Chapter 25 (II) Domesticating the Tiger

"It's all about strength – whether it's sika deer, bison, or even the most humble adult goat, they all have strength to be reckoned with, and they have strong horns. As long as they are not attacked by a tiger for the first time, especially sika deer and bison, they can easily stab the tiger's body with the horns on their heads!"

"Isn't it dangerous for a tiger to eat every time?" said Ma Xiaomei, who felt a little pity for the tiger.

The little girl's thinking was more jumpy, and it was difficult to understand that she was still sad for the little animal just now, and she was worried about the tiger in the blink of an eye.

"It's okay, after all, one is for food, the other is for life. Grandpa smiled helplessly, and he didn't know how Ma Xiaomei could understand that it was dangerous to be a tiger.

I don't want to do a battle of words, I hope that my little sister will be able to distinguish right from wrong when she grows up.

Who in the mountains is not dangerous?

The green mountains do not change, and the green water flows forever.

Maybe there won't be any danger in this big green mountain in front of you!

"Oh! I see. Tigers will always come up with good ways to eat and not go hungry, and animals will fight hard with natural predators to escape the hunt of tigers!"

One is just for food, and the other is for life.

As long as there is not too much difference between the two, generally speaking, it is a lose-lose situation in many cases.

In the mountains, the consequence of losing both sides is to be fiercely pursued and hunted by other wild beasts.

The odds of survival are greatly reduced.

Wild boars, sika deer, bison, and goats are staple food for tigers. But tigers are also very cunning, and basically do not touch those adult male wild boars, sika deer, and bison, knowing that they are not easy to deal with. Therefore, the tiger will patiently follow the herd of wild boars, sika deer, and bison, and there is always a chance to find a lone prey to start. Grandpa gently rubbed Ma Xiaomei who was sitting on the cart.

The tiger's attack is a bit like the art of war.

I like to fight guerrilla warfare in general, the enemy is strong and I retreat, and the enemy is weak and I attack.

When encountering a low lethality to it and a lot of meat, it will be served.

If it doesn't work out after half a day, it's withdrawn!

It avoids the predation that does not like to work far away and likes to work at leisure.

"But don't those little wild boars, sika deer, and bison have very little meat, and since the tiger can defeat the adult male wild boar, sika deer, and bison, why don't they eat them?" Ma Xiaomei asked if she didn't understand.

Relatively speaking, the meat of small wild boars, sika deer, and bison is much less than that of male wild boars, sika deer, and bison, but the danger is far reduced.

What's more, it's much more meat than small animals such as hares and squirrels!

What's more, these little animals can escape much faster.

"You can't be injured in this mountain, you don't think that the tiger is usually very majestic, once it is injured and smells of blood, other animals will not let the tiger have a good time!" Grandpa is still very clear about the law of the jungle in this mountain.

It can be said that there will be danger all the time in the mountains, and even if you take a wrong step, there may be a territorial dispute, and an inexplicable fierce battle will occur.

"What animals are so strong?" said Ma Li casually.

Ma Li really didn't expect that the King of Beasts would be able to become the prey of other beasts.

Grandpa thought for a while and said, "For example, wolves, hyenas and leopards. If wolves and hyenas fight in teams, then leopards are masters of ambushes, and if a tiger is injured, the leopard will be very patient to hide and observe, and even ambush and sneak attack!"

Hearing Grandpa say so many animals in the mountains, Ma Li began to ask the boss cultivation system in his heart: "Do you think I can accept these animals?"

The boss cultivation system said: "You can exchange reputation points for primary domestication skills, and there is no problem at all. ”

Ma Li asked, "Are you saying that as long as I have the primary domestication skills, I can domesticate the tiger?"

The boss cultivated the system and said: "Yes, once you have subdued the tiger, you can also order it to attack some young elephants and rhinos." If you like to domesticate monkeys, birds, reptiles, fish, etc., you can also have tigers attack them, so you can domesticate them too!"

