Seeing that he didn't understand, Rachel explained: "When elephants keep flapping their bodies with their ears and rolling their long trunks, it means they are angry. This is a sign that they are about to attack. At this time
If they really attack you, remember not to run in a straight line, but to make a sharp turn to the left or right. Because the elephant's eyesight is very poor, he cannot make accurate changes, so he will pass you by.
Rush over..."
Only then did Owen realize that the elephant he had seen as normal just now was actually on the verge of breaking out. If Rachel hadn't reminded him, the elephant might have been chasing him by now.
"Where did you know this?"
Owen is now more curious about Rachel. What Rachel said is obviously not what he read in the books, and medical school probably won't teach it either.
Rachel shrugged: "This is nothing surprising. Although I am a doctor by profession, I am also an adventure enthusiast. These are all basic knowledge for walking in Africa..."
The sun sets, the sun sets, night falls
In the evening, it began to rain steadily on the grassland. This is what happens in the African grasslands during the rainy season. Basically, it rains every morning and evening.
The rain was not heavy and stopped after a while. The chirping of insects rang out on the grassland. Owen and Rachel found a tree, which was their camping site tonight.
The night came quickly, and it got dark in the blink of an eye. On the prairie, night is the hunting time for many predators. Even if Owen didn't want to expose himself, he had to light a bonfire. Fortunately, the tree they found was a
It was a dead tree. The dead tree was probably struck by lightning during the last rainy season. There were many burnt marks on one end of the crown.
Owen used his dagger to easily cut off a lot of dry wood from the trunk of the dead tree, so that the fire could be lit so easily. Owen's emergency bag was full of items, including a bottle of lighter fluid. He sprayed some lighter fluid on it.
On a branch, you can easily start a fire with a lighter.
Seeing the flames getting bigger and bigger, Owen added some hay, then firewood, and finally the bonfire was lit.
In just a short while, the grassland has completely entered darkness, and the surrounding noises gradually increased. The bonfire was extremely dazzling in the darkness, but the visibility was not very far. Even with the firelight, you could not see clearly from more than ten meters away.
True.
Many dark shadows were wandering around, which were animals attracted by the light of the fire. The animals were big and small, but all of them were curious about the bonfire.
By relying on the shadows, Owen could vaguely make out that some of the animals watching were zebras and antelopes, as well as some other small animals.
Although Africa is located in the tropics, the temperature will drop a lot after nightfall. The two of them gathered around the campfire, warming themselves while eating the wild fruits they picked up during the day.
Outside the range reflected by the fire, various sounds kept coming, and Owen could guess how many animals, large and small, were staring at them in the darkness in the distance.
Suddenly, a sound like a woman's strange laughter came from nearby. It sounded so creepy that Owen and Rachel both felt a shiver in their hearts. It was a hyena.
Owen looked at the darkness around him warily, occasionally seeing the outlines of hyenas. The hyenas' unique and strange screams were heard everywhere, and there must be quite a few of them.
Although these creatures are scavengers, it does not mean that they cannot hunt live animals. Moreover, hyenas are social animals, and there are usually a group of more than a dozen to dozens of animals.
The hyenas barked one after another, which was really scary. The two simply sat back to back and paid attention to their surroundings.
Owen took out the pistol and put it in his hand, and Rachel's voice came to his ears: "Give me the two magazines you have..."
Owen could roughly guess what she was going to do, so he took out two pistol magazines and handed them to her. After Rachel took the magazines, she began to hit each other with the two magazines, rubbing, and the clanging sound was heard far away.
spread.
Rachel explained in a low voice while moving: "Animals are very sensitive to sounds that threaten them. If these hyenas have encountered humans, they will be afraid of these metal sounds, because these sounds often represent killing and death...
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Rachel continued to fiddle with the magazine, and the sound of metal spread far away.
Owen stirred the fire, made it brighter, and added two more firewood. Many people had told him that when spending the night in the forest, the bigger the fire, the better. The wild beasts would not dare to come close if they saw it.
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Beasts also have judgment. If the fire is not big enough, the beast will feel that it is not a threat to it, and may risk attacking humans, so what Owen has to do is to make the fire as strong as possible.
Both of them are doing something for their safety in their own way, but the effect is not very good. It can be clearly seen that the hyenas are getting closer and closer to the flames, so close that they can see the hyenas clearly.
Look.
The hyenas looked like they might attack at any time. Owen roughly counted them, and there were about a dozen of them around. Owen pulled out the dagger, holding a pistol and a knife. Next to him, Rachel also picked them up from the fire.
A flaming branch was used as a weapon.
"Come on, you guys, I've been wanting to taste hyena meat for a long time..."
Owen felt furious, there was no way to retreat from this place, he could only fight hard.
The two of them had already stood up, back to back, ensuring that there was no blind spot at 360 degrees. Suddenly, Rachel screamed, and a hyena rushed towards Rachel.
The hyenas could probably tell that Owen was the stronger of the two, so they placed the breakthrough point on Rachel's side.
Bang~
The gun in Owen's hand rang out, and the hyena that rushed forward was shot to death without even touching Rachel's side. The piercing sound of the gunshot frightened the hyena group away, and the attack that had just been launched came to an abrupt end.
Watching the hyenas retreat into the darkness, Owen and Rachel looked at each other and let out a long sigh of relief.
The dead hyenas were not very strong. Owen glanced at the darkness outside the firelight. Those green eyes were still there. The group of hyenas did not retreat at all, they just disappeared into the darkness again.
Owen looked at the dog carcass on the ground. Maybe the hyena was just pushed out as cannon fodder for testing.
Owen dragged the hyena's body back, then disemboweled it with a fighting dagger and skinned it. Then he cut some branches to make a stand. Before long, the dog corpse turned into a barbecue rotating on the stand.
The dog corpse was roasted until it was sizzling with oil. The oil dripped into the fire and raised a cloud of smoke, accompanied by bursts of meaty aroma.
Those hyenas have been hiding in the darkness. They did not leave, but they did not attack again. Owen wanted to use this method to tell them that he was not easy to mess with, and if they dared to mess with him, he would be willing to turn into a barbecue.
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These two chapters refer to "Man-Wolf War" and some of Pei Ye's experiences in Africa.
Someone urged me, so I quickly sent it first. I originally wanted to send four of them together.