Chapter 118: Capturing the little antelope
This was something Chu Ye didn't expect. He never imagined that at this critical moment, this Tang's gazelle would do this to him.
In fact, this is a tactic often used by small antelopes such as gazelles when they are pursued by enemies. Originally, small herbivores like gazelles did not have the strength to compete with their natural enemies. The only thing they can do is run away.
But this escape also requires some strategies and tactics.
Small antelopes like gazelles will adopt some strategies and tactics when they are running away, so that they can quickly get rid of the threat of natural enemies while running.
Just like the Thomson's gazelle in front of you, it adopts some strategies and tactics when running.
When you see natural enemies getting closer and closer to you, you may soon fall prey to them. Tang's gazelle will make a sharp turn and directly throw away the opponent. In this way, you create a chance for yourself to fight back and escape from death.
When Chu Yeye watched a documentary program such as "Man and Nature" on TV, he also saw a classic shot, which was a close-up of how Thomson's gazelle cleverly avoids natural enemies.
At that time, the plot on TV was like this.
When a Thomson's gazelle was swimming in the river near a waterhole, it was stared at by a cheetah.
In fact, on the prairie, the waterholes are the battlefields for predators to hunt. Because in this place, herbivores often come here to drink river water.
Many predators like to hide in the bushes near waterholes. When they see herbivores drinking water at the waterhole, they will make a sudden attack and catch the prey they want.
For herbivores living on the savannah, there may not be much danger when eating grass. But when the river is full, it is very dangerous.
Not to mention that there may be underwater killers like crocodiles in the river. There may be many dangerous predators lurking in the grass by the river alone.
Although herbivores know that there is danger around the waterhole. But they have to take such risks in order to drink water. After all, they won't go to a puddle to drink unless they are very thirsty.
Even though herbivores know that there is danger at the waterhole, they still go to the waterhole to drink water. Because if they don't drink water, they won't be able to survive.
At that time, there was a Thomson's gazelle that couldn't help being thirsty and wanted to go to a water hole to drink water. But it was seen by a cheetah hiding here waiting for prey.
As soon as this cheetah saw this Thomson's gazelle, its saliva flowed out. At that time, the bush where the cheetah was hiding was only more than ten meters away from the Thomson's gazelle drinking at the water's edge.
A distance of more than ten meters is nothing at all to the cheetah, the champion sprinter on the prairie. It might have covered this distance in the blink of an eye.
Besides, this Thomson's gazelle is also an adult gazelle, and it is also very experienced in avoiding enemies. When it drinks water at the puddle, it is always on guard against danger from the side.
When this cheetah pounced towards this Thomson's gazelle at the speed of an arrow. The situation that this Thomson's gazelle was in at that time may have seemed to the audience that there was no chance of recovery.
After all, the cheetah is very fast, and it is only more than ten meters away from this Thomson's gazelle.
A distance of more than ten meters is the effective hunting distance of the cheetah. At this distance, the cheetah can easily capture its own prey.
For this cheetah lurking by the waterhole, it feels like it will definitely succeed in hunting this time. After all, its speed is completely beyond human imagination.
But as the saying goes, if the Tao is one foot high, the devil is one foot high.
When this cheetah pounced towards this Thomson's gazelle at the speed of an arrow. This Thomson's gazelle suddenly turned around and made a fake move. It ran sideways first. Let the cheetah feel that it is ready to escape in this direction.
As a result, the cheetah immediately changed its direction and pounced in the escape direction chosen by Thomson's gazelle.
But the clever Thomson's gazelle, after making that fake move, suddenly turned around and ran in the other direction.
The poor cheetah completely fell into the trap this time, it was very fast. When it saw that what the Thomson's gazelle had just done was a fake move and suddenly turned around and ran in the other direction, it wanted to brake suddenly and then turn around to pursue the Thomson's gazelle.
Since the cheetah was running very fast just now, the inertia generated by its body was also very large. As a result, the cheetah could not turn around quickly. Its body rushed directly into the distance, fell to the ground, and rolled several times.
Tang's gazelle, on the other hand, had already seized the opportunity to escape and quickly disappeared into the grass in the distance.
This classic "Man and Nature" documentary footage makes Chu Ye never tire of it. At that time, he couldn't help but applaud the clever Thomson's gazelle. I feel that this small antelope is so powerful that it can make an adult cheetah roll on the ground several times before it stabilizes its body. It is really a Thomson's gazelle with superb escape skills.
But what Chu Ye didn't expect was that this classic scene actually happened to him now.
However, he is not the escaped Thomson's gazelle, he is now the poor cheetah, and he also let this Thomson's gazelle play with him.
'Damn, I really didn't expect that the classic TV scene I had seen before was actually played out on me. '
Chu Ye also didn't expect that this Tang's gazelle also taught him a lesson, letting him know that it is not that easy to catch a Tang's gazelle.
Originally, Chu Ye was about to catch up with this Tang's gazelle. But when Tang's Gazelle made a sharp turn, it threw Chu Ye away again. Chu Ye suddenly distanced himself from Tang's Gazelle again.
'Hmph, you, a lion, still want to catch up with me, do you think you can do it? Even a cheetah can't catch me. You, a lion, still want to catch me. You are really overestimating your capabilities. '
This Tang's gazelle was very happy when it saw that it had thrown Chu Ye away at once. It feels like Chu Ye can no longer catch up with it this time.
But how could Chu Ye give up on this Tang's gazelle like this! After all, he had been among the Jike lions for several months, and he had hunted a lot of prey himself. Now he was embarrassed in front of a small gazelle. How could he let him swallow this breath.
