Chapter 248: Ace Hunter
In fact, An Feng's discomfort is physiological, not psychological. It's like going to a slaughterhouse to cause some physical discomfort. Psychologically, he has almost no burden, and if there is a threat to her next time, he will still not hesitate to take up arms and fight back.
It could also be machismo, but he thinks that if you can't even protect the woman in your arms, then it's not interesting to live. The psychological effects are long-term, but the physiological effects are ...... After a hungry meal, eat Ma Ma Xiang. The next day, An Feng reappeared in good spirits.
Bazel summoned everyone to gather in the hall. "The government is sending people to inspect the surrounding area and hunt down poachers, so our hunting activities are temporarily suspended," he said. In addition to hunting, the Serengeti is a mecca for wildlife watching. ”
"We plan to drive to the Serengeti National Park in the morning and then go to a Maasai village in the afternoon to watch a rare hunt."
After everyone got their equipment ready, the convoy set off.
This trip is still four cars, but yesterday Anfeng's car has been changed, and it is also a modified Wrangler, and the off-road is invincible. There are five Wranglers and three pickup trucks in the reserve, which is just enough for now. They followed the road north to the Serengeti.
Africa's national parks are home to a large area of wildlife, and the Serengeti is one of them, with an abundance of species.
During the visit, An Feng's feeling was that they were not going to see the animals, but to show them. You see, in civilized countries, everyone is free to go to the zoo to see the animals in cages, while in Africa, the animals are free to look at the people in the cars.
Isn't this for animals?
There are many tourists on the road, most of whom are European and American. Most of them are Americans. Everyone drove slowly on the road, as long as they were careful enough, there were animals everywhere, or leisurely zebras, or lurking cheetahs, and frolicking monkeys. The animal kingdom is not for nothing.
I followed the convoy of the rest of the tourists for a while. Soon, someone on the radio spotted the traces of the male lion, An Feng and Joanna stood up and took the binoculars to observe, and in the distance, a male lion with a thick mane approached with four or five of his lionessess and used the cover of the car to advance.
Lions may have become accustomed to these strange creatures in cages, which can be seen but not eaten, so they ignore them and ignore them. The car stopped on the side of the road, and the lion passed by with its lioness. You can almost reach out and touch them.
"They're targeting the water buffalo herd over there!" An Feng pointed in the other direction, if he attacked from the front, the lions would definitely be exposed.
But the lions were clever enough to take advantage of the cover of the car, and the tourists all raised their cameras to click, and the mighty male lions passed by them, and then lazily lay down. It was watching the fun-loving herd, at least thirty or forty of them, scattered around to drink. There are also sentry guards.
After a few minutes of patience, the lion climbed up. It had already spotted a few cattle that were left behind, and almost instantly, it charged, and the lioness followed it very cooperatively, and the lions rushed in front of the buffalo herd, and the herd was black. Grumpy creatures have also found natural predators.
But the buffalo were not vulnerable, they were not even afraid of lions, and a dozen or so buffaloes gathered together and charged at the lions led by a bull, and everyone did not blink an eye. Just when they were expecting a strong showdown, the male lion was the first to turn around and run!
The lioness who rushed up was scattered by the crazy herd in three or two strokes, and helplessly avoided the herd, and the male lion who ran the fastest looked back at its harp = palace, and couldn't tell what the expression was...... Anyway, the tourists who watched were either stunned or hilarious, and An Feng said speechlessly: "Lion King, where is your festival?" ”
Joanna couldn't be happier, this is more funny than the family...... The latter situation proves that this is even more so, the hunting under the leadership of the male lion is always weak, the two gangs of guys are non-stop, the male lion runs a few times, and then lazily hides in the shade to cool off, and the lioness has no choice but to pant.
It is estimated that the lions will not have any harvest in the morning, and everyone will leave.
The animals on the road are less than one-tenth of the size of any zoo, and they are all natural and wild, with countless wildebeests, zebras, wildebeests or elephant herds, dazzling to see, and in addition to the wild, there are some very laughable things.
For example, when passing through the woods, everyone observed the group of baboons overhead, and the baboons with long black faces were also very happy, and one of the male baboons actually faced the camera, as if no one was masturbating himself - after the end, he also harassed a female baboon next to him, but unfortunately the female baboon took the child and did not let it succeed.
"This little colored thing!" Joanna laughed.
An Feng gave it a click in the posture of playing Tintin. There are many creatures in the savannah, and it takes experience and care to find the wonderful, such as a leopard sleeping on a sausage tree, if it weren't for the sharp-eyed guide who found its drooping tail, there would really be no trace of this guy.
The convoy quietly stopped below, and everyone looked at the leopard sleeping soundly on the tree more than ten meters high at close range. So it's not safe to hide in the trees in Africa, and the super crawling leopard can easily poke you in the back door.
The weather is very hot, the car hides in the shade of the tree to cool off, watching the leopard sleep, some gazelles and wildebeest pass nearby, the leopard also ignores it, and even some pass under the tree, with the characteristics of the leopard, it is completely possible to jump down to carry out a surprise attack, but the opportunity to eat is gone again.
