Chapter 74 Playing with a baboon
At this time, the king baboon will also take the initiative to show friendship to the lower-status male and female baboons and groom them. This will further strengthen its status. The group of baboons also compete to flatter the king. The king only grooms the subordinate baboon symbolically, while the lower-status baboons do their best. Therefore, the king's hair is always smooth and smooth, which can be seen at a glance.
Mainly active on the ground, they also climb into trees to sleep or forage. Good at swimming. Can make a loud cry. It is active during the day and roosts in large branches or caves at night.
Food includes a variety of small animals and plants. Social animals, each group size is usually 30 to 60 animals, but there are also large groups of 200 to 300 animals. There are more females, but males have higher status.
Male East African baboons fight to determine each other's rank. Only high-ranking male baboons can mate with female baboons in heat.
The group is led by an old and strong male baboon, with a specialized watcher responsible for warning of the approaching enemy. When retreating, the females and juveniles are the first to retreat, with the males protecting behind, making threatening roars, and even fighting back, because of their strength and bravery. Can pose a threat to intruders. The main natural enemy is the leopard.
According to scientific research, children born and raised by female baboons who like to gather in groups have a particularly high survival rate. Exactly what role a baboon's sociability plays in the prosperity of his or her family or genetics remains a mystery.
However, research data on baboons shows that communication between baboons can help groom each other's fur and reduce the number of heartbeats, which can ease the mood. It can also accelerate the secretion of endorphins in the brain to eliminate tension.
Based on past observation data, psychologists also found that when male baboons face danger, they either respond in the same intimidating way or run away, while female baboons send distress signals to their partners when they face danger.
Not long ago, the magazine "Science" also published research results on the way female baboons deal with emergencies. Omnivorous, able to find food in almost any environment, including vines, twigs, leaves, grass, roots, bark, flower buds, fruits (durian, rambutan, pineapple, lychee, mango, mango, figs), lichens, tubers, seeds, mushrooms, bulbs, and rhizomes.
In dry, arid areas, such as the deserts of the Northeast, they will feed on small invertebrates such as insects, grubs, spiders, and scorpions. Occasionally eats birds and small vertebrates. Usually drink water at noon.
Chu Ye now saw this baboon hiding in the grass. It kept peeking at the big tree in front.
'Hey, what does this baboon want to do? Why is it hiding in this patch of grass? Chu Ye looked at the baboon in front of him. He didn't understand what the baboon wanted to do.
It's just that Chu Ye is also hiding in this patch of grass now. He just wants to see what this baboon wants to do here.
While Chu Ye was thinking this, the baboon suddenly started running forward.
When Chu Ye saw this baboon running forward, he also ran over. He just wanted to see what this baboon wanted to do in the territory of their pride.
After this baboon ran forward for a while, it hid in a patch of grass again.
Chu Ye also followed and hid in a patch of grass nearby.
At this moment, Chu Ye saw a little lion from his pride, his sister Huahua, playing in the grass.
And this baboon was hiding in a patch of grass about ten meters away from Huahua. It stared at Huahua with wide eyes, salivating.
'No, this baboon wants to hunt our little lion. '
Chu Ye was now certain that this baboon wanted to hunt down the lion cub in their pride. And he wants to hunt Huahua.
'Hmph, you are such a bold baboon. You actually dare to run wild in the territory of our pride. Let's see how I deal with you. '
Chu Ye was very angry when he saw that this baboon wanted to run wild in their lion territory, and immediately followed it again.
This baboon had no idea that there was a lion cub staring at it from behind. It also thought that no one here would notice its whereabouts.
Maybe this baboon wanted to eat a lion cub so much that it boldly ran to the core of the lion territory and brought it to him.
Huahua, on the other hand, had no idea that the danger had come. It was still playing in the grass and didn't even feel that a baboon was staring at it!
This baboon looked at Huahua and didn't notice it at all. It was also very happy and felt that it would definitely be able to catch this little lion this time.
Not only did Huahua not know that danger was coming, on the contrary, while playing, she actually got closer and closer to the baboon.