Ma Li continued to ask, "With the strength of elephants and rhinoceros, can tigers beat them?"

"Tigers may not have the strength and size to kill adult elephants and rhinos or even bison, but tigers sometimes hunt their young," the boss said. Some tigers don't have to go it alone. Occasionally there is also a group that includes two males and three females, possibly members of a family. There were even two tigers working together to kill an adult bull elephant with huge tusks. ”

"The premise should be that I have to defeat the tiger before I can domesticate it, right?"

The boss cultivation system said: "Of course, if you don't have to defeat the tiger, it's a capture skill, not a domestication skill!"

"Can you think about the capture skills?"

The boss cultivation system said: "You currently have too few reputation points, not enough to exchange for capture skills!"

Tigers generally hunt between dusk and dawn.

They usually sneak up on large prey from behind.

A leap after the impact can often knock over the prey.

When catching and killing prey, tigers often choose to attack in the throat, back of the neck, dorsal vertebrae, etc.

The tiger attacks the back of the neck of its prey, as close to the skull as possible.

Bite or crush the cervical vertebrae of the prey.

The specific part of the attack is mainly determined by the size of the prey, the size of the tiger, the route of the attack (whether it is from the front, the rear or the side), and the reaction of the prey when attacked.

Tigers are very cautious and only attack their prey when they are at their least dangerous.

Suddenly—

"There are hares!" Ma Xiaomei exclaimed with sharp eyes.

Grandpa quickly raised the hunting bow in his hand and shot an arrow towards the hare~~

"Huh!"

Didn't shoot!

Pity!

"It's a pity that it ran away!" Ma Xiaomei said regretfully.

Otherwise, today's roast rabbit meat has fallen!

As long as she thinks of grilled fish, Ma Xiaomei can imagine the deliciousness of grilled rabbit meat.

"It's useless to be old! I think that such a rabbit back then was nine out of ten, but now he is already old and dizzy!" Grandpa's words have some meaning of heroic decline.

Twice in a row, he missed the big hare that came out of the grass, and Grandpa also became disheartened.

Seeing Ma Li pushing the cart on the side, he looked a little eager to try, so he said with a smile, "Big baby, or Grandpa will push the cart, you can shoot twice!"

"Okay, I want to see if my bow and arrow level has improved a bit!" Ma Li said, and he was still very confident in his archery skills.

After all, it was upgraded to a primary bow hunting skill through the boss cultivation system, and no matter how bad it was, it wouldn't be much worse.

But it seems a little weird for an old man like Grandpa to push the cart.

Is this an 'old man' cart?

Seeing a big fat rabbit popping out of the grass not far away, the horse immediately picked up a hunting bow and shot it—

"Huh!"

"Alas, I didn't shoot either!" the nervous Ma Xiaomei sighed again.

Once again, I feel very sorry for the loss of roast rabbit meat.

This fat hare is very agile, looks a bit timid, and is good at running.

"I shot it in the leg and fixed it there, big baby, you catch it back, be careful to let him escape!" Grandpa was quite proud, happier than he shot the rabbit himself.

Although Grandpa is old, his eyes are not bad, and he was the first to react that the rabbit was shot in the leg.

Ma Xiaomei misjudged the result in order to lose the roast rabbit meat.

Ma Li thinks that the beginner bow hunting skill is unfamiliar, and it takes a while to be able to shoot better at the target.

Now it is possible not to hit the target!

"Okay!" Ma Li was stunned in his heart, this is my primary bow hunting skill?

I really don't know if it's good or bad to say that the level of beginner bow hunting skills is good.

This is too bad, if you are unlucky, let the big fat rabbit escape.

Luck is good at the moment.

It actually shot it in the leg, and the arrow dangled the big fat rabbit to the ground.

Constantly shaking with the shaking of the big fat rabbit.

Seeing Ma Li getting closer and closer, the big fat rabbit began to desperately shake the leg that was fixed on the ground by the arrow.