Chapter 862 Caught the Ostrich's Son
After drinking enough water, the feeling of hunger surpasses thirst and becomes the body's greatest need.
The sturdy ostrich jumped on the rock pile and kept moving towards the entrance of the underground river, with its black feathers fluttering in the air.
Looking at the ostrich's familiar route, 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 a hunting instinct.
As it kept pressing its claws and the muscles on its shoulders surged like water, Bifang held down the restless cheetah, shook his head and whispered to the audience: "Don't attack when an animal is about to drink water. This is not a good opportunity."
"Thirst can weaken an animal's nerves, but when it knows it is about to drink water, its brain becomes briefly excited and it remains highly alert to its surroundings. If it attacks at this time, the probability of failure will be high, as it is always paying attention to every move around it."
"Look at the ostrich's head. It's looking left and right, observing its environment."
Bifang held down Halley's head with one hand and stretched out his other hand from between the rocks, pointing at the ostrich.
The drone filmed along the finger's perspective, and the audience saw that the ostrich obviously slowed down after approaching the cave entrance, and looked around more frequently, obviously very alert.
"The ostrich's eyeballs are larger than its brain, making them the largest eyeballs of any land creature. Although there is no necessary connection, this may also be the reason why the ostrich has excellent eyesight and can see things 3 to 5 kilometers away, so you must be careful."
"We waited for it to finish drinking water and come out. That was the best opportunity. After drinking water, the animal would be in a comfortable state and its nerves would be more relaxed. It was also a good opportunity for us to catch it off guard."
"Of course, we could have caught the ostrich in the trap. After the ostrich went in, we could have followed it in and caught it. But the cave was too dark and we didn't explore it properly. We didn't know if there were other exits or hidden dangers. It's best not to take such a risk. We can just wait here for it to come out."
[Ostrich: Yes! ]
【Have a last good meal】
[Drink, drink hard]
Just like that , Bifang and Harley chose to remain in place when faced with the ostrich right in front of them.
Watching the huge ostrich enter the cave little by little.
Watching the prey disappear in front of his eyes, the cheetah Harley became a little impatient. He grabbed the cuff of Bifang's clothes with his claws and opened his mouth to bite it lightly.
Bifang withdrew his hand and ignored it.
He was sure that if he had really let Harley go out, with the little skills it had grown up with in the protection center, it would most likely return empty-handed.
"Cheetahs are carnivores, and their main prey is small and medium-sized ungulates, including Thomson's gazelle, Grant's gazelle, and impala, but ostriches are also a frequent prey of cheetahs."
"Although cheetahs run fast, their running distance is limited, so when hunting, they will try their best to get closer to their prey, one step at a time."
"They get close to their prey, 10 to 30 meters away, and then hunt them."
"Because cheetahs have relatively short teeth, they sometimes cannot bite their prey to death with their teeth. They often rely on their 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 the large prey to die."
"Let's get closer so that Harley can strike more easily and increase his chances."
[Ah, Lao Fang wants Harley to go up by himself? ]
[Is it reliable? ]
[A person and a cheetah, but we actually think that cheetahs are not reliable when hunting. Is this the river (eating watermelon)]
"Let it try."
Having only been hungry for a day, the ostrich was in good physical condition. Therefore, Bifang did not have the idea of getting the ostrich at all costs. He planned to let Harley try it himself to see how good his hunting talent was.
For cheetahs, it's even easier.
Wild animals don’t have three meals a day, so whether they can get meat depends largely on luck.
Most carnivores can go a week without food without any problem. They only need to hunt every day if they have cubs. If they live alone on weekdays, they basically hunt once every two days.
It’s only been a little over a day, less than two days.
It’s okay if you can’t catch it.
Harley's food is definitely a paradise compared to its compatriots in the wild. It even has a lot of fat on its body and feels plump.
Complaining now only comes from having never experienced hard times.
