Chapter 602: Long-legged Oba

Even though everyone believed in Chen Xu's hunting ability, they were still a little excited when they saw the moment the shuttle dart hit Tang's gazelle.

"Whew...... Luckily, before it could scream, it was killed instantly by the shuttle, and we have to hurry up and dispose of the corpse so that it won't be discovered by aerial reconnaissance for a while!"

Chen Xu smiled slightly, breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately ran to the corpse and pulled out the shuttle dart.

In an instant, a stream of bloody arrows came out along the wound.

Fortunately, he was prepared and dodged in time, otherwise, a large amount of blood would be splashed on his body, which would cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

"It seems that this dart has pierced its heart and damaged the aorta, which is why so much blood is spurting out, I still need blood as bait, and I have to block it for the time being!"

So, Chen Xu directly folded the grass cloak on his head repeatedly and tied it to the wound.

"As long as the bleeding is delayed for the time being, we need to find a trunk that is elastic enough to set up a rope trap!"

The audience is naturally no stranger to rope traps.

Xu Ye has used it many times in a series of live broadcasts, it is simple to make, and it is very effective, helping him catch a lot of creatures.

But as a resource-poor African savannah, it is not easy to find a trunk that resembles a palm-like tree and a rope like a vineman.

Therefore, Chen Xu carried Tang's gazelle and walked a full seven or eight hundred meters.

During this period, he did find some traces of paw prints, and cheetahs like to live on the savannah, which proves that he was right before, and there were indeed medium and large cats in the vicinity.

Eventually, he managed to find a huge bush that met the basic conditions of a rope trap.

It is a large shrub about three meters high, without a distinct trunk, all branched, about thirty or forty roots, which is also the main characteristic of the shrub.

Each fork is the thickness of an adult's wrist and is covered with leaves at the tip, but due to drought and lack of water, most of the leaves are yellow, and from a distance, they look like a golden ball.

He dragged one of them, tried it up and down, and nodded: "The elasticity is not bad, and the grass is lush near here, and there are other small bushes, which are suitable for concealment and ambush, which is just conducive to our sneak attack on the cheetah at the same time, and can also evade aerial reconnaissance." ”

So, next, Chen Xu began to arrange it on the spot according to the production method of the rope sleeve trap.

Both the hook and the trunk are ready-made, and as for the rope sleeve, he uses bark instead.

It took about ten minutes of work, and finally sprinkled a thin layer of wild grass around the trap, and a rope trap was made.

In order to ensure the success rate, Chen Xu deliberately tried it with his hands, but the trap reacted very quickly, and he strangled his wrist at once, "No problem, we just need to wait for the cheetah to come to the door now!"

After saying that, he threw the Tang gazelle on the inside of the trap, and then cut the wild grass, allowing the blood from the wound to be fully exposed, and in a few moments, a strong smell of blood was diffused around him.

Then, Chen Xu quickly ran to a small bush 20 meters away, lay directly on the grass, and began to wait for the arrival of his prey.

"666, guard the sheep and wait for the leopard!"

"Can you really wait for the cheetah to take the bait?

"There shouldn't be any problem, there are traces of cheetah activity nearby, as soon as they smell blood, they should be attracted to it!"

"It would be interesting if it attracted a herd of lions, hyenas, and leopards for a while!"

Facing the doubts of the audience, Chen Xu explained: "Don't worry, as long as there are cheetah activities nearby, they will definitely be attracted to it, and the number of cheetahs in South Africa has shrunk from 20,000 more than ten years ago to less than 2,000 now." ”

"On the one hand, it is humans who are exploiting their living environment, and on the other hand, the threat from other predators makes it more difficult to obtain food. ”

"Even human beings have the heart of getting something for nothing, and for animals in nature, of course, they also have this instinct, and they also like to spend the least price and obtain the maximum benefit, which is why there are so many opportunistic animals. ”

"Every time a cheetah hunts, it consumes a huge amount of energy, and it must rest in place for about 10 minutes in the middle, and if they don't catch the prey 5 times in a row, they will die of exhaustion, so this adoption corpse has an almost fatal attraction to them!"

Just when Chen Xu was popularizing science with the audience, suddenly, there was a sparse movement in the bushes in the distance.

"Creatures are approaching!"

Chen Xu's eyes narrowed, and he stared at the trap with all his body, "I can't see it yet, if it's not a cheetah, I must drive it away immediately, so as not to ruin our capture plan." ”

After a few seconds of waiting, there was another rustling sound in the bushes.

The next moment, a yellow figure appeared in everyone's sight, it was a feline!

It was about a meter long and half a meter high, and it looked very slender, only about twenty or thirty kilograms, not as big as the carcass of the Tang gazelle.

Its fur is golden yellow with many black spots, neatly arranged like a small cheetah.

At this time, it was slowly approaching the corpse of Tang's gazelle at the rope trap step by step, and it didn't take a few steps, but it had to look around, and it looked quite alert.

As soon as this handsome feline appeared, it immediately aroused heated discussions among the audience in the live broadcast room.

And at this time, Chen Xu began to emerge from behind the bushes.

This action made everyone a little confused:

"Master Xu, the cheetah hasn't triggered the trap yet, don't expose it!"

"This shouldn't be a cheetah, it looks a little like a cat, could it be an African leopard cat?"

"The ocelot must be Asian, and it doesn't seem to be that big!"

Chen Xu, who appeared, did not shy away from the leopard-printed feline, but generously explained:

"Some people are right, this is not an ocelot, it is not a cheetah, the cheetah has a clear mark, that is, there is a black stripe from the corner of the mouth to the corner of the eye, and this one does not, it is called the African serval, which is a savannah wild animal. ”

"Its limbs and body ratio is the largest of the felines, so there are many people jokingly call it the long-legged Oba among the cats, the ferocity is average, does not attack humans, and mostly feeds on small rodents, but there are also reports of hunting and killing small antelopes. ”

"In many countries, servals are kept as pets, and Italy's biggest gang, the mafia, even uses servals as a family symbol!"

When some people heard this, their eyes lit up and they said they wanted to raise a serval.

The key is that this cat is really handsome, with a beautiful coat color, and its body size is more than two or three times larger than that of a domestic cat, just like a little leopard, and it is not ferocious.