58. Oryx
His grassland is not small, and the vegetation is good because of the rainy season, but there are few animals, especially large wild animals, and the government chose to sell the land because it was found out through statistics.
There is a reason for this, his grassland is in the northwest of the Great Santa Lucia Marsh Wetland, which is actually considered the edge of the wetland, and if you continue to go northwest, you will gradually enter the wasteland, and the vegetation density will begin to drop sharply.
The most stable water source in this wetland is the Great St. Lucia Lake, so there is the most herd there, and there is only a river in the rainy season on his side, and there are no large wild animals to choose to develop here.
In order to prevent being attacked by the herd, he also brought John with him.
John took Simba with him, and the little lion king was very unhappy to be confined in a cramped carriage and tried to climb out, but after climbing two steps, he was dragged back, he didn't care, he persevered.
Yang Shubao asked, "What are you doing with this little guy?"
John laughs, "Look for the hyena pack and feed them a full meal." ”
Yang Shubao: Black question mark face.
John stopped joking and said, "I'm going to take him to open his eyes, and I feel like he's become a dog when I'm around him all day." ”
Yang Shubao smiled: "You are exaggerating, a lion is a lion after all." ”
John shouted at Simba, "Woohoo!"
Simba turned around and shouted, "Huang Huang Huang!"
It is seven points similar to a dog barking.
"Damn!"
Yang Shubao kicked off the accelerator and drove out, and as they left the road and went deep into the swampy wetland, they soon came across a small river, the river did not know where it came from, and the water was clear and bubbling.
John pointed ahead and said, "Those guys are good. ”
A group of graceful and mighty beasts appeared in the distance of their field of vision, Yang Shubao raised the binoculars to look at it, and said, "Wow, good luck, twisted horned forest antelope!"
"They look huge," John said. ”
"Of course, they're bovids, and they're all big, how big? This horned antelope can grow bigger than a lion, and the male can weigh up to three hundred kilograms, and the female can weigh two hundred kilograms. ”
Because of the observation through the telescope, Yang Shubao did not know how tall the antelope he saw, but it was roughly estimated that the body length was more than two meters two, and the shoulder height must be close to one and a half meters, which was very domineering.
This beast is quite abundant in parts of southern and south-central Africa, and Great St. Lucia is one of their main habitats, they are very beautiful, with a broad and tall body, strong shoulder blades, smooth brown fur with warp white lines, and especially interesting is the twisted horns of the antelope.
Their large size and beautiful antelope horns have made them one of the most popular hunting animals in Africa, and the decline in the number of gazelles is due to various hunting activities.
Yang Shubao recognized this animal at a glance, and there are also many twisted horned forest antelopes in the Cape Nature Reserve.
Looking at these antelopes with covetousness, he said regretfully: "It's a pity that we can't raise them over there." ”
John wondered, "Why? We've got a lot of grass." ”
Yang Shubao said helplessly: "These guys feed on leaves, bamboo shoots, flowers and fruits, they don't like to eat grass very much, even if it is high-quality pasture, and they don't live on the grassland, but in the woodland." ”
Don't look at the large size of the horned antelope, they actually live very carefully, and their habitat is selected in woodland, and they generally avoid open areas to avoid predation.
The feeding time is in the morning and dusk, try to avoid the active time of natural predators such as lions, hyenas, wild dogs, leopards, etc., and try not to get involved with trouble.
Even so, their numbers are declining because their habits have been thoroughly understood by humans.
John pondered for a moment and asked, "So their recipes are the same as those of our elves?"
Yang Shubao shrugged and said, "Almost." ”
Hearing this, John smiled: "No problem, then we can feed them, we also have sparse forests on the grassland, we can let them go there to rest during the day, as for eating, have you forgotten the elephant grass? The young shoots of the elephant grass are like bamboo shoots, which can completely meet their needs." ”
Since this is the case, you can try it, Yang Shubao nodded, and John jumped out of the car and walked towards the antelope herd.
This flock of sheep was quite exciting to Yang Shubao, because he saw both male and female antelopes at the same time.
He had seen it in a book very early on, saying that the horned antelope was too large and ate too much, so the rams with self-protection ability were generally not social, and they found a place to survive on their own, and only the female antelope would take the young antelope to live in groups.
The flocks they encounter are both rams and ewes, which are precious, which means that they can develop a herd when the conditions are right.
The horned antelope is generally very sensitive, they are experts in civil wars, outsiders in foreign wars, rams like to use their horns to fight each other when they stay together, and even do not die, but when there is a disturbance in the outside world, they will run away in fright, even a cheetah with a head much smaller than their own can make them run wild.
In fact, the male is very capable of fighting, just look at their size and horns.
In the past, they disappeared without a trace when they heard that they found people, but it was different when they changed to Warcraft Elves, they just looked at John when they found out, and then continued to drink water in the creek.
John stroked the rams' strong necks and waited for them to drink, and after more than ten minutes, he turned around and walked in the direction of Yang Shubao, and the antelope herd followed obediently.
Seeing the twisted horned forest antelope, which was stronger and taller than his mother, Simba immediately exploded, and it took out the majesty of a lion and stood up with its front paws against the hitch board in front of the carriage to roar, and then was slapped down by Lao Yang again.
John gathered with him and said, "No problem, let's go." ”
When the three rounds were launched, the antelope herd had a moment of restlessness and panic, but John quickly pinched his lips and made a whistling posture, Yang Shubao didn't hear any sound, but the sheep gradually quieted down.
They were driving at a speed of fifty or sixty kilometers per hour, with the ram leading the ewe.
There are only six sheep, but they can run like a tank cluster.
John took them directly to the edge of the elephant grass jungle, and sure enough, several sheep lowered their heads and gnawed on the thick grass sprouts on the ground.
They don't only choose young grass shoots the size of their little fingers like Lao Yang, and the twisted horned forest antelope will also eat elephant grass seedlings that are twenty or thirty centimeters tall, which makes their choice much more generous.
Yang Shubao knew that the antelope had a large amount of food, and they ate 54% of the time when they were awake, which would cause great pressure on the elephant grass, so he performed the Ganlin technique twice in a row to make the elephant grass grow and reproduce faster.
The Ganlin technique attracted a large number of birds, and hundreds of birds rushed from the tree of life and took off above him, like a dark cloud!
It was then that he realized that the Tree of Life had attracted so many birds.
The mist of the Fountain of Life quickly descended into the elephant grass and soil, at this time, the twisted horned forest antelope even chose the elephant grass to eat, seeing this Uncle Yang Baole, if the antelope lacked food in the future, then he could use the Ganlin technique with the grass to feed them.
It's not that they don't eat grass, but they eat less, and if they are tempted by the spring of life, it is estimated that they will be happy to change their temperament to eat grass.