After living in the wild more often, this guy will understand how cruel nature is.
Bifang took Harley forward several meters and came to a place closer to the cave entrance.
This position is not as good as the previous one. It cannot hide the figures of the man and the leopard. However, the main point of an ambush is to catch the enemy by surprise. Once the ostrich comes out and changes direction, they will not be able to see them directly.
I waited for about a quarter of an hour.
Bifang, with its head pressed against the rock wall, became alert, not because it heard anything on the ground, but because the ostrich's head appeared in its sight.
Harley's breathing became low, his eyes fixed on the ostrich in front of him.
Even Jerry poked his head out of his backpack, his pair of dark little eyes staring intently.
"Chase, pounce, bite, remember these? Go!"
Bifang spoke in a low voice, not knowing whether the cheetah could understand or not, and finally slapped the cheetah's butt hard.
The cheetah, which was already in a high position, was pushed by this slap and its whole body leaped into the air. With only two landings, it crossed a distance of more than ten meters and came behind the ostrich.
At this time, the ostrich did not react at all until Halley landed on it. Under the feedback of touch, the whole body of the bird shook and 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 just felt that as soon as Bifang finished speaking, a black shadow jumped out from his side, then kicked off after landing and landed on the ostrich. They had no idea what happened in between.
Perhaps only by slowing down the live broadcast afterwards can the audience see it clearly.
Only Bifang, who had amazing dynamic vision and superhuman nerve reflex speed, saw it clearly. Looking at the cheetah pouncing on the ostrich, he clenched his fists and felt excited.
Well done, we can eat ostrich meat today!
But just as Bifang thought so, he saw the frightened ostrich jump up into the air, and then the cheetah that pounced on it lost its grip and fell to the ground, brushing against the ostrich's feathers. It then landed on the ground at its own speed and rolled several times.
When he stood up again, the ostrich had already escaped ten meters away.
The sum of the two distances exceeded thirty meters, and even Bifang was powerless at this time.
However, Harley, who rolled on the ground for several times, obviously did not think so. Perhaps he felt that he had lost face, so he got up from the ground and continued to run wildly to chase after him.
The hunting instinct engraved in Harley's genes made him chase the fleeing ostrich recklessly .
Bifang was not annoyed when he saw this, as everything was as he expected. He grabbed his spear and chased after him.
Soon, the audience watching the live broadcast saw the strange three-way linkage scene of the cheetah chasing the ostrich and the Bifang chasing the cheetah through the drone flying high in the sky, if the Gambian rat in the Bifang's backpack was not counted.
But soon, everyone witnessed the terrifying speed of the ostrich and cheetah.
On the vast African grasslands, the ostrich took the lead and was far ahead. The cheetah following closely behind was not much behind, with a gap of less than ten meters, and it looked like it was only half a body length behind.
Compared with the first two, Bifang, which was at the back, looked quite lagging behind, and the distance between them was getting longer and longer.
In fact, Bifang's full running speed at this time might be less than half of the previous two.
In just a few breaths, the taillights of the two guys in front were almost invisible.
Only the audience could follow the fierce competition between the two beasts through drones flying high in the sky.
It was not until several minutes later that Bifang saw the cheetah squatting on the ground with its tongue sticking out.
It was obviously a fruitless hunt.
[Oh my god, I failed]
【Not surprising at all】
[So I'm going to be hungry again today? ]
[I gave you a chance but you didn't use it]
"It doesn't matter. I was mentally prepared. I can only say it was expected."
Bifang was panting, standing not far away, looking at the cheetah behind the bushes, and laughing, not at all angry or annoyed for not being able to catch the prey.
At his current level, even if he really can't catch prey, he can still survive by finding plants, beetles, etc., but his quality of life will be greatly reduced.
Bifang doesn't care about these things, so there is no major survival crisis.
After adventure after adventure, there are still many events that can bring a sense of crisis to Bifang, such as encountering poachers, top predators, and rare natural disasters. These are extremely dangerous times.
