After drinking enough water, the feeling of hunger surpasses thirst and becomes the body's greatest need.
The strong ostrich jumped on the rock piles and kept moving towards the entrance of the underground river, its black feathers fluttering in the ups and downs.
Looking at the familiar route of Ostrich, it is obvious that this is also an "old customer".
Harley, who had been hungry for more than a day, was eager to try. The genes in his body gave him the instinct to hunt.
While it kept pressing its claws and the muscles on its shoulders surged like water, Bi Fang held down the restless cheetah, shook his head and explained to the audience in a low voice: "Don't pounce when the animal is about to drink water. This is
Not a good opportunity."
"Thirst will make the animal's nerves weaken, but when it knows that it is about to drink water, its brain will be temporarily excited and it will remain highly alert to the surrounding environment. If it takes action at this time, the probability of failure will be very high. It
Always pay attention to every move around you.”
"Look at the ostrich's head. It is looking left and right, observing the environment."
Bi Fang held Harley's head down with one hand, and stretched out his other hand from between the rocks, pointing at the ostrich.
The drone filmed from the point of view of the finger. As expected, the audience saw that the ostrich slowed down significantly after approaching the entrance of the cave. At the same time, the frequency of looking around increased greatly, and it was obviously very alert.
"The eyeball of an ostrich is larger than its brain, and it has the largest eyeball among land creatures. Although there is no necessary connection, it may be because the ostrich has excellent eyesight and can see things 3 to 5 kilometers away, so be careful.
"
"We wait for it to come out after drinking water. That is the best opportunity. After drinking water, the animal will be in a comfortable state, and its nerves will be more relaxed at this time. This is also a good opportunity for us to catch it off guard."
"Of course, we can actually catch the turtle in the urn. After the ostrich goes in, we will follow up to catch it. But the cave is too dark and we didn't explore it well. We don't know if there are other exits or if there are any hidden dangers. It's best to
Don't take risks like this, just wait here for it to come out."
【Ostrich: There is a dog!】
[Have a nice last meal]
【Drink, drink hard】
In this way, Bifang and Harley chose to stand still in the face of the ostrich that was right in front of them.
Watching the huge ostrich enter the cave little by little.
Watching the prey disappear before his eyes, the cheetah Harley became a little impatient. He grabbed the cuffs of Bifang's clothes with his paws and opened his mouth to bite lightly.
Bi Fang took his hand back and ignored it.
He was certain that if Harley had been allowed to go out at that time, with the abilities it had grown up in the protection center, it would most likely have returned empty-handed.
"Cheetahs are carnivores, and their main prey are small and medium-sized ungulates, including Thomson's gazelle, Gurdjieff's gazelle, and impala, but ostriches are also frequent prey of cheetahs."
"Although the cheetah runs fast, the distance it can run is very limited, so when hunting, the cheetah will try its best to get closer to the prey one step at a time."
"Get close to the prey to a distance of 10 to 30 meters, and then hunt the prey."
"Because the cheetah's teeth are relatively short, the cheetah sometimes cannot bite the food to death with its teeth. It often relies on its upper and lower jaws to clamp the prey's neck like pliers, causing the prey to suffocate to death."
"It often takes five to ten minutes for those large prey to die."
"Let's get closer to make it easier for Harley to take action and increase its probability."
[Ah, do you want me to let Harley ride on my own? 】
【Is it reliable?】
[A person and a cheetah, but we actually think that no one is reliable in hunting cheetahs, is it in this river (eating watermelon)]
"Let it try."
He had only been hungry for a day, and his physical condition was still good. Therefore, Bi Fang did not hold out the idea of winning the ostrich. He was going to let Harley give it a try to see how good its hunting talent was.
For cheetahs, it's even easier.
Wild animals do not have three meals a day, and whether they can eat meat basically depends on luck.
Most carnivores can go without food for a week without any problem. They only need to hunt every day if they have cubs with them. They usually live alone, basically once every two days.
It's only been more than a day now, less than two days.
It’s okay if you can’t catch it.
Compared to its compatriots in the wild, Harley's food is absolutely heavenly. There is even a lot of fat on his body, making him feel meaty.
