Ju An just put down the knife and fork in his hand, picked up the napkin, wiped his mouth and said to Miles: "Hurry up and finish eating, we will go see the lions. I have never seen the lions in real life."
Miles ate the pork chops on the plate calmly and said: "Don't worry! It's very hot at noon now, and the lions are all sleeping. If you go there, you will see a bunch of lions, big and small, sleeping under the tree.
That’s it, we’ll wait until after four o’clock when the lions come out to move around, it’s still early.”
"Then why are the Georges not back and still observing the lions?" Ju An asked.
Miles glanced at Ju An and said, "They are zoologists. They wish they could live with lions. We can't compete with them. It won't be too late to go when it gets a little cooler outside."
Ju An thought about the harsh sun outside and nodded: "That's right. Let's wait until it gets cooler before going out. Then you eat slowly and I'll go back to the house to sleep for a while. Call me when you leave."
After finishing pushing the chair, he stood up, put the napkin on the table, and turned around to go back to his room.
After entering the room, he took out an apple from the space and lay down on the bed to chew on it. After eating, he threw the core of the apple and put the corner of the blanket on his stomach. After a while, he fell asleep, until he was shocked.
A knock on the door woke Ju An up, and he got up to open the door.
"It's almost time, let's go." Miles also had a good sleep and stood at the door full of energy and said to Ju An.
"Come in first, let me wipe your face." After letting Miles in, Ju An turned around and went into the bathroom, freshened up a little, and then walked out of the house with Miles. As soon as he stepped out of the house, a wave of heat hit his face.
. But it was much better than at noon. Kakoka had already started the car and was waiting outside. The two of them got into the car, and Kakoka started the car.
After driving for nearly thirty minutes, Kakoka turned to Ju An and Miles and said, "Not far ahead is the territory of a pride of lions. We just got three new lion cubs last month.
You will see this very cute little guy soon."
When they arrived near the pride of lions, Ju An and Miles saw four large lions lying under the tree, five and a half-year-old lion cubs beside them, and three slightly larger lion cubs that were a little wobbly when walking.
Coca drove the car very close. He stopped the car only four or five meters away from where the lions were sleeping.
The current car does not have any protection at all, it is just an ordinary four-wheel drive off-road vehicle. Ju An does not care about the safety of himself and Miles. He said: "Kakoka, don't worry about the lion."
It will attack you suddenly. The car is driving so close."
"It doesn't matter. We have had a very good relationship with the lions in the past few years. Sometimes the female lions will even let us take care of their cubs if we are nearby when they go hunting. We have gained the trust of the lions," Kakoka
He explained to Ju An with a smile.
I looked at the lazy female lions under the tree, all with round bellies. They squinted their eyes and lay comfortably, swaying their tails from time to time. A half-grown lion was following behind a little lion, using his hands from time to time.
He fiddled with the little lion with his paws. The little lion staggered, barked at the half-grown lion behind him and continued walking.
Ju An looked at the round little lion like a ball and said with a smile: "This bigger lion is not very good. He just bullies his younger brothers and sisters."
"The hierarchy of lions is very strict. Young lions have to endure the rudeness of half-grown lions. They will even push away the little lions when eating food, let alone little lions. Wait until the son is strong enough to even push away his own mother.
Auntie," Kakoka said.
Ju An looked around and found no trace of the big male lion, so he asked: "Where has this big male lion gone? Why is it not near the lion group?".
Kakoka picked up the telescope and observed: "They should have gone to patrol the territory. Now basically all the lionesses have children, so the big male lions will not return to the group for weeks or even a month to patrol the territory.
, it’s normal not to see them.”
After looking at the lions lying lazily for a long time, Ju An said, "My luck is really bad today! I saw that the leopards were well fed, and the same was true for the lions. None of them got up to concentrate on hunting."
Miles said with a smile: "Then let's go to the next lion group. This lion group is estimated to be hunting in two or three days. Looking at what these guys are eating, their bellies are almost bursting."
As soon as Miles finished speaking, the lioness tried to stand up. She didn't know whether it was because she was too full or something else. She tried several times before she swayed up. Ju An looked at it and shook his head: "What if this happened suddenly?"
The whole hyena pack is finished, they are eating like this and there is no vigilance at all.”
Kakoka said with a smile: "The hyenas don't have the guts to come to the center of the lion territory. Even if something dares to come in, it's just a stray lion, coming to seize the territory. But now the two leaders of this group of lions are in their prime."
The stray male lions with open eyes should be carefully considered. It seems that they are going to the pond to drink water. Several female lions stood up."
Ju An saw that all the lionesses had stood up. As soon as the lionesses stood up, the little guys started running happily, especially the half-grown lions, happily rubbing against each other.
