After more than an hour, their morning rounds were over, and when they returned to camp, they made a detour to the tributary. The convertible car traced up the river, and saw the hippopotamus mother and son from a distance, and they all subconsciously raised their binoculars to confirm.

The mother hippopotamus lies lazily on the bank, and the baby hippo sucks the ** that overflows into the river like a game. It's not that the mother hippopotamus is irresponsible, nor is it that the hippopotamus babies are greedy for fun, but that most hippopotamus babies are good at this bite, maybe it's the diluted ** is more appetite?

From time to time, the mother hippopotamus slaps the river with her big mouth to startle mosquitoes flying around. The mosquitoes here are like the black mosquitoes that have ravaged China in recent years, and they also fly everywhere in broad daylight.

Perhaps the little hippopotamus had had enough, and when there was not much left of the ** that overflowed into the river, it crawled to the shore.

Obviously, the riverbank is a little tall for the little hippopotamus, and the little hippopotamus's stout short legs are not strong, and after a few tosses, he falls.

The mother hippopotamus held it with her mouth, but instead of lifting it up, she encouraged it to get up on its own.

The little hippopotamus mischievously hugged the front teeth of the female hippopotamus's jaw, but he just wouldn't let go.

The hippopotamus not only has a large mouth, but also has large teeth in the mouth, especially the incisors of the lower jaw, and the adult hippopotamus can reach a length of 65 centimeters and weigh five or six pounds, and it does not grow upwards, but sticks out parallel to the front like a shovel. The incisors of the canines and upper jaws are like fangs, and the canines can also reach a length of 60 centimeters, which are the main weapons of the attack. Hippos have extremely hard teeth that can even bounce off ordinary bullets, making them a great threat to other animals, which is one of the reasons why most predators are reluctant to provoke them.

But at this moment, the baby hippopotamus is holding the front teeth of the female hippopotamus, and the chubby upper body is twisting and swaying like a swing.

The mother hippopotamus shook her head vigorously and threw the little hippopotamus into the river at once, because the water close to the shore was shallow, the little hippopotamus could step on the bottom of the river, and after standing firm, she ran over in two strokes.

The mother hippopotamus stood up, took a few diagonal steps forward, blocked it with her massive body, and tilted her mouth to push it into the deep water.

Cardolite laughed, "The little one is so naughty that he has to hold his mother's front teeth, which is not a good deal, and the mother hippopotamus is sure that he is not tired, so she will not spoil him, this is to force him to learn to dive." ”

There are no decent roads here, and it is not easy to hold a telescope and look at a fixed target for a long time while driving.

Cardolite was about to put down his binoculars, but he couldn't help but shout, "Oops! Crocodile! two, no, three!"

Everyone's hearts hung in the air, and their attention was originally on the cute little hippopotamus, and when they heard Cardolite say this, they all subconsciously glanced at the river.

Sure enough, the crocodile, which was approaching the little hippopotamus like three dead logs, was only a few dozen meters away from the little hippopotamus.

Everyone's mood was a little heavy, the river was originally shared, and it was a common occurrence for the hippopotamus and the crocodile to meet the two beasts in the water, and even if the fight between them was stopped today, it would still happen tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. The natural law of survival of the fittest is played out in this reserve all the time, and the staff cannot interfere excessively.

At this moment, the mother hippopotamus spotted the rapidly approaching crocodile, roared angrily, and strode towards the crocodile.

It is difficult for hippos to reach speeds of more than 20 kilometers per hour on land, unless they are forced to do so, it is possible to reach a speed of about 40 kilometers per hour, but the duration is very short, and the consumption of the body is large, usually they are not willing to speed up so much.

It's different in the water, because of the effect of the river, their huge bodies appear much lighter, as long as they can be down-to-earth, it is not uncommon to reach a speed of 40 kilometers per hour, and the fastest can be nearly 50 kilometers.

The crocodile's eyes were floating on the water, and the first time it spotted the female hippopotamus galloping wildly, they all involuntarily stagnated, due to the action of inertia, the body was sideways, and the tail was curled.

The mother hippopotamus also stopped, it was mainly to achieve the effect of deterrence, as long as the crocodiles retreated, there was no need for it to rush up and fight to the death, after all, it was a mother, and there was an unweaned hippopotamus next to it to take care of.

The crocodile that rushed to the front did not move, but the two crocodiles in the back sank under the water at the same time and were nowhere to be seen.

But everyone knew that this was going to sneak from the bottom of the river to the side of the baby hippopotamus to make a surprise attack, and to take the meal from under the nose of the mother hippopotamus.

For these three crocodiles, forty or fifty kilograms of fleshy baby hippos can be called a feast.

The mother hippopotamus was not so easy to deceive, and moved a few steps to the side, squeezing the baby hippo towards the shore with a low roar.

Although the hippopotamus baby has no experience in this area, he is also aware of the danger, and since he has not learned to dive, he simply gave up his feet on the ground, as if he was drifting with the tide, and was pushed to the shallow water by the mother hippopotamus at once.

I have to say that the mother hippo still took some thought to choose this place. The riverbank here has collapsed into a gap, forming a small backwater bay, which is equal to the riverbank on three sides, and the mother hippopotamus only needs to hold this side of the river, and the hippopotamus baby hiding in the backwater bay is relatively safe.

The mother hippopotamus took a few steps sideways, stirring up the sediment at the bottom of the river, making the already dirty water even more muddy.

Cardolite put a little bit of heart, "It seems that the hippopotamus mother has a lot of experience in fighting, and in the face of three crocodiles, the final outcome should be thrilling." ”

Hao Jun originally thought that the female hippopotamus had just behaved a little recklessly, so wouldn't it be even more difficult to see where the crocodile that had sneaked up from the bottom of the river?

The muddy water of the river is not clear, the mother hippopotamus stirs up mud and sand and frequent movement, and the sneaking crocodile is even more unable to distinguish the direction of the target, because not only can it not see clearly, but the perception of the baby hippopotamus is also disturbed.

Either you have to look at it with your eyes on the surface, or you have to rush through the area that has just become cloudy, and you will inevitably form a wedge in the mud and mist that stirs up. Therefore, no matter what the crocodile does, it will immediately reveal its position, and the hippopotamus mother is indeed very experienced in fighting.

One of the two crocodiles sneaking has its eyes out of the water, while the other has rushed to the position of the original hippopotamus.

The mother hippopotamus, who had been observing, rushed to the position of the original baby hippopotamus without hesitation, opened her big mouth, and bit down!

The crocodile had already rushed through the area that had just become turbid, but because of the mud and mist it had driven by itself, even if its body stopped sneaking, due to the inertia and the flow of the river itself, the mud and sand mist still moved forward, wrapping its head and face, making it unable to see anything clearly.

However, the small black dots on its scales, the dome pressure receptors, had sensed the rushing female hippopotamus.

What's more, the crocodile's brain has evolved a cortex, and its IQ is not comparable to that of ordinary animals, and there is evidence that it is far superior to that of tigers.

Moreover, there is also a crocodile leader who is ready to attack, and has been watching coldly what is happening since a sneak attack was blocked.