It can be regarded as the most basic and routine dilemma.
The lack of food and water, these most basic difficulties, can hardly bother Bifang anymore.
This is proven both at the North Pole and at Point Nemo.
"This is the grassland. Not every harvest is fruitful. I believe Harley is not stupid at all. He has a talent for hunting. As long as he tries a few more times, he will eventually find it."
After a pause, Bifang stepped forward to call Harley back, but his steps froze as soon as his sight passed the bushes.
The audience, who were originally a little disappointed, also widened their eyes.
It’s not that Harley caught the ostrich.
The ostrich was not caught, but the ostrich's baby was caught by Harley!
Several huge ostrich eggs suddenly appeared in front of Halley, and the clean and thick eggshells glowed milky white in the sunlight.
Harley panted, turned to look at Bifang, then lowered his head and licked the ostrich egg.
Bifang raised his eyebrows and touched his growling stomach.
“Well, it seems that Harley is still a good hunter.
"We have eggs to eat."
…
Click.
Dry branches were broken off and thrown into the bonfire.
An ostrich egg was thrown directly into the burning fire pit and was soon roasted black by the flames.
The other two were lying intact on the sand nearby.
"Many animals eat or abandon their young, and perhaps the ostrich deliberately lured Halley to its nest and used its young to dodge the predator. This is a successful reproductive strategy."
In front of the fire pit, Bifang is explaining to the audience why Harley can find ostrich eggs.
"Childicide is very common among animals. We often see this phenomenon in hamsters, cats, rabbits, fish and other animals that we interact with more often."
"From a biological perspective, the ultimate purpose of life is to survive and reproduce."
"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 they do is kill all the cubs to interrupt the lactation period of the female lions. Only then can the female lions re-enter the breeding period, and the new male lions can reproduce their own offspring and pass on their own genes."
"Sometimes, in order to reproduce, lions will eat their own cubs, especially if the cubs are in poor health, disabled or sick, the probability of the mother lion cannibalizing them will be greatly increased."
"For a lioness, if one digit is ruined, it is better to eat it quickly so that she can have more time to reproduce and train the next digit."
"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."
"Many zoos have had incidents of cubs being eaten because they were contaminated with human odor."
"Animals cannot recognize DNA, and their sense of smell is very acute."
"When it smells human scent from its cubs, it can't tell whether they are its own children, so it eats them."
This rule is very cruel, but there is no emotion in the animal world, only the efficiency of reproduction matters.
Therefore, cannibalism is, to some extent, a successful reproductive strategy.
"Lizards, birds, snakes, and fish all eat their own eggs for some reason, and the long-tailed lizard is the most prominent."
"When a lizard is in distress, it will eat all of its eggs immediately."
"Instead of being eaten by others, it is better to eat them yourself. These eggs are the 'meat' that falls from your body. Eating this meat can better prepare for the next round of reproduction."
"No matter what kind of animal eats its own offspring, the end result is the same. It's all just to pass on its own genes and continue the inheritance of the entire species."
"The same principle applies to abandoning one's own child. For animals, if they can sacrifice their own child in exchange for their own life, it is also a very cost-effective deal, just like when an otter encounters danger, it will hold out its own child to win the sympathy of the predator."
[I know this. When I first saw it, I thought someone made it up, but it turned out to be true.]
[It really shocked me]
【The Cat Team has made great contributions! 】
"Of course, it is possible that the ostrich accidentally brought the cheetah to its nest."
Bifang poked the ostrich eggs in the flames with a wooden stick and turned them over so that they could receive better heat and mature faster.
"The shell of ostrich eggs is very thick, so we need to bake them for a little longer. It would be even better if there is soy sauce. After baking, pour soy sauce on it directly. It is absolutely delicious."
After roasting for about a quarter of an hour, Bifang felt it was almost done and used two branches to prop it up.
