Four hundred and thirty nine chapters should not shoot
Viewed from the air, in the three waters where the wildebeests swim, the color of the river water is obviously different from other places. It is darker and redder. However, the wildebeests are not at all frightened by the tragic situation in front of them. They dive when they should, without any hesitation.
None, actually
Even if it is frightened, it will not help. In this case, even if the wildebeest wants to stop or retreat, it is impossible. There are more wildebeests behind it swarming towards the shore. See
This scene reminds Hong Tao of a Chinese idiom: moths fly into flames!
"Everyone, come here and see, the wildebeest herd is in trouble again!" Just as everyone on the hanging basket was holding their hearts for the wildebeest herd below, Holland was lying on the other side of the hanging basket and said to
Everyone waved.
"Alas! Thousands of people are beating the broken drum. Hong Tao, ask him, can he shoot now? Lions and elephants can't be beaten casually. Is it okay to hit a few more hyenas? I'm almost going crazy.
I can't swallow this breath without firing a few shots!" Everyone moved to the other side of the gondola, and below were the people who had landed.
A few hundred meters away from the herd of wildebeest, more than a dozen wretched figures appeared. A group of hyenas were coming from a distance. It seemed that they were also here to pick up bargains, those who had just come ashore from crocodiles, hippos and rapids.
The wildebeests are almost exhausted and can no longer run at high speeds, so it should be easy to capture them.
"Hyenas can be hunted, but it's pointless. I'm afraid these wildebeests will have to cross the river until evening. We don't have enough fuel to last for that long, and we won't be able to get them up after the hunt." Holland Urinary didn't understand Hong Tao's question.
"Just kill him. I can't bear to see such a bully. It doesn't matter whether you take it or not. Whoever wants this thing is just like a mangy dog!" The fat boss listened to Hong Tao's translation. He still insisted on shooting. It seemed that he was serious.
When he got angry, he accepted the fact that he couldn't get the killed prey for free money!
"Okay, but the hanging basket is not very stable. Please remind him to be careful when shooting." Holland seemed to understand the fat boss's mood and agreed with him to shoot on the hanging basket.
"Bang!..." The sound of the rifle rang in the air. Since there was no ground to reflect, the sound of the gun seemed a bit crisp but very thin.
The first shot did not hit the hyena below. It only splashed a cloud of dust in front of it, but it also frightened it. It cowered and looked around for suspicious objects.
"Bang!...Hahaha, let you take advantage of me, I will kill you!" The second shot finally hit, although the gondola was slightly shaken due to the impact of airflow. But for a gun equipped with a precision sight
For rifles, it is very easy to shoot at a fixed target at a distance of 100 meters.
"Bang!" Another hyena was knocked to the ground by bullets falling from the sky. The other hyenas saw that their companions were suddenly injured and did not run away or dodge. They stopped in confusion and stopped chasing the wildebeest herd, and kept looking around.
Looking but unable to find the answer, they all fell into a state of confusion.
"Bang! Hahahaha, you little bastards, I'll kill you!" The third hyena was shot by the fat boss again. However, the shot missed its vital point, and the hyena dragged its injured body and crawled on the ground.
A trail of blood was left on the ground behind him.
"Dumpling, your companion is too cruel. Hyenas are also living beings. They are not wrong. This is a natural choice. We humans should not interfere too much. You should stop him immediately!" Pan said when the fat boss fired the first shot.
, just whispering something to Holland, Hong Tao heard from the intermittent conversation between the two of them.
Chupan was not very satisfied with the fat boss's behavior and wanted Holland to stop it. However, Holland had the responsibility. Although he was not satisfied with killing prey at will, the fat boss's requirements did not exceed the contract. As for the prey
Whether you can get it or not depends on the conditions. It’s not that you don’t want to get it, but that you can’t get it.
In fact, the Dutchman still had selfish motives. After all, he had to go to China with Hong Tao to see his sister. He didn't want to offend Hong Tao and other guests too much. As long as it wasn't something too outrageous, he would just turn a blind eye and tolerate it.
