When the sky was faintly lit, this tyrannosaurus probably was due to the fact that no water dripped in yesterday and a large amount of vitality was consumed. It first roared for a long time, the sound is not like the previous few times Li Shizheng heard it. It may be threatening or angry, but it seems a little low and weak, but it seems to be conveying a certain kind of information, covering a longer range. Soon Li Shizun affirmed his judgment again, and it came from a distance. A resounding response.

Then came the booming pace. After so many days of squatting, Li Shizun was already completely immune to this terrible pace sound, and could even judge the approximate distance and status of the Tyrannosaurus from the vagueness of the pace. This judgment may not be as accurate as Baihu, but Li Shizhao is already quite satisfied with this trip to the depths of the grassland. Even if he only has a complete collection of Tyrannosaurus information, he feels that this trip is worthwhile.

This male Tyrannosaurus seemed to be not far away, and rushed over after hearing the call of the female Tyrannosaurus.

At this time, the sky was already bright.

Even though the distance was a little far away, Li Shizhen still took advantage of the height to see that when the female Tyrannosaurus stood up, there were a few white, oval small things in the unobstructed lair.

Yes, since the female tyrannosaurus refused to ask for pleasure yesterday, Li Shizhen and Baihu speculated that it was probably about to lay eggs again. In order to protect the unborn child, the nature of the female will make it reject all males' requests for pleasure. This is a characteristic that many animals have.

But, having said that, even if you squatted down while laying eggs, the mother Tyrannosaurus's **** should be at least half a meter above the ground. Doing this would really not break the baby Tyrannosaurus? Far eyes...

Seeing the nest of eggs and the two tyrannosauruses being handed over, one person and one tiger looked at each other.

They expected that the tyrannosaurus would lay eggs, but they didn't expect that when the female dragon went to forage, they would actually call male dragons to alternate guards.

This is actually quite understandable.

Tyrannosaurus cubs are very young and fragile from the time they are hatched to hatching. Without the care of their mothers, it is really difficult to grow up. After all, in terms of the entire food chain, adult Tyrannosaurus reigns at the top, while the newly hatched tyrannosaurus cubs are in the recipes of many creatures, such as carnivorous dinosaurs in the sky, carnivorous raptors, and even small carnivores on the ground. Eat it without a doubt. Not to mention it's time for an egg, snakes, egg-thief dragons, etc. like to feed on it.

On the other hand, in terms of animal nature, the surrounding carnivores and even the stronger herbivores will intentionally kill the juvenile tyrannosaurus. After all, once it grows up, it is a terrible threat and is difficult to fight against. Look for all opportunities to get rid of potential terrible enemies, whether it is this continent or the earth that used to be, whether in society or in nature, this kind of drama is not uncommon.

Therefore, the female dragon must stay close to the cubs for a long time to avoid all kinds of death dangers. But even so, when the female dragon’s body consumes the need to forage, it is inevitable that there will be negligence in this process, so violent The mortality rate of young dragon cubs is surprisingly high. Female dragons must constantly lay eggs to ensure that offspring can survive. Laying eggs is actually a huge consumption for females. It requires the body to continuously output calcium, protein, and eggs. Phospholipids and other rich nutrients are used for the formation of eggs in the body.

This is really a great burden on the body of Tyrannosaurus. In modern times, Li Shizhen knew that the mortality rate of Tyrannosaurus from adolescence to sexual maturity was very low, but after the beginning of sexual maturity, the mortality rate was surprisingly high. Now he can boldly speculate that the burden of reproduction is definitely One of the reasons that cannot be ignored.

You can see the time interval between this female tyrannosaurus losing its last cub and laying eggs. That is to say, it has been maintaining the state of nurturing its cubs or preparing to lay eggs, and the body has no time to recover.

Yes, even if it is a powerful creature like Tyrannosaurus at the top of the entire food chain, nature's checks and balances against it are still fair and just. It gave the Tyrannosaurus the strongest physique, but it also gave it the most severe sanctions and restrictions on reproduction. Of all living creatures, I am afraid that its reproduction cost is one of the heaviest.

Therefore, the strategy of the mother dragon is completely reasonable.

So, these two brave (zuo) dare (si) youths who are daring to stare at the mainland's first local tyrant baby will give up?

The female tyrannosaurus, who was about to find food and take a break, seemed to sense something and sneezed heavily.

The author has something to say: Just like Spielberg said, Tyrannosaurus is the biggest hero in the whole movie. Before the end of "Jurassic Park", he has to give Tyrannosaurus a beautiful shot, paying tribute to the former overlord. what.

In the last few chapters of this volume, let’s take it off, the tyrannosaurus horse, really loves it, the big boss, I’m really embarrassed not to molested and molested, I’m embarrassed to change the copy, let’s take it off (cough, there is no danger) It will disappoint everyone, not just the paparazzi guarding the mansion~