Chapter 110 The Rampant Leopard
Although the cheetah is the sprint champion on the prairie, its slender body limits its strength, so it is said that they do not dare to directly confront other predators on the prairie.
After Chu Ye defeated three cheetahs, he began to taste the taste of this oryx.
Chu Ye hadn't eaten mutton for many days, especially the taste of the oryx, which he had never tasted before.
'Haha, I can have a good meal with such a big oryx. Not only can I have a full meal myself, but I can also take it back to the other cubs in the pride. These little lions can also have a good meal. '
Chu Ye looked at the majestic oryx in front of him, and he was very happy. He immediately started biting the meat of the oryx.
But what Chu Ye didn't expect was that just after he took a few bites, he felt some animals running over from a distance.
Chu Ye didn't see what kind of animal was running over at first. He was thinking that it might be a hyena. After all, hyenas just like to steal other people's prey.
Chu Ye also saw several vultures circling in the sky above its head. Apparently, they had discovered the oryx on the ground.
The hyenas also like to observe the vultures in the sky. Once you see vultures circling over a certain place, it means there is food there.
Looking at the oryx hovering in the sky, Chu Ye felt that it must be a hyena coming to snatch his food.
'Hmph, you gang of scoundrels want to rob our lions of food again. Today, I'm going to teach you a lesson and let you know that we lions are not easy to bully. '
Chu Ye felt that a group of hyenas must have come to snatch food from him. It's just that Chu Ye is not too afraid. After all, when he was a little lion, he could defeat many hyenas, not to mention that Chu Ye is now a big lion.
But when these animals ran up to Chu Ye, Chu Ye was a little dumbfounded.
Because Chu Ye saw that what ran in front of him was not a hyena, but two leopards.
These were two strong male leopards, and they ran directly in front of Chu Ye.
When he saw it was two leopards, Chu Ye was a little surprised. After all, he felt that it might be a hyena coming to snatch his food, but he never expected that it would be two leopards.
When Chu Ye saw these two leopards, some information about the leopards immediately appeared in his mind.
Leopard: It is a large carnivorous animal of the Mammalia, Catidae, and Leopard genus, with a body length of 100-150 cm and a weight of 50-100 kg. The body shape is like a tiger, but obviously smaller; the body is uniform, the limbs are medium-long, and the toes are walking. Vision, hearing, and smell are all well developed.
The head is small, the tail is long, the limbs are short and strong, the front feet have 5 toes, the hind feet have 4 toes, and the claws are gray and white and can be retracted. The coat is yellow and covered with black ring spots; the spots on the head are small and dense, and the spots on the back are dense and larger. The spots are in a round or oval plum blossom pattern, which is quite similar to ancient copper coins, so it is also called "Golden Leopard". " known as.
They live in forests, shrubs, wetlands, deserts and other environments, and their nests are mostly built in dense trees, shrubs or caves. They live alone, often active at night, and rest in trees or caves during the day. In places where food is abundant, the range of activities is relatively fixed; when food is scarce, they will wander dozens of kilometers in search of food.
Guard their own relatively fixed territory, and the male's territory is larger than that of the female. It preys on various ungulates, as well as monkeys, rabbits, rodents, birds and fish. In autumn, it also eats sweet berries. When food was scarce, they would sneak into villages at night and steal poultry and livestock.
It is widely distributed across many regions in Asia and Africa, from the Himalayas to the Sahara Desert.
The leopard has a short and strong body, a round head, short legs, a small and round head, short ears, black backs, yellow ear tips, and yellow bases with sparse black spots.
The iris is yellow, and the pupil shrinks into a round shape under strong light, and emits sparkling phosphorescence in the dark. The canine teeth are well developed, and the surface of the tongue is covered with many small, keratinized, inverted spines. There are 5 rows of oblique beards on each side of the mouth. The forehead, between and below the eyes, and cheeks are covered with small black spots.
The fur on the body is brightly colored, the back of the body is apricot, the under the neck, chest, abdomen and the inside of the limbs are white, the back of the ears is black, there is a significant white spot, the tip of the tail is black, the whole body is covered with black spots, and the spots on the head are small And dense, the spots on the back are dense and larger.
Leopards that inhabit savanna areas tend to have a more reddish or tawny body, while desert leopards are usually a lighter cream or tan color. Leopards in cooler regions and high mountains often have gray-gold fur. Leopards have muscular bodies and powerful claws.
