Chapter 438: Heaven and Hell
This high-speed kilometer was suddenly cut off here in the Mara River, this river is actually not as wide as Hong Tao imagined, not to mention the Yellow River, I am afraid it is not as wide as the Yongding River. However, this river is flowing on the loess, due to the perennial invasion of the water flow, the river channel is very deep, and the river bank is relatively steep and very high, from the river bank to the water surface about 4 or 5 meters, and the bank is rarely flattened, at least the flood is not found.
By the time the hot air balloons arrived, the migrating wildebeest herds had already stormed the moat countless times, and it was not necessary for the Dutch to explain this, but most people could probably imagine what it must have been like when they looked at the large stretches of river banks that had been trampled by the wildebeests.
As far as the eye can see from the hot air balloon, a large herd of wildebeest and zebra gathers every few hundred meters on the north side of the riverbank, and they do not know who they are waiting for or what order they are waiting for, but they are all wandering around the river anyway, and none of them have entered the water to cross the river.
At this time, the river water is very turbid, which can be compared with the Yellow River, which is the same color as the yellow mud soup, and the speed of the river is still quite fast. In this yellow mud soup, from time to time you can see things that resemble dead wood, those should be crocodiles, but there is no reference from the balloon and its exact length cannot be seen.
In addition to these crocodiles, there are many black meat balls in the shallow waters of the river, and needless to say, those are the real overlords of the Mara River - hippos! Don't look at their chubby bodies and cuteness, coupled with a pair of small eyes and a pair of small ears, they look cute and cute, in fact, these guys are just like the fat boss, looking harmless to humans and animals on the surface. Once it starts, it is particularly ferocious.
In this Mara River, crocodiles kill for only one reason, and that is because they are hungry. If they don't kill, they will starve to death. Hippos kill for many reasons, such as when they suspect that you have entered their territory, or if they suspect that you have a bad idea of their cubs or their wives and daughters, or because they think you are disturbing them.
Anyway, these fat guys belong to extreme psychological inferiority complex plus menopausal syndrome, postpartum nervous disorders, male hippos in estrus and lactating female hippos are extremely dangerous animals, usually you don't know what you are doing to make them unhappy, they will be ruthlessly attacked, if you happen to be in the water at this time, then congratulations. Your chances of escape are very, very small.
Don't think that hippos can't catch up with you because they're fat, because hippos in the water are as light as swallows and often chase crocodiles that come close to them all over the river. Humans are certainly not as fast in the water as hippos. Once it gets close, its large mouth the size of a single bed that can open almost 90 degrees will become your nightmare, and with the two half-meter-long fangs in the big mouth, not to mention the small plastic physique of a human. Even if the bison came. It's still two transparent blood holes in one mouth.
In addition to the big mouth and giant tooth, the hippopotamus's weight is also its best weapon, and no matter who steps on a body weighing more than 1 ton, no one will be able to stand it. The hippopotamus is usually a herbivore, but it doesn't care about eating small meat, and when its staple aquatic plants are insufficient, it will come ashore at night to eat all kinds of plants, and if it encounters animal carcasses.
The hippopotamus is also a social animal. They usually form a large family of about 10 adult hippos and dominate a large area of water. and consider it their home, and any creature that tries to enter their home may be seen as aggression, including their own kind. And to deal with the invaders, the hippopotamus has never hesitated to rush up, biting with his teeth and stepping on with his feet, either you die or I live.
In the face of so many wildebeest gathered on the edge of their homes, the hippopotamus in the water has long been impatient, I don't know how many wildebeest have been attacked by these big guys when crossing the river, the wildebeest carcasses that can be clearly seen on the bank are more than a dozen, and there are groups of crocodiles next to each corpse, fighting and biting the wildebeest corpse from time to time, stirring the already turbid river water more and more like yellow mud soup.
