Chapter 133: Porcupine is really powerful
After Chu Ye saw how powerful the meerkat was, he continued walking towards the northern grassland.
Chu Ye hasn't eaten in the past two days, and he feels a little hungry. He wanted to eat the meerkat just now, but he also felt that the meerkat would be poisonous. So, he did not eat the little meerkat, but continued to walk north.
But Chu Ye felt that he needed to add some food because his stomach was growling!
So, as Chu Ye walked, he paid attention to the movements around him to see if there were any small animals that he could catch and try.
For Chu Ye, it would obviously be difficult for him to hunt large animals alone now. But if you catch some small animals, there should be no problem.
Chu Ye felt his stomach growling, so he decided to catch a small animal to fill his stomach.
In this way, Chu Ye continued to walk north.
After he walked about another kilometer, he felt something moving in the grass next to him, as if some small animal was about to come out of the grass.
When Chu Ye saw it, he immediately hid aside. He was wondering if it could be a plump little jumping rabbit! Thinking that it might be a plump little jumping rabbit, Chu Ye's mouth watered.
After all, after Chu Ye was reborn in this prairie, his first meal was a plump little jumping rabbit. Thinking about the taste of eating that jumping rabbit, Chu Ye couldn't help but stick out his tongue and lick his lips.
Chu Ye was lurking in the grass. He was waiting for this little animal to come out. He was thinking that if it was a little jumping rabbit, he would definitely be able to catch it in one go. Because Chu Ye is probably only five meters away from that little animal.
At such a short distance, for a carnivore like a lion that is good at hunting in a hidden way, the success rate is very high. It can be said that within five meters, it is easy for a lion to successfully hunt.
Originally, for cats like lions, their main way of hunting is to sneak up and attack. The key factor that determines the success of such a sneak attack is the distance of the sneak attack.
If the distance is too far, it will be difficult for the lion to successfully attack. Because big cats like lions have strong and huge bodies. If they compare speed with their prey, they obviously can't beat it.
General herbivores, they all have very fast running speeds, such as antelopes, wildebeests and zebras, they can run very fast. The fastest speed can reach seventy or eighty kilometers per hour. Da Ling can reach more than 100 kilometers at the fastest.
Such a fast speed is unmatched by carnivores. The fastest speed of a lion is about fifty kilometers per hour.
Many cats are not only inferior to herbivores in terms of running speed, but also much inferior in endurance. Small herbivores like gazelles can not only run very fast, but also have great endurance.
Carnivores like lions and tigers cannot run as fast as herbivores, and their endurance is even worse.
Even though a cheetah can run at a very high speed, its endurance is very short. When a cheetah runs at its fastest speed, it cannot run for more than one minute. If it cannot catch up with the prey within one minute, it can only declare that the hunt has failed.
The same goes for lions, they can't compete with their prey. First of all, they cannot outrun their prey. In terms of endurance, they are far inferior to their own prey.
Generally speaking, lions only have one way to hunt, and that is sneak attack. They basically use this way to win. Of course, lions are social animals, and when they hunt, they also hunt in groups.
But no matter what, when lions hunt, they must use sneak attacks, otherwise, it will be difficult to successfully hunt.
Chu Ye is the same now, he is lurking in the grass, waiting for his prey to appear. Then it jumps up, pounces on the prey, and catches it.
But when the little animal in the grass finally came out, Chu Ye almost vomited blood without any breath.
Chu Ye was originally prepared for a sneak attack, but he was already fully prepared to catch prey. But when the little animal emerged from the grass, all the strength in Chu Ye's body disappeared immediately.
'Grass Nima! It turned out to be a pig. '
Chu Ye never imagined that what emerged from this patch of grass would actually be a pig.
Speaking of pigs, they are really the thorns on the prairie.
This animal has sharp and long thorns all over its body. Moreover, it is easy to fall off. As long as a predator wants to cause trouble for the pig, it will definitely make that predator howl incessantly.
