Chapter 880 The Great River
"I don't know about other countries, but in China, the way most people learn about animals is probably by watching Animal World when they were young, right?"
Bifang still remembers the scene when he was a child, sitting in front of the TV, waiting for Animal World to start.
That kind of anticipation can sometimes even surpass one's love for the cartoon.
【Plus one】
[Like Fang Shen, I particularly liked watching Animal World when I was a child]
[My grandpa likes to watch Animal World very much. When I was a child, I often went to his house to play, so I watched it since I was young. It was quite interesting to watch, and it was much better than some cartoons.]
[I’m not that keen on it, but if I see a cartoon I don’t like, I’ll go watch Animal World instead.]
[Watching a fish lurking under the water, and then suddenly shooting a water arrow from its mouth, knocking an insect off a branch, swallowing it in one gulp, I don’t know why it feels so good]
The meal was almost over, and Bifang and Harley began to retreat slowly, gradually moving away from the three brothers on the grassland.
“People are always curious about things they don’t understand. They want to know how powerful a tiger’s strong muscles are, how powerful a rhinoceros’ horns are, and how big fish create whirlpools in the river.”
"But if you really put most people in a lion-tiger mountain or crocodile pool in a zoo, I'm afraid most people would not think of getting close to them, and would instinctively just run as far away as possible."
"Even if they were placed in a monkey mountain or bird house, I'm afraid most people wouldn't want to stay there. Just being separated by fences doesn't allow people to get to know them more deeply, and it's not satisfying at all."
"This is the case even in zoos that are divorced from reality and have lost their wildness, let alone the real wild."
“Distance does not create beauty, but it can create a sense of security.”
After retreating dozens of meters, Bifang stood up again.
Away from his eldest brother, second brother, and third brother, the trembling Harley was finally able to stand up and no longer huddled up in a ball.
[Too real]
[One of the reasons why I like Lao Fang’s live broadcast is that there are always all kinds of strange animals in the live broadcast room. The most important thing is that Lao Fang also explains it in great detail, which is very exciting.]
[Three brothers gathered together, Harley is not good enough]
[She kept hiding behind Fang Shen's butt, it made me laugh to death]
“As a kid I was interested in them but I was afraid to approach them.”
"At this time, the animal world provides me with an excellent window to understand them."
"The motley wolf is definitely a powerful animal, but we have never watched its performance carefully. If you are interested in this kind of creature and want to learn more about it, you might as well watch Sir Alex's Dynasty."
[Fang Shen really loves the Lord]
[I have watched Dynasty, it is indeed good, or rather, Sir Alex Ferguson's documentaries are never too bad, he is worthy of being the father of documentaries, they are all works of art]
[Even if these animals become extinct in the future, at least there will be something to prove to future generations that they existed.]
[The theme has been sublimated again]
Bifang stared at the three brothers on the grassland.
The hyenas tore the old zebra apart, eating up all the belly meat, leaving behind only the blood-red ribs.
The bloody ribs bent towards the sky, silently revealing the cruelty and hideousness of nature.
The stomach of the slightly smaller sub-adult zebra was also emptied. A few wolves that had not yet eaten their fill sneaked over and carefully bit the little zebra, trying to drag it back to their own camp.
A few spotted hyenas stood out and roared a few times symbolically, but did not choose to rush forward to fight for it. They just demonstrated on the spot.
The motley wolf that was scared away by the shouting crouched down after a dozen seconds, and came back little by little, biting the zebra's leg and continuing to drag it. Then the white hyena scared it away, but soon ran back again.
This happened repeatedly, and finally the wolf dragged the little zebra back to its home and placed it next to the ostrich. Many hungry wolves hurried up to feast on the little zebra and tear apart chunks of meat.
Zebras are very large, and one adult zebra is enough for a pride of lions or hyenas to eat.
But the ostriches were much smaller in comparison, and there were also quite a few of them, the "defective products" whose stomachs had been emptied by the leopards. Even the most numerous wolves present were a little hungry and could only steal the little zebra left by the hyenas.
"Animals become much lazier when they are full. Many people are influenced by some movies and TV shows, or are frightened by the hyenas' behavior of digging for food, and subjectively think that they are more ferocious, but in fact they are not."
"Many reptiles and arthropods, due to their own level, have only the instincts of hunting, eating, and reproduction. However, as mammals, at this stage, their intelligence development has already given them certain personality traits."
"Of course, this is definitely much weaker than humans. It is embarrassing to anthropomorphize animals. Every time I see some descriptions of animals that are overly anthropomorphic, my big toe will curl up involuntarily."
[Hahaha, me too]
【I totally agree.】
[Don’t rush me, don’t rush me, three bedrooms and one living room, right? It’s already under construction.]
"Brutal and aggressive traits are not associated with spotted hyenas, so they usually don't take the initiative to provoke trouble. They will only attack when their interests are involved."
"Most animals are the same in this regard, so if there is enough food , even if a young zebra is dragged away, there will not be a violent conflict."
"After all, spotted hyenas won't make bacon out of zebras like I do to extend their shelf life. I've stressed this point many times before. That's why we're so close and yet so safe."
The entire eating process of the three brothers took no more than an hour. The originally lively and tense grassland fell into silence again after that, and the three groups gradually dispersed.
Only a few corpses with exposed bones remain on the vast grassland, and perhaps they will eventually end up in the stomachs of vultures.
After enjoying the most realistic hunting experience, Bifang breathed a sigh of relief. He felt a great sense of heroism in his heart. A surge of refreshing energy passed from his toes to the top of his head, and his whole body felt refreshed.
Bifang turned around and said, "Let's go, there's nothing to see."
At this time, Harley was squatting on a small earthen slope only two meters high, looking around vigilantly. After hearing his name, he quickly jumped down from the earthen slope and followed Bifang closely.
The three major groups of grasslands are basically the three most threatening carnivores in the whole of Africa, and they all have a sense of territory.
Now that all three have eaten, the area around here can be considered a safe zone for the next three days. Unfortunately, Bifang still has a mission and cannot stay here for long.
One day later.
The wide river blocked Bifang and Halley's way.
On both sides of the river, huge Nile crocodiles lie on the shore, opening their long jaws full of sharp teeth, quietly waiting for prey that rush to the shore because of thirst.
