Chapter 65: Caught a little rabbit
Because little animals like jumping rabbits are very agile. Their ability to escape is very strong and they are not easy to catch.
Chu Ye now saw a little rabbit hiding in a bush not far away. It is looking for some edible food in the grass.
Generally speaking, during the dry season, rabbits have no grass to eat, and they can only eat some grass roots. Because a lot of green grass withers during the dry season.
Although these grasses are withered, they are not dead. They are just dehydrating the branches and leaves to protect the roots underground.
At this time, the grass, regardless of the part on the ground, has withered. But the underground part is still very fresh and tender.
At this time, the little rabbit cannot find any grass on the ground to eat. He could only eat some grass roots to satisfy his hunger.
Chu Ye first hid in the bushes on one side, waiting quietly for the rabbit to approach him.
For Chu Ye, he knew that if he wanted to catch a jumping rabbit, he would have to be patient.
Because rabbits generally move around in their own territory. There are many caves in their territory. Once they discover the enemy, these little rabbits will hide in their caves very quickly.
Therefore, it is very difficult to catch these little rabbits. If you don't have a little patience, it may be difficult to catch these little rabbits.
Chu Ye once wanted to catch a jumping rabbit. But when it was about to catch up with the jumping rabbit, the jumping rabbit suddenly got into the cave.
When the jumping rabbit got into the cave, of course Chu Ye had no choice. After all, it can't get into a rabbit's burrow.
This time, Chu Ye had to learn the lesson from the last time. He could not let this rabbit slip into the cave again.
Therefore, Chu Ye hid in the bushes on one side. He would wait until the rabbit was very close to him before he suddenly jumped out of the bushes. Only in this way can it be possible to catch this rabbit at once.
Chu Ye now looked at the rabbit that was still grazing there, and he could only drool at first. After all, it has been wanting to catch a rabbit these days to taste the taste of rabbit meat in Africa, but it has never caught a rabbit.
This time Chu Ye decided to be careful and must succeed in hunting. Otherwise, I don’t know when it will have such an opportunity again in the future.
Because this opportunity is very good. This jumping rabbit has no idea that there is a little lion lurking next to it. And this jumping rabbit was slowly approaching Chu Ye!
'Okay, I'm here to wait for the rabbit. I must catch this little rabbit. Chu Ye hid in the bushes and looked at the little rabbit approaching him. He was very happy.
Chu Ye looked at the plump rabbit, and his mouth watered with anxiety. But he still had to be patient. After all, if he rushed out of the bushes again now, he might let this rabbit escape again.
But this rabbit walked forward while eating grass. If it goes like this, the speed will be relatively slow.
Now this rabbit is still about ten meters away from Chu Ye. Chu Ye decided to make the rabbit within five meters of him before launching an attack.
From now on, Chu Ye has to wait patiently in the bushes.
While Chu Ye looked at the rabbit slowly approaching him, he thought about some knowledge about the African jumping rabbit.
The jumping rabbit looks like a small kangaroo, is relatively large, weighs up to 3-4 kilograms, and has a strong jumping ability. They come in many different colors, ranging from reddish brown to light gray, with a black tail tip.
The jumping rabbit has well-developed hind limbs and can jump more than 2 meters, hence its name. Lives in the dry grasslands of southeastern Africa.
They are mainly nocturnal and eat plants and insects. The life span of artificially raised jumping rabbits is 13-14 years.
The body length of the jumping rabbit is 35-45 cm; the squatting height is 28-32 cm; the tail length is 37-48 cm; the ear length is 7-9 cm; the weight is 3-4 kg.
Hopping rabbits come in many different colors, ranging from reddish brown to light gray. The end of the tail is black or dark brown, and the fur is very thick. The fur of the jumping rabbit is very thin and soft, and the undercoat is not very long. There are four toes and hoof-like claws on the hind limbs, which are longer than those on the forelimbs.
Their necks are muscular, their heads are short, their eyes are large, and their ears have tragus to prevent sand particles caused by digging from entering the ears.
Hopping Rabbits are primarily nocturnal, but are sometimes active during the day. They live in tunnels they dig during daylight hours, tamping their exits with dirt. They can dig easily during the rainy season. They sometimes jump out of their nests at night. They jump on their hind legs like kangaroos and retreat to their dens when frightened.