Nowadays, the word "hao" is used in everything. When something is "hao", it becomes special.
No car, no house, no spirit.
A big brother in the animal world comes with the word "hao". This is the porcupine. No need to explain it. Just by the name, everyone can feel the prickly and naive image. It is indeed worthy of a "porcupine". The word "ho"!
Porcupine is also called porcupine, which means a pig whose body is covered with sharp needles like arrows. Porcupine not only has a great name, but also has a great history.
In the ancient book "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", the porcupine is a kind of mythical animal - the porcupine.
In the section of "Zhushan", this little friend is specially written: "There is a beast, which looks like a dolphin and has white hair. The hair is as big as a hairpin and has black ends. It is called Hao Pig."
The "hairpin" here is a kind of hairpin in ancient times, used to hold up the hair or hat. The description of the porcupine's quills here can't be more vivid.
Porcupines live in mountainous hills with dense forests, and are more numerous in grassy hillsides or dense forests near farmland. Inhabits hillsides, grasslands or dense forests. Cave dweller.
They often live in natural stone caves and also dig their own holes. Although I excavated and built it myself, I mainly expanded and repaired the old nests of pangolins and termites.
The structure of its nest is complex, usually consisting of a main nest, an auxiliary nest, a blind hole and several tunnels. The blind cave has a smaller tunnel and is a place to take refuge in case of danger.
There are usually two cave entrances, sometimes as many as four. They open to the outside, and one of them must open into the weeds. This is the hole for escaping in times of danger. This complex structure of caves is the best way to effectively defend against enemies.
Usually the thorns on the porcupine's body are attached to the body surface. When it encounters enemies or becomes angry, it will quickly stand up the 1-meter-long thorns on its body. Due to the contraction of the muscles, the hard thorns on the body will keep shaking, like a porcupine. The trembling steel bars collided with each other, making a "swish" sound; at the same time, a "pop, pop," cry came from the mouth.
It faces the intruder with its back and buttocks, causing the thorns on its body to stand up and tremble rapidly, and then slams its body backwards towards the intruder.
Sometimes, it can also shoot out the hard spines on its back one by one by the force of its muscles, just like shooting arrows from a bow. However, these arrows have very little power after being shot and have no lethality. They may just scare the enemy. . However, once these thorns pierce the skin, serious injuries will occur.
Therefore, most carnivores are well aware of its power and will not easily provoke it. Only when they are very hungry, or those old or disabled carnivores that cannot capture agile animals, will they have to attack it. , the result will inevitably be stabbed to the point of ulceration of the skin, blindness, or even death.
In nature, it is only occasionally that a very experienced leopard or hunting dog takes the opportunity to kick it over and turn its soft belly upwards to subdue it.
Therefore, it is not something that ordinary hunters can do if they want to subdue a porcupine. An animal as brave and invincible as a lion is of no use. Because to subdue a porcupine is not about strength, but about some skills.
Only a hunter like a leopard who is good at hunting with skills can subdue a porcupine. But it must be a very experienced hunter. If it is an inexperienced leopard and wants to eat a porcupine, it will only let the porcupine quills scream.
Chu Ye looked at the porcupine in front of him and couldn't help but curse. Because this is so infuriating.
Chu Ye hid nearby for a long time, hoping to catch a jumping rabbit. But what about the result! A porcupine actually ran out, which made him very angry.
The porcupine has a strong body, with a body length of 55-77 cm, a tail length of 8-14 cm, and a weight of 10-14 kg. The whole body is black or dark brown. The head and neck have slender, straight and backward curving manes. The back, buttocks and tail have thick and straight black brown and white spindle-shaped thorns. These thorns The middle is hollow and made of specialized body hair that falls off easily. Some of the tips have inverted hooks, like sharp arrows, which are very hard and sharp.