'Fuck, you're just a little gazelle, I can't catch you! Today, I must catch you. Let me see where you can run. '
Although Chu Ye let this Tang's gazelle get away again, he did not give up the chase. He immediately began to use the spiritual energy in his body again, injecting this spiritual energy into his limbs again.
When Chu Ye injected spiritual energy into the limbs in his body again, his running speed suddenly accelerated again.
This Tang's gazelle, I originally thought, could throw Chu Ye away at this moment. It was impossible for Chu Ye to chase it again. But Chu Ye still wanted to pursue this Tang's gazelle.
Now, this Tang's gazelle felt very puzzled.
'Damn it, what's wrong with you as a lion? Why don't you give up! It's impossible for you to catch up with me. I advise you to give up eating me! The weather is so hot, you'd better go out there to cool down! Don't waste your energy here. '
This Thomson's gazelle saw that after it had shaken off the lion, the lion still refused to give up and was still chasing it. It was confused.
However, this Tang's gazelle also felt that it was impossible for Chu Ye to catch up with it. It can completely throw Chu Ye away again.
Chu Ye once again injected spiritual energy into his limbs, and he began to pursue the Tang's gazelle at full speed.
Now, this Tang's gazelle was dumbfounded again. Because Chu Ye was very fast, in just a blink of an eye, he caught up with the Tang's gazelle again.
'Humph, why are you so difficult to deal with! Why don't you give up? In this case, I will give you another trick to escape from death! '
When this Tang's gazelle saw that Chu Ye was catching up again, it started to repeat its old tricks. It suddenly started to turn around again and ran in the other direction, trying to throw Chu Ye away again.
But this time, how could Chu Ye be fooled again! He already felt that this Thomson's gazelle would definitely make another sharp turn when he was about to catch up with it.
Therefore, when the Tang's gazelle turned sharply, Chu Ye correctly judged the direction in which it might turn. Then he jumped up and pounced on the Tang's gazelle.
This Tang's gazelle was dumbfounded. Because Chu Ye jumped directly onto its back, it couldn't stand steadily and fell to the ground.
Now, this Thomson's gazelle has nothing to do. Chu Ye bit its throat directly, and it began to struggle feebly in the grass, letting out some low screams.
'What's going on today? How can this lion be so powerful? Not only can it run faster than ever, but it can also determine the direction in which I'm turning sharply. It's really weird! '
After this Tang's gazelle was caught by Chu Ye, its brain felt a little insufficient. It really didn't understand how it could lose to a lion in terms of escape skills.
'This lion is really awesome. Although I lost, I feel like I did my best. Although I lost, I didn’t feel ashamed to lose. '
Although this Tang's gazelle has become Chu Ye's prey, it may also be thinking about something about this special lion in front of it.
But Chu Ye didn't care what he thought about this Tang's gazelle. He finally succeeded in hunting it, and he was very happy. After all, he could eat fresh antelope meat.
After Chu Ye bit the throat of this Tang's gazelle, it struggled feebly for a few times and let out some low screams. Soon, it stopped moving. Because Chu Ye's sharp teeth pierced its throat at once, its trachea was severed, and it died quickly.
'Haha, I - I can finally have a full meal. This - the meat of my little antelope must be very delicious. Mutton is very expensive, and the meat of this little antelope is even more precious. '
Chu Ye was panting now and wanted to start eating the meat of this little antelope.
'Ouch! ——'
But before Chu Ye took a bite, he heard a lion's roar in the distance.
Chu Ye was startled and quickly looked up.
When he saw it, he felt that the hair on his back was exploding.
Because he saw a tall and strong lion running towards him. Behind it were seven or eight adult lionesses. It's just that they are still relatively far away from me, about a hundred meters away.
Although this male lion was still more than a hundred meters away from Chu Ye, its roar had clearly reached Chu Ye's ears.
This male lion is not another wandering male lion, but the king of this territory. He is the lion king of the lion group east of the prairie where Chu Ye is located.
Just now, Chu Ye was chasing the Tang's gazelle in the grass. Because he did not directly capture the small antelope in the grass, he then chased the small antelope for more than ten minutes in the territory of the lion group to the east. time.
After such a long time, it was natural for the lions to realize that something was wrong. Now this male lion from the east pride led seven or eight of his lionesses and ran towards Chuye.
When Chu Ye saw this formation, he really felt very scared. Although he knew that he had some strength and could deal with one or two adult lions without any problem.
But there are seven or eight lionesses in this pride, as well as one strong male lion. If these eight or nine lions attack Chu Ye together, he will not be able to defeat them no matter what.
'What - what can I do? '
Chu Ye was very happy just now. He felt that he had finally captured this Tang's gazelle and could have a good taste of the little antelope.
But before his joy could subside, this sudden change poured cold water on him.
He has no appetite now, and he doesn't want to eat this little antelope quickly. Because he no longer had time to taste the delicious food of the little antelope.
The lion king of the lion group in the east led seven or eight lionesses and ran towards Chuye together. Obviously, they came to snatch the prey from Chu Ye.
Chu Ye caught prey in someone else's territory, so why would someone just sit idly by and watch! It's the dry season now, and every day is a torment for the carnivores on the prairie.
Even if the lions in the east are powerful, they cannot hunt fresh prey every day, and they are often hungry.
Now I suddenly saw that Chu Ye, a strange wandering lion, had captured prey on someone else's territory. Of course, someone would come over to fight for it.