The crowds of wildebeest on the shore are gathering more and more, and these animals with horse faces, horns, and antelope-like bodies do not know what kind of communication they have adopted to communicate with each other, and they are all in response to each other, and they can't see who is the leader, and there should be no specific leader, as for when to run and when to stop, but it is more neat than someone commanding, this is really a miracle of nature.
"Ready! The wildebeest is about to cross the river! "Dutch high reminds the man in the hanging basket.
"Hey, it's moving, it's moving! They're going to be desperate! The fat boss lay on the edge of the hanging basket, muttering as he pressed the shutter desperately.
As if hearing the words of Dutch urine, the wildebeest on the bank of the river suddenly rioted, and then they divided into three columns, about a hundred meters apart, and began to force the crossing of the Mara River!
When the first wildebeest jumped into the river from the high shore with a run, a slightly sad inspirational drama was staged. One by one, wildebeest and zebra leap into the Mara River and swim across the river towards the grassland they had longed for.
The banks of the river were quickly trampled down by a large number of wildebeests, and several wildebeest fell into the water on all fours, while the other wildebeest and zebra did not even blink a look, and continued to rush down the river by stepping on their bodies, following behind their companions, rowing their hooves vigorously, like warriors without hesitation.
"Isn't this Nima a cult! For the sake of stuttering, as for it! If I weren't so stupid, they should be like this, now send some wildebeest here downstream, just walk around the river without going into the water, bring those crocodiles and hippos here, and then the big army will cross the river upstream, so the loss will be much smaller, I'm X, it's over, it's over, that zebra let the hippopotamus drag the water! Stupid! You kick it, white has four hooves! The fat boss was already in the play at this time, patting the hanging basket and stomping his feet and shouting, as if he was the commander-in-chief of the wildebeest.
"Fat uncle, fat uncle! Don't get excited, don't get excited, you just shout and they won't understand! If they're as smart as you say, they'll have to let them occupy all of Africa, even the cities, and they're going to fight back! Do you think that the Red Army crossed Chishui four times! Hong Tao didn't say anything to persuade the fat boss, and if it went on like this, he would have to let him stomp on the basket.
"It's too miserable, look at it, look at it, it's over, another ......" The fat boss is really anxious for the wildebeest and zebra, seeing a few crocodiles biting a wildebeest, the water surface instantly turned red, and I can't bear to look at it, but I want to turn my head and not look at it, I can't help it, I want to see it, the following scene is really a bit bloody.
"You seem to be on the wrong side, where are your relatives, you see, that big black fat man is so powerful, he almost bit that wildebeest in two in one bite! It seems that I will make you less angry in the future, this fat man is powerful, extraordinary! Hong Tao poked the fat boss in the ribs with his elbow and told him to look in the direction of his finger, where there was a big hippopotamus biting a wildebeest, the scene was much more tragic than that of a crocodile, and the blood and minced meat were splashed everywhere, staining the hippopotamus's head red, but it still didn't say anything about its small eyes, as if the wildebeest was its father killer.
"I can warn you, your uncle is not in a good mood right now, don't mess with me! Don't talk about it! Say no more! The fat boss really couldn't say anything about Hong Tao, as soon as he grabbed Hong Tao's neck, he was going to throw Hong Tao out of the hanging basket.
"Convinced! Served! You're tougher than a hippopotamus! Hong Tao hurriedly begged for mercy, although there was a safety rope to tie it, but it was not a safe thing to play on the hanging basket.
The vanguard of the wildebeest and zebra herd below had already set foot on the other side of the river, and these wildebeest and zebra did not even shake the water, let alone look at their companions who were still struggling in the water, and immediately spread their hooves and ran towards the great plains of the south.
At this time, the river has become a large canteen for crocodiles, and there are scenes of scrambling for corpses, and there are dozens of wildebeest or zebra corpses floating on the water, and those large hippos still do not let go of any intruder who enters their territory, chasing and killing the wildebeest and zebra that swim across the river. (To be continued......)