Despite its name, this peculiar African rodent looks less like a rabbit and more like a squirrel because of its thick, powerful hind legs.
The jumping rabbit usually crawls on all fours, but if threatened it can jump up to 4 meters in one jump - enough to escape leopards, lions and other predators.
Hopping rabbits will live in different nests on different days and tend to make three circular nests. They like to dig their nests during the rainy season when the soil is moist.
Most of these nests are located near large trees or shrubs. A jumping rabbit's territory is within 25-250 meters of its nest. On dry days they expand their territory.
Hopping rabbits hide in spacious caves during the day and come out to forage at night. They mainly feed on plants and roots. They like to eat barley, wheat and oats, and occasionally insects. Use your front paws to dig the rhizome out of the ground.
The jumping rabbit that Chu Ye saw now was eating some rhizomes of spiky grass. Because of these grasses, the upper leaf parts wither during the dry season. The rhizome underneath is still very fresh and tender.
The jumping rabbit is now eating the rhizomes of the hairy grass. While it was eating, it walked towards the bush where Chu Ye was.
For this jumping rabbit, he had no idea that danger was approaching. It still feels like this place is very safe. After all, the jumping rabbit is in the grass and cannot be seen by animals far away. You can only see it if you get closer.
Chu Ye was hiding in the bushes, waiting for the jumping rabbit to get close to him. As long as this jumping rabbit is five meters away from it, he will attack.
This time Chu Ye was very patient. But it was also very nervous. After all, little animals like jumping rabbits are also very sensitive. If there is a slight disturbance, it can immediately get into the cave next to it.
Hopping Rabbits generally move within a few hundred meters of their burrows. The reason why they don't run very far is because they are afraid that they will have no way to hide when they encounter natural enemies.
The jumping rabbit's hearing is very sensitive. They can hear whether there are any natural enemies of their own from more than a hundred meters away.
Although the jumping rabbit's hearing is very sensitive. However, due to their relatively small size, it is still difficult for them to escape the pursuit of natural enemies as long as they enter the attack range of them.
Chu Ye hid in the bushes. He knew that as long as this rabbit came within his attack range, he could catch this rabbit.
Perhaps because this rabbit was relatively hungry, it also became a little forgetful when it was eating grass roots. It may be the feeling that this place has few natural enemies.
So, while eating grass, this jumping rabbit slowly approached Chu Ye.
Chu Ye held his breath and waited quietly. Finally, the jumping rabbit entered its ambush range, which was less than five meters away from Chu Ye.
'Okay, I'm ready to attack. '
When Chu Ye saw that the jumping rabbit was less than five meters away from him, he suddenly jumped out of the bushes.
Chu Ye was like a sharp arrow, hitting the jumping rabbit at once.
This jumping rabbit couldn't react at all. After all, Chu Ye was only five meters away from it. Chu Ye sprang out very fast, and even if Leap Rabbit wanted to escape, it was already too late.
Chu Ye bit the jumping rabbit's neck in one bite.
This jumping rabbit still wanted to struggle to escape, but its strength was not as strong as Chu Ye's. It was useless even if it struggled again. It was impossible for it to escape again.
Chu Ye bit Leap Rabbit's neck, and then pressed harder. The neck of this jumping rabbit was broken. It struggled a few more times and stopped moving.
Chu Ye was very happy after seeing that the jumping rabbit was dead. After all, he finally hunted a jumping rabbit. You know, Chu Ye has long wanted to taste the jumping rabbit. But before, it had never hunted a jumping rabbit on its own.
Although sometimes, it can also taste the taste of jumping rabbits in Lisa and Elsa's prey. But that was tasted in the process of competing for food with other little lions.
To be honest, in such a scramble situation, Chu Ye couldn't taste the taste of prey at all. After all, at that time, everyone just wanted to eat food, who would want to taste the taste of prey.
Originally, for the carnivores on the prairie, eating was just to fill their stomachs, not to taste the delicious food at all.
Only when humans eat, they deliberately taste the food. For animals, they only eat to be full and don't care what their food tastes like.
Not to mention that animals don’t know how to taste food. During the dry season, they often even eat carrion. Tell me, does this rotten meat still have any taste?
Therefore, for animals on the prairie, they do not taste the food at all. They only devour food hungrily instead of chewing slowly.