A group of pampa (warthogs) strolled in, black, with long faces, and sharp, curved fangs, and lazily passed underneath and hid from the sun for a while, and then one of them farted happily, and the sound caught the attention of the leopard, and it awoke.
Seeing the lazy guy wake up, everyone's spirit also came.
Leopard hunting Peng Peng is still more interesting. Unlike a lion who kills Peng Peng in an instant, the leopard must be especially careful with Peng Peng's fangs, and is mainly outwitted, and it may also suffer if it faces a head-on enemy - it may be a young leopard who follows after coming down from a tree.
The Peng Peng family found the natural enemy and immediately stood up, with a big ugly face and sharp fangs facing the leopard, with an arrogant expression and an attitude of "you will go if you have a kind". The leopard also made a difficulty. Several attacks were unsuccessful, and he was almost stabbed by the fangs, and he was injured in the fight with Peng Pengdu.
"That's the price of youth." An Feng looked at the leopard who was leaving and said that Peng Peng won the victory, but he also fled timidly.
"With this experience, it will be smart next time." Joanna has a lot of confidence in the leopard.
Take a tour around in a circle. Everyone came to the Engro Crater, which is a huge crater with a diameter of about 20 kilometers, and more than two million wild animals live under the crater, which is an excellent viewing area, and there are hotels nearby, so you can rest and adjust comfortably.
After watching the animals for the morning, they returned to the camp to rest.
In the afternoon, they drove to the Arusha region in the east, and their second purpose today was to experience the humanities.
To say the hunters of the African savannah. Lions and leopards are the easiest to think of, but there is also a saying that lions choose to retreat when they smell the Maasai people. This time, everyone is going to visit the Maasai village, the legendary ace hunter of the African savannah.
On the way to the car, Bazel chatted about the Maasai people: "They have a rule that has been passed down for hundreds of years, and every Maasai has to hunt a male lion for a coming-of-age ceremony, with only a spear and fight one-on-one. Life and death are in a thought, and he can be called the most fierce hunter. ”
An Feng listened. Doesn't the coming-of-age ceremony of the Maasai people uphold the attitude of "the lion does not die, I die"?
"But as the government has stepped up efforts to protect wildlife, the Maasai have slowly changed this custom, and the glory days of solo lion hunting are over, and some of them have even joined anti-poaching groups and go to guard every year," Bazel added. Today we are lucky to have permission from the local government. The Maasai prepare for a group hunting ceremony, which may target hippos. ”
According to Bazel, the Maasai hunted with simple tools, spears or stones, and the object of hunting was not just lions. There are also leopards, zebras, bison, elephants, hippos...... There were few beasts they could not conquer, and the tools were only primitive spears.
This made them look forward to meeting this group of "Black Death".
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After a little more than an hour, they arrived at the village of the Maasai people.
Looking out the window, the Maasai were not the strong and burly Spartans, but tall and thin with long legs. Most of them wore red robes, some with a touch of blue, the men wore their hair and earrings, while the women had shaved heads, and the old men of status walked leisurely with dog-beating sticks.
The Maasai feel backward and dilapidated, but welcoming, and when they approach, a line of welcoming Maasai stood outside the village, and as soon as the crowd approached, they jumped in place – a welcome custom of the Maasai to jump on the spot.
Bazel beckoned to everyone: "Join the team and compete with them to see who can jump higher." ”
Although it was a little weird, respecting the customs, everyone still joined the jumping team. Africans are more rhythmic talents, jumping on this side and singing in their mouths. If you let outsiders look at it, it's a group of tourists and a bunch of weirdos in red robes jumping around in the same place and going crazy.
After the last day, everyone got tired and began to enter the village.
"Look at their ears!" Catherine looked curiously at the ears of the Maasai men around her, all of them were exaggeratedly large piercings that could pass through fists.
Really, it's not an exaggeration at all, the Maasai are said to measure status and beauty by the size of their ear piercings.
"Can I take pictures?" Joanna asked Bazel.
"It's okay, the visit fee and the activity fee have been given just now." Bazel said. An Feng saw that he had given a lot of money just now, and the Maasai people didn't give pictures at first, but after connecting with civilized society, they began to understand that making money and living was much easier than them desperately hunting beasts.
The village leader gathered the villagers and performed a trick of drilling wood and making fire out of donkey dung for the guests, and everyone watched patiently in the sun. In fact, animal dung is a treasure in the eyes of the Maasai people, donkey dung can be used to make fire, elephant dung is used to repel mosquitoes, and cow dung is ...... Used to build a house.
An Feng looked at their dark house, it was indeed awesome.
But according to Bazel, these are the parts that ordinary tourists can visit, and the next group hunting scene will cost some money and have some connections to be allowed to be allowed to watch. And most excitingly, you'll see how Africa's ace hunters use javelins to hunt beasts of prey. (To be continued......)