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"Okay, let me go and persuade him. In fact, he is not murderous. He was just stimulated by the tragic situation of the wildebeests and felt uncomfortable. He is still a good person." Hong Tao also did not agree with the fat boss's behavior of venting his anger.
Wildebeests are animals, and hyenas are animals too. As humans, we should not have subjective biases. Pan is right. That is nature's choice. It has been like this for thousands or even tens of thousands of years. Its existence is reasonable.
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"Uncle Fatty, Uncle Fatty, it's time to vent your anger. It's not easy for hyenas. They also have to support their families. There are wives and children waiting for food at home. If it doesn't eat wildebeest, it will starve to death. Don't you think so?"
Hong Tao walked up behind the fat boss, who was loading bullets and planning to continue shooting, and persuaded him in a low voice.
"Forget it?" The fat boss looked back at Hong Tao and then at the others, and he understood what was going on. He couldn't understand English, but he still had the ability to read people's faces.
"Forget it, you've killed quite a few of them, but your marksmanship is really bad. Not one of them was killed with just one shot." When Hong Tao saw the fat boss, he already agreed, and immediately made a joke to give the fat boss a chance to step down.
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"Okay, I think you'd rather spare your brothers' lives." The fat boss handed the gun to Holland and made up for Hong Tao.
The hot air balloon floated over the Mara River for more than 20 minutes, continuing to watch the tragic scene of the wildebeest and zebra herds crossing the Mara River from a high position. No wonder Westerners regard the Mara River as the ferry to heaven.
Hours, killed by crocodiles and hippopotamuses
There were hundreds of wildebeests and zebras, and even more wildebeests and zebras were squeezed off the river bank by their own people and injured or trampled. The screams of wildebeests and zebras and the roars of hippos were everywhere near the river, which was intense.
The bloody smell can be smelled even on a hot air balloon dozens of meters high.
Due to fuel problems, the hot air balloon began to return one hour after arriving at the Mara River. At this time, the audience in the gondola was tortured mentally and physically by this tragedy directed by nature. No one asked to watch for a while longer.
, Tikov's wife, also named Irene, even cried with peach eyes. She had been sitting in the hanging basket and refused to look down again.
On the way back to the sky, Holland introduced you to the final results of the wildebeest migration. After these wildebeests and zebras migrate twice a year, only about half can survive in the end, and the rest either die from exhaustion or drink to death.
During the journey, you will be caught and eaten by carnivorous animals such as lions, hyenas, leopards, cheetahs, and crocodiles.
But don’t worry about their population size. As a large number of wildebeests die during migration, hundreds of thousands of wildebeest calves are born. This is also an adjustment made by nature to the balance of species. If the number of wildebeest herds is too large,
, then there will not be enough fodder on the grassland, and other herbivores will starve to death.
Moreover, these dead wildebeests and their excrement will become the best fertilizer on the grassland. When the rainy season comes again, the grass on the grassland will grow more lush because of these fertilizers, and then once again welcome those who have traveled long distances.
The herds of wildebeests and zebras come here, and this happens again and again, year after year.
In the evening of that day, Hong Tao and his party finally landed in a hunting camp on the west side of the Serengeti Reserve. This place is located in the Serengeti Plain, at the intersection of the Serengeti Sparse Highlands and the Western Corridor. It has an unique geographical location.
Well, most migrating animals will pass through this area, traveling between these three areas with completely different environments, landforms and climates.
On the night of the landing, under the instigation of the fat boss, the hunting team hurriedly finished their dinner and set off in the dark. They still used the old Maasai method and were led by the Maasai warrior to find a suitable large pond.
, and then built a shack in a small forest more than 200 meters away from the shore and waited.
As the saying goes, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. When it comes to hunting, 30% depends on the guide, 20% depends on your own ability, and the remaining 50% depends on luck. Although the fat boss intends to solve it quickly,
No one can do anything if things don't go as planned, everyone just wanders around
After keeping watch for most of the night, we saw a lot of animals. Even the uncommon herds of elephants came several times, but there was not one that met the hunting standards. We could only have an eye-satisfaction and drink our fill after watching those animals.