'No, this baboon is going to attack Huahua. I must protect Huahua. 'Chu Ye is already prepared. He knows that he must protect Huahua. Not to mention that Huahua is his sister, even if it is another little lion, he will still protect Huahua.
This baboon became even more excited when it saw Huahua getting closer and closer to it. When Huahua was only five or six meters away from it, it suddenly jumped out of the grass and rushed towards Huahua.
But at the same time as the baboon sprang out of the grass, Chu Ye also sprang out of the grass.
Now what is going on between Chu Ye, this baboon and Huahua is a good show of a mantis stalking a cicada, followed by an oriole.
This baboon never imagined that at this time, there would be another lion cub that would regard it as prey.
At this time, there are no adult lions in the Jike pride. The two lionesses and the male lion went hunting. Among the lions, only these eight cubs remained at home.
This baboon also accidentally discovered such a good opportunity to prey on a lion cub. Because when he was foraging in the grass this morning, he saw that the male and female lions in the Jik lion group were hunting, and the eight cubs were playing next to a bush, without even noticing that there was a baboon staring at them. Caught one of their little lion cubs.
This baboon immediately pounced on Huahua. Huahua, on the other hand, never expected that such a thing would happen suddenly.
When Huahua saw an adult baboon rushing towards it, it was completely frightened. It just looked at the baboon in surprise, not knowing what to do.
This baboon was even more proud when he saw that this little lion was frightened by his actions. I feel that this time, I will be able to hunt a small lion and taste the taste of lion meat.
Although baboons are not carnivores, they also like to eat meat very much. As long as they have the opportunity to kill other animals, they will do so without hesitation.
This time, this baboon wanted to hunt a lion cub and taste the lion's meat.
But when this baboon just pounced in front of Huahua, it hadn't touched Huahua's fur yet. I felt a sharp claw grabbing its red butt.
'ah! ——'
This baboon was happily trying to catch this little lion! But suddenly it was also attacked by a sneak attack, which made the baboon very scared all of a sudden.
At the time, the baboon had no idea what animal had attacked it. Because its attention is entirely on the little lion in front. I just wanted to catch this little lion, and I didn't even notice that there was an animal behind that wanted to sneak up on it!
Huahua had frightened the baboon to death, but now she thought that it was doomed and would definitely be caught by the baboon.
But at this critical moment, this baboon was suddenly attacked by some animal. It had no chance to catch the little lion in front of it.
At that time, this baboon was very scared, and it was wondering if the adult lion of this pride was back. Especially the lion that looked very scary. If this male lion attacks this baboon now, then this baboon will be in danger.
This baboon couldn't care about Huahua now. It wanted to look back quickly to see what kind of animal had attacked it. Huahua also took the opportunity to run away.
But when this baboon turned around, it was very surprised. Because the one who attacked it was not an adult lion at all, but a little lion, a little lion not much bigger than the little lion just now.
'snort! It turned out to be a lion cub, which shocked me. I thought it was an adult lion! 'This baboon is looking at Chu Ye now and is no longer nervous.
'hehe! It turned out to be a little lion too, so I won’t eat that little lion just now. Since this little lion dares to sneak attack me, then I will treat you as an appetizer! 'This baboon no longer cares where Huahua went, it changed its target to the little lion in front of it.
Chu Ye first caught the baboon, and after it safely gave up Huahua, he hid aside again. Now he just wanted to play with this baboon.
When this baboon saw that Chu Ye dared to attack it, of course it was very angry. After Huahua escaped, it began to attack Chuye.
Chu Ye hid aside first, and when he saw this baboon coming to attack him, he deliberately ran away again.
This baboon saw Chu Ye running away, so it chased after him. How could it be willing to let Chu Ye go? Since Chu Ye dared to attack it, it must catch Chu Ye this time to relieve its anger.
Chu Ye pretended to run away first and let the baboon chase after him. Not only did Chu Ye not run towards where the lion cubs were, on the contrary, he ran towards the baboon territory.
This baboon saw Chu Ye running in the direction of their baboon territory. It was very happy and immediately chased after him.