Its powerful jaws allow it to kill and dismember prey, and its long, sensitive beard makes the leopard suitable for night hunting. A few long hairs on the eyebrows help protect the eye from scratching as it moves between bushes.
The leopard is also a very agile climber, with heavily developed muscles in its shoulders and forelimbs, which help it climb slopes and drag prey up trees.
Leopards will constantly patrol their territory, and hunting behavior and territory patrols are basically carried out at the same time. Under normal circumstances, leopards can walk about 3-6 kilometers per hour. In Africa, leopards often walk about 12 kilometers continuously in one night.
When hunting, leopards will move within a range of about 3-5 kilometers a day, but when there is a lack of food, leopards will continuously walk 10-20 kilometers to stalk or find prey. In the Kalahari Desert of Africa, leopards travel approximately 16-17 kilometers per day, sometimes exceeding 33 kilometers.
The wandering nature of cats is particularly prominent in leopards. Like explorers or vagabonds, they chase their prey far and wide through forests and wilderness, until they spread to many corners of the Old World. What exactly drives them to do this, I'm afraid no one will ever know.
Leopards mark their presence in their territory in a variety of ways, the most common of which is spraying urine as a mark. Leopards usually spray urine on bushes, tree trunks, and rocks in their territory. Such markings can be seen everywhere in the leopard's territory.
These urines convey a variety of messages. In addition to indicating "I am here", they are also a means of transmitting various messages such as estrus and courtship.
In addition, leopards will also make marks by using their claws on tree trunks and the ground, usually forming obvious scratches on the bark of trees, or using their back feet to make obvious gouging marks on the ground grass. Feces are also a clear mark of a leopard's territory.
When Chu Ye saw two strong adult male leopards in front of him, he felt nervous. After all, Chu Ye has never competed with a big cat like a leopard.
A leopard might not be that scary to Chu Ye. After all, Chu Ye's current size is about the same size as an adult leopard.
But the words of the two leopards still made Chu Ye a little worried. After all, he has never competed with an animal like a leopard. Not to mention two leopards, one leopard was a little worrying for Chu Ye.
However, Chu Ye knew that he was not an ordinary little lion, but a little lion with many special abilities. How could he scare these two leopards?
So, Chu Yeye immediately roared at the two leopards in front of him. Then, he made a fighting posture.
The reason why these two leopards dared to snatch Chu Ye's prey was because they saw that Chu Ye was just a sub-adult male lion. Chu Ye's size was similar to that of their leopards. Because of this, these two leopards dared to compete with Chu Ye.
The two cheetahs are thinking the same thing as the three cheetahs just now. They all felt that Chu Ye was just a sub-adult male lion, so they naturally didn't need to take Chu Ye seriously.
Originally, the two cheetahs in front of me were a pair of brothers. Like the three cheetahs just now, they were brothers who came together to conquer the world.
These two leopards had not hunted large prey for several days, and they felt very hungry.
When they found the prey that Chu Ye had snatched from the three cheetahs through vultures, they wanted to snatch Chu Ye's prey.
Generally speaking, leopards do not dare to provoke lions, especially male lions, which are also very scary to leopards. Ordinary leopards simply don't dare to snatch the prey of adult male lions, let alone compete with adult male lions.
The two leopards in front of them have been hungry for several days. They are now in urgent need of eating some meat to replenish their physical strength. Facing a sub-adult male lion like Chu Ye, these two leopards also decided to make an exception and come to snatch Chu Ye's prey.
How could Chu Ye be willing to give up his hard-earned prey to these two greedy leopards!
Therefore, when Chu Ye saw that these two leopards dared to snatch his prey, he was of course very angry and immediately prepared to fight the two leopards.
The two leopards looked at Chu Ye's angry look, and they were also a little scared. First, he quickly stepped aside. After all, the anger of the lion is also very scary.
It's just that these two leopards are unwilling to give up the tempting prey in front of them. After all, this is an adult male oryx, weighing one to two hundred kilograms. If they can snatch such an oryx, it will be a big win for the leopard brothers. It's really a big meal.
Chu Ye saw that he had just roared to scare away the two leopard brothers, and he began to lower his head to eat the meat of the oryx again.
But the two leopards just hid aside and did not run far away. When they saw that Chu Ye did not chase them and just continued to eat meat, they actually returned to Chu Ye.
Obviously, these two leopards couldn't resist the temptation of this oryx and were unwilling to leave here. They just wanted to snatch some oryx meat from Chu Ye.