The reason why I am complaining now is because I have never had a hard time.
After living more in the wild, this guy will understand what cruel nature is.
Bi Fang led Harley forward a few meters and came closer to the entrance of the cave.
This location was not as good as before and could not hide the figure of one man and one leopard. However, the main purpose of an ambush was to be unexpected. When the ostrich came out and changed direction, they could not be seen directly.
I waited for about a quarter of an hour.
Bifang, who put his head against the rock wall, became alert. It was not that he heard something while leaning on the ground, but that the head of an ostrich appeared in his sight.
Harley's breathing became low, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the ostrich in front of him.
Even Jerry poked his head out of his backpack, his small dark eyes staring intently.
"Chasing, throwing down, biting, remember these? Come on!"
Bi Fang spoke in a low voice, not sure whether the cheetah could understand human words, and finally slapped the cheetah on the butt.
The cheetah, which was already condescending, jumped out of the air with the help of this slap. After only two landings, it covered a distance of more than ten meters and came behind the ostrich.
At this time, the ostrich did not react at all until Harley landed on it. Under the feedback of the touch, the entire bird's body trembled and it let out a cry full of fear.
The whole process was so short that the audience in the live broadcast room didn't have time to see it clearly. They only felt that as soon as Bi Fang finished speaking, a black shadow jumped out from his side. Then he landed and kicked off, then landed on the ostrich. In the end, I don't even know what happened.
Maybe the audience can only see it clearly after the live broadcast is slowed down.
Only Bi Fang, whose dynamic vision was astonishing and whose nerve reflex speed was equally superhuman, could see clearly. Looking at the cheetah jumping on the ostrich, he clenched his fists and felt excited.
Well done, we can have ostrich meat to eat today!
But just when Bi Fang thought so, he saw the frightened ostrich jump and rise into the air. Then the cheetah that jumped behind it lost its grip and fell to the ground wiping the ostrich's feathers. , and fell to the ground at its own speed, rolling several times.
By the time he got up again, the ostrich had already escaped ten meters away.
The two distances added up to more than thirty meters, and even Bi Fang was helpless at this time.
However, Harley, who rolled around on the ground for several times, obviously didn't think so. Perhaps he felt that he was lost, so he got up from the ground and ran after him.
The hunting instinct engraved in his genes made Harley chase the escaping ostrich risklessly.
Bi Fang was not upset when he saw this, everything was as expected, he grabbed his spear and chased after him.
Soon, the audience before the live broadcast saw the three-linked and strange scene of a cheetah chasing an ostrich and Bifang chasing a cheetah through a drone flying high in the sky, if not counting the Gambia rat in Bifang's backpack.
But soon, everyone saw the terrifying speed of ostriches and cheetahs.
On the vast African grassland, the ostrich took the lead and rode away from the crowd. The cheetah following closely behind it did not lose much. It was almost only less than ten meters behind, and it looked like it was only half a body behind.
Compared with the first two, Bifang, who is at the back, seems to be quite stretched out, and the distance is constantly being lengthened.
In fact, Bi Fang's running speed at this time may not be half of the previous two.
In almost a few breaths, the tail lights of the two guys in front were almost invisible.
Only the audience can follow the fierce competition between the two beasts through high-altitude drones.
It wasn't until a few minutes later that Bi Fang saw the cheetah sitting on the ground sticking out its tongue.
Obviously, this was a fruitless hunt.
【Good guy, failed】
【Not surprising at all】
【So are you going to be hungry again today?】
[I gave you a chance but you didn’t use it]
"It doesn't matter. I have been mentally prepared for it. I can only say that it was expected."
Bi Fang panted, standing not far away looking at the cheetah's figure behind the bushes, and laughed, not at all angry or upset because he couldn't catch the prey.
At his current level, even if he really can't catch prey, he can still survive by looking for plants, beetles, etc., but his quality of life will drop a lot.
Bi Fang didn't care about this, so there was no big existential crisis.
After adventure after adventure, there are still many events that can bring a sense of crisis to Bi Fang. Encountering poachers, encountering apex predators, rare natural disasters, these are extremely dangerous times.
It can be regarded as the most basic and common dilemma.