, the two half-grown lions began to fight with each other, and the four adult lionesses paid no attention to the cubs. They walked forward with their heads lowered and their eyes narrowed, as if they were too sleepy to open their eyes.
"This is really true. These lionesses almost fell to the ground out of sleep," Ju An said, shaking his head.
Kakoka started the car and slowly followed the lions. After walking not far, they reached the edge of the pond. The animals drinking water at the edge of the pond immediately ran away when they saw the lions, but they did not escape too far.
, it seems that the swollen bellies of the lions make them feel at ease, standing
Watching the lions closely from a distance, the lions slowly wandered to the edge of the pond and began to drink water. The half-grown lion cub was still not honest when drinking water, and started to fight at the edge of the pond.
On the other hand, the three lion cubs followed their mother and aunties to drink water honestly.
All the herbivores on the edge of the pond were staring at the lions and watching the lions drinking water without turning their heads. The scene was like a standing ovation when domestic leaders entered the venue, but the lions didn't know how to do it.
Just smile and wave at these herbivores.
"This group of lions hasn't seen anything for a few days. Let's go to the next group to see if they are getting ready to eat," Miles said.
After hearing this, Kakoka started the car again and took Ju An and Miles towards another lion group. Before they left the territory of the lion group, they met two large male lions, two adult male lions.
It was much bigger than the largest lioness I had seen just now, and its neck was covered with thick black mane. While peeing in the grass on the ground, it roared, "Ouch, Ouch", and its rough roar directly impacted Ju An.
of eardrums.
Kakoka pointed at the two big male lions and said to Ju An and Miles: "The one who is peeing is called Carlson, and the other one is called Carls. They are two brothers."
Ju An saw that the two male lions were basically the same: "How can you tell these male lions apart?" Ju An asked Kakoka in a spirit of shamelessness.
Kakoka smiled and gestured to Ju An and said: "If there is no obvious difference in appearance, you can look at their beards. The beard patterns around the mouth are different for each lion, but these two are very different. The belly The one with the thick black mane is the eldest brother Carlson, and the one with less mane on the belly is the younger brother Karls."
After listening to Kakoka gesticulating for a while, Ju'an still couldn't see the difference. Miles said: "Don't tell them apart. I've been here many times and I haven't learned to distinguish between lions. Let's just take a look and get off directly." A pride of lions”.
After hearing this, Kakoka smiled and continued to drive. Ju An turned his head and watched the two big male lions slowly disappearing behind him. The deep roars still filled Ju An's eardrums.
After driving for a while, Ju'an and the other three met the second African brother from the edge of the bush. The spotted hyena was leisurely following a leopard. The leopard was walking in front and the spotted hyena was following behind. Just hanging behind me like a little follower.
Ju An looked at the pair of huā leopard and spotted hyena through binoculars and turned to Kakoka and said: "Why doesn't this huā leopard turn around and give this spotted hyena a bite? It's annoying to keep following behind, like a follower. You said this spotted hyena also has such sharp teeth, why doesn’t it hunt by itself and lives by robbing other people’s food?”
After hearing this, Miles explained: "I know this. Spotted hyenas also have legs. A leopard can only run away when chasing a spotted hyena. As long as the spotted hyena is not overtaken by a leopard, usually neither of them can do anything about the other." , and it is very dangerous for a huā leopard to kill a spotted hyena, or it may be seriously injured. These animals usually put safety first and fight a lot, but life and death fights are still rare to see. There is no need to fight for food. Last life”.
Looking at the leopard in front and the spotted hyena hanging tightly behind in the telescope, it's like watching two lovers in a TV series from the 1980s. At that time, the country had just opened up and everyone was still very conservative. Generally, lovers went shopping with men. Walking in front, the woman followed shyly. Thinking of this and looking at a leopard and a spotted hyena, Ju An burst into laughter.
Miles saw Ju An laughing and asked, "Do you think a leopard and a spotted hyena can laugh?"
Ju An tried to explain what he was thinking to Miles. Miles couldn't think of the joke after hearing it, and his head shook when he heard it: "You Chinese lovers were really weird at that time. Is it possible to hug each other and go shopping together?" Problem mom?".
Ju An was stunned for a moment after hearing what Miles said. Hey! Why are you telling him this? If Wang Fan was nearby, he would probably be leaning forward and backward with joy. What a difference, what a difference. He had to say to Miles. : "You don't understand. Okay, let's continue to look at the two of them or go forward and look at the lions. When do you think the hua leopard will be able to hunt?"
Kakoka shook his head and said: "It's hard to say. It may take ten minutes or a day or two, and then the situation like in the morning will happen again, where the leopard and the spotted hyena tug of war until the winner is determined in the end." .
When Ju An heard that even the hunting was just in the morning, he said decisively: "Let's go see the next group of lions."
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