The thorns all over the body are arranged in a row of 3 to 5 on the thick "flesh scale" arc surface of the body surface, and most of them are in a row of 5. The skin under the thorns is covered with sparse white hairs. The shape of the head is a bit like a rabbit, but the ears are very small, and the hearing and vision are not very sensitive. The upper incisors are slightly curved and vertically downward. The exposed part of the lower incisors is extremely long and has a pair of premolars.
The legs are longer, with 5 toes on both the front and rear feet, and the soles of the feet are smooth. The tail is very short, hidden under the thorns. The dozens of thorns at the end of the tail have evolved into hard hairs, and the top is enlarged, shaped like a group of "little bells". When walking, these "little bells" collide with each other, making a loud and crisp sound. The clicking and clicking sounds can be heard dozens of meters away, often making ferocious carnivorous beasts afraid to approach.
Porcupines are nocturnal animals, sleeping in caves during the day and coming out to forage at night. They move slowly and have poor reflexes. They often follow a certain route when looking for food at night, and forage in the same place for several nights in a row. Porcupines have the habit of living in groups in winter. The activity route is relatively fixed. They grow in deep mountains and old forests, often in groups, destroying crops.
Chu Ye looked at this porcupine now, and he was a little confused. Because porcupines are generally active at night and sleep in their holes during the day.
But I don’t know what happened to this porcupine. It actually came out for a walk during the day.
Maybe it was lazy last night and didn't come out to work. Today it has to work overtime during the day.
'His grandma's, this thorn-headed porcupine made me happy for nothing. '
Chu Ye hid in the grass and watched the porcupine swaggering past him. He didn't know what to do except scolding the porcupine in his heart.
Chu Ye felt that his stomach was still growling, but he couldn't do anything when looking at the prey in front of him.
'Grass, even if I can't eat you, I will still scare you. '
Chu Ye didn't want to just watch this porcupine, which made him happy for nothing, walk swaggeringly in front of him.
He suddenly jumped out from the grass next to him, and with a loud roar, he appeared in front of the porcupine.
When a huge adult male lion suddenly appeared in front of a porcupine weighing only about ten kilograms, the porcupine was still startled.
But this porcupine just ran to the side for a short distance and then stopped again. Then he looked back at Chu Ye. It seemed that Chu Ye couldn't do anything about it. After all, it’s not like adult porcupines like this have never seen lions before.
It can be said that adult porcupines like this often interact with lions. Because porcupines are nocturnal animals. They are often active at night. And lions also work at night. Therefore, they are often encountered on the way to work.
But when the lion, who went to work hungry, saw a porcupine, he couldn't help but want to go and take a few bites. After all, a pride of lions cannot have enough to eat every day. Almost hungry all day long.
Especially during the dry season, life is very difficult for lions. Even though they know that porcupines are not easy to deal with, once they see a porcupine, they still want to go over and take a few bites.
It's just that the lions have almost never eaten pork meat. When they see the porcupine, they can only rejoice in vain. Because they have no way to deal with the porcupine.
Only when a leopard is lucky can it knock down a porcupine and taste its taste.
Therefore, for an adult porcupine, only leopards may scare it. There are no animals left on the prairie that porcupines fear.
Just like an adult lion like Chu Ye, Brother Porcupine doesn't take a male lion seriously. Not to mention that there is only one male lion, Chu Ye. Even if you have a group of lions, so what. I am a porcupine. What can you, a lion, do to me?
This adult porcupine felt that there was definitely nothing Chu Ye could do against it. It doesn't have to hide in a hole.
Originally, Porcupine had no scruples when working at night. Because they have no natural enemies. No carnivore can defeat us. Of course people don’t have anything to worry about.
Even at night, when people go out to work and encounter a group of lions who are also going to work, they don't need to be afraid, they can just run through the group of lions.
Chu Ye knew very well how powerful this little animal was. When faced with a porcupine covered in long thorns, he could only sigh with joy and sigh at the plum blossoms to quench his thirst.
