One hundred and thirty-two What about the majesty of the king of beasts??
Loading the ivory and elephant pluck into the car, and as he was about to set off for home, Cooper discovered something new.
"Hey, look, that's a caracal," Cooper said, pointing in the direction of the elephant's carcass.
"Caracal? What's that? Su Zhen thought that it was the first time he had heard this word, and he looked in the direction indicated by Cooper, a very beautiful feline about a meter in size with long ears came out of nowhere, tearing the fresh meat exposed from the wound of the elephant abandoned by Su Zhen and them.
"Wow, this cat is so beautiful, if only I could have such a beautiful cat," Charlize praised.
"What's it called? Caracal? Su Zhen asked Hamdao beside him.
"Oh, it's a cat that lives in arid areas, it's the largest of the small cats, and it's also called a demon cat because of its pointed ears that resemble those of a demon, but the fact is that this cat is easy to tame and adapts to human life, so it's also used as a hunting cat or pet in many cases," Hamm said.
"Looks like there's a caracal burrow around here," Cooper said.
"Why do you say that?" Su Zhen was a little curious, just because this guy came quickly?
"Because caracals are nocturnal animals, they usually stay in the burrow during the day and come late to forage for food at night, this caracal must have asked about the smell of elephant blood in the burrow, so it came out in broad daylight," Cooper explained carefully to Su Zhen.
Su Zhen nodded and looked at the caracal, at this moment, there were a few uninvited guests and a few vultures at this feast. The caracal ignored the vultures and devoured the elephant's carcass as quickly as if in a hurry.
However, it didn't take long for a roar to come from a distance, and the caracal cat was like seeing a ghost, and it ran away with a bang, Su Zhen took a look. No wonder, it turned out that the king of beasts had come.
And it was not one, but a herd, six lionesses walking leisurely towards the elephant's carcass.
"It's Tommy's family," Cooper said.
"Little Tommy?" Su Zhen asked suspiciously.
"The name of the male lion of this group of lions, this area is the territory of this lion group" Cooper laughed "This lion group is also the smallest lion group in this reserve, there is only one male lion and seven lionesses, little Tommy should be patrolling the territory elsewhere, and there should be a lioness taking care of the lion cub who did not come." ”
All the animals ran away when they saw the lions coming. Only a few vultures are still pecking at the elephants, and it's nice to have wings. Even a land overlord like a lion dares not to birds, looking at the leisurely appearance of a few vultures, Su Zhen thought.
The lion eats very well, the lioness who takes the lead eats first, and then the other lionesses eat, but before the lionesses finish eating, a group of uninvited guests came in the distance.
The crowd first heard a creepy laugh, especially Charlize who felt his goosebumps rise.
"What's that?" Charlize asked.
"It's supposed to be a hyena, right?" Su Zhen said that he could make such a terrifying laugh in Africa. I think it's the only animal that comes to life.
"That's right, it's spotted hyenas," Carrick said, holding up his binoculars, "there are quite a few of them, and it looks like we're having a good time."
Hearing this, Su Zhen also raised his binoculars and looked at it, "FUK." So much? Su Zhen couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth.
"One, two, three...... Forty-one, forty-one in total, a lot, but it's ugly," Charlize looked at his unsightly hyena. frowned, "Aren't they afraid of lions?" ”
"Hehe... Afraid, of course, but the lion is afraid of them," Cooper replied with a smile.
Charlize's eyes widened when he heard this, "Isn't the lion the king of beasts?" Will you still be afraid of these dogs? ”
"Of course. In the absence of the male lion, although the lion lioness individual strength is much stronger than the spotted hyena, but when encountering a large group of spotted hyenas, you have to walk around, which is also the only group that can compete with the lion group on the grassland, the strength of both sides depends entirely on the number, once the ratio exceeds 2 to 1, the lioness is not the opponent of the hyena, but if the male lion is in another situation. Cooper said.
"So powerful?" Su Zhen couldn't believe it.
"Of course, spotted hyenas are the most cooperative predators on the grasslands, and once they reach a certain number, sometimes even male lions have to retreat," Cooper said.
Soon, reality proved Cooper's words, when the hyena pack approached the elephants, the already fed lioness let out a warning roar to stop the hyena pack, but the hyena pack did not retreat, but kept circling around the lions, as if to gauge the strength of both sides.
Soon, some hyenas began to come forward and began to provoke the lions, and the threat of the lioness did not work, so more and more hyenas attacked the six lioness in thousands, and soon the six lionesses were defeated and fled.
"This is the lion, the king of beasts? What about the majesty of the king of beasts? Su Zhen was dumbfounded, he was defeated too quickly, and he didn't even have a decent resistance at all.
"The main lioness does not have a size advantage over the spotted hyena in terms of body shape, so once it is under siege, it will be stretched, and if the male lion is there, it will be different, the male lion has an overwhelming advantage in strength, so it will directly rush into the hyena group to attack the leader of the hyena, so the real king of beasts should be the male lion" Cooper said with a smile.
After the hyenas had driven away the lions, they began to feast on the elephant's carcass, leaving only a few hyenas to watch the wind.
"Look, what are those hyenas doing?" Su Zhen saw through the binoculars that several hyenas were digging around the roots of the big tree.
"It seems that the hyena group has discovered the burrow of the caracal from before, and now the caracal is in trouble" Hamm said, "Although the hyena can't get in, they are good at burrowing, and the caracal can't last long." ”
Cooper nodded, and he thought so too.
"Hey, Sue, shall we help that caracal?" Charlize pulled Su Zhen's sleeve, that caracal was so beautiful, it would be a pity if it was bitten to death by a hyena.
Su Zhen looked at Cooper when he heard this, and Cooper smiled, "This is simple, although hyenas are not afraid of lions, but guns are still afraid" As he spoke, he raised the shotgun in his hand and fired a shot into the sky, which immediately startled the hyenas and vultures who were having a good meal.
Cooper shot into the sky as he walked towards the elephant, and soon scared off the hyenas, and it seemed that the most terrifying thing was still humans.
But the hyena group did not go far, and still lingered not far away, as if waiting for Su Zhen and the others to leave.
When Su Zhen and the others walked under the tree, they found a cave under the tree, but at this moment the cave has been almost dug up, and they can clearly see the inside, but several people found that the caracal was in a very bad condition at the moment, and there were several deep wounds on the body that were bleeding continuously, and the previous elegance and beauty were gone. (To be continued......)