Lack of food, lack of water, these most basic difficulties almost no longer bother Bifang.
This is proven both in the Arctic and at Point Nemo.
"This is the grassland. Not every time there is a harvest. I believe Harley is not stupid at all. He has the talent for hunting. As long as he tries a few more times, he will eventually be able to discover it."
After a while, Bi Fang stepped forward to call Harley back, but as soon as his eyes crossed the bushes, his steps froze.
The initially disappointed audience also widened their eyes.
It's not that Harley caught the ostrich.
The ostrich was not caught, but the ostrich's child was caught by Harley!
Several huge ostrich eggs suddenly appeared in front of Harley. The clean and thick eggshells glowed with a milky white luster in the sunlight.
Harley gasped, turned to look at Bifang, then lowered his head and licked the ostrich eggs.
Bi Fang raised his eyebrows and touched his growling belly.
"Well, it seems that Harley is still a good hunter.
"We have eggs to eat."
Click.
The dry branches were broken off and thrown into the bonfire.
In the burning fire pit, an ostrich egg was thrown directly into it, and it was soon turned black by the intense fire.
The other two were lying intact on the sand beside them.
"Many animals eat or abandon their own young. Perhaps the ostrich deliberately lures Harley to its nest and uses its young to drag away predators. This is a successful reproduction strategy."
In front of the fire pit, Bi Fang was explaining to the audience why Harley could find ostrich eggs.
"Pricide is very common among animals. We often observe this phenomenon in hamsters, cats, rabbits, fish and other animals that we have a lot of contact with."
"From a biological perspective, the ultimate purpose of life is survival and reproduction."
"We cannot live forever, but as long as we have children during our lifetime, we can pass on our unique genes."
“On the African grasslands, after the foreign male lions drive away the old male lions, the first thing to do is to kill all the cubs to interrupt the lactation period of the female lions, so that the female lions can re-enter the breeding period and the new male lions can reproduce themselves.
Their descendants will inherit their genes.”
"Sometimes, lions will eat their own cubs in order to reproduce. Especially if the cubs are in poor physical condition, disabled or sick, the probability of the female lion eating the cubs will be greatly increased."
"For a lioness, if one number is useless after practicing, it is better to eat it quickly so that she can seize the time to reproduce and practice the next number."
"On the other hand, in addition to problems with the cubs themselves, infanticide often occurs due to external factors, such as other odors on the cubs' bodies."
"In many zoos, there are incidents where cubs are eaten because they are contaminated with human odor."
"Animals can't identify DNA and have a very keen sense of smell."
"When it smells human scent from the cubs, it cannot tell whether they are its own children, so it eats them."
This kind of rule is very cruel, but in the animal world there is no emotion at all, only the benefits of reproduction.
So torma is, to some extent, a successful reproductive strategy.
"Lizards, birds, snakes, and fish all eat their own eggs due to certain factors, and the long-tailed lizard is the most prominent."
"When a long-tailed lizard is in crisis, it will eat all its eggs immediately."
"Rather than being eaten by others, it is better to eat it yourself. These eggs are the 'meat' that falls from your own body. Eating this meat can better prepare for the next round of reproduction."
"No matter what kind of animal food, they all reach the same goal by different routes. Everything is just to better pass on their own genes and continue the inheritance of the entire race."
"In fact, the same principle applies to abandoning children. For animals, if they can contribute their own children in exchange for their own lives, it is also a very cost-effective deal, just like an otter will hold out its own children when it encounters danger.
Gain sympathy from predators."
[I know this. When I saw it for the first time, I thought someone was making it up, but then I found out it was true]
【It really shocked me】
[The Cat Team has made a great contribution!]
"Of course, it cannot be ruled out that it was an accidental collision. The ostrich took the cheetah to its nest in a panic."
Bi Fang poked the ostrich eggs in the flames with a wooden stick and turned them over to better absorb the heat and accelerate their maturity.
"The shell of the ostrich eggs is very thick, so we need to bake them for a while. It would be better if there is soy sauce. After they are cooked, just pour the soy sauce on them. It is definitely a delicious dish."
After baking for about a quarter of an hour, Bi Fang felt that it was almost done, so he used two branches to stand it out.