Chapter 141 The Overlord of the Water
Precisely because even the lions have nothing to do with the badger. Only the dense badger can run rampant on the prairie, which has achieved its reputation of being fearless.
This little badger is nothing here in Chuye. Chu Ye didn't take it seriously either. Soon, Chu Ye took off the little badger.
After the little badger left, Chu Ye wondered if other animals would come to snatch food from it, but after waiting for a long time, no prey came to snatch food from it.
So Chu Ye lay down in front of his prey and slept for a while. There was still a lot of food left, and he didn't want to give it to other animals.
It's the dry season now, and all food is hard-earned. Chu Ye doesn't want other animals to take advantage of the food he has worked so hard to hunt.
'Huh, I can't finish eating, and I can't give it to others for free. I still drag the food to the big tree and hide it, so that when I am hungry, I can still come up to eat the food. '
Chu Ye knew that it was the dry season and it was very difficult for all animals on the prairie to survive. Under such circumstances, they still had to learn to cherish their prey. He decided to drag his prey to the big tree. It will be safer only if you hide the food in a big tree.
Thinking of this, Chu Ye dragged his prey to a big tree. He saw that there were no other animals on the big tree, so he dragged his prey and climbed to the big tree.
This is a huge baobab tree, about twenty meters high. If it weren't for a lion like Chu Ye who was very good at climbing trees, he probably wouldn't have dared to climb such a tall tree.
After Chu Ye dragged the food to the big tree and hid it, he returned to the ground.
Chu Ye had been competing with other animals for a long time just now, and he was sweating a lot. He felt a little thirsty.
Although lions do not need to drink water every day, they still need to drink some water every few days. Now many animals have moved from the short grass plains in the south of the Serengeti to the mountain forests in the north.
Because in this place, there is a big river. The river here never dries up all year round. During the dry season, most of the animals that live on the short grass plains of the southern Serengeti migrate from the south to live near this large river in the north.
Like large herbivores like buffalo, they must live where there is water. If there were no rivers and lakes in that place, the buffalo would not be able to live there.
Chu Ye has now come to live near this big river. He has eaten a lot of prey in the past few days, but he has not yet gone to the river to drink water.
Now Chu Ye had just eaten a lot of food and competed with other animals for a long time. He was sweating a lot and felt a little thirsty.
'I'm going to the river to drink some water. I've arrived at my destination, but I haven't gone to the river to have a look yet! '
Chu Ye knew that the purpose of his life here was because there was a big river here. This big river can solve the drinking water problem of many animals.
Chu Ye felt a little thirsty now, and he decided to go to the river to drink some water.
This place is still one kilometer away from the river. Chu Ye felt very thirsty, so he quickly ran the one kilometer distance at a running speed. So, he came to this big river again.
This is a very wide river. The river surface is about forty to fifty meters wide, and the depth in the middle is also two to three meters. It is considered a relatively large river.
When Chu Ye came to this big river, he saw some animals drinking water by the river. They are all herbivores, including elephants, giraffes, and some small herbivores, such as gazelles and impalas.
The river here seems to be very calm, and these animals are drinking water by the river!
But when Chu Ye came to the river, these animals turned around and ran away in fear.
Of course, the elephant doesn't have to run away. After all, elephants can roam unhindered on the savannah due to their huge size.
When these elephants saw a male lion walking towards them, they just looked at Chu Ye and continued drinking water by the river, completely ignoring Chu Ye.
However, Chu Ye felt that these elephants were not easy to mess with, and he was not willing to have conflicts with these elephants. Because the size of the elephant is too huge, it's like Chu Ye is now more powerful than the average male lion, but it can't compete with an adult elephant.
Chu Ye did not dare to go directly to the elephant to drink water. He could only walk to a place dozens of meters away from the elephant to drink water.
When Chu Ye came to the river, he looked at the clear river water and suddenly felt even thirstier.
'Haha, the water here is really clear! I want to have a good drink. '
Chu Ye didn't think much, walked to the river and started drinking water.
The river surface looks very calm. The flow of the river here is relatively slow, and the river water is like a small lake.
Chu Ye looked at the clear river water, and he just lay down by the river and started drinking water. The drinking water here not only looks very clear, but also tastes very sweet.
Originally, when people are very thirsty, if they can drink some cool river water, they will feel very delicious.
This was the case for Chu Ye. He was very thirsty now, so after he saw the clear river water, he started to drink heavily.
Chu Ye was just focused on drinking water and had no idea that there was anything dangerous in the river. Chu Ye is also very confident now. He feels that he is a strong lion and no other animal will dare to attack him.
However, just as Chu Ye was lying on the riverside drinking water, a dangerous thing began to approach Chu Ye from under the water.
This thing is not another monster, but a killer in the water - crocodile.
Crocodiles can be found in many rivers and lakes in the African savanna. The crocodile in Africa mainly refers to the Nile crocodile.
The Nile crocodile is the largest crocodile and reptile in Africa. It is the most studied crocodile among all crocodile species. They are mainly distributed in the Nile River Basin and southeastern areas of Africa. In addition, it is also distributed on the island of Madagascar.
They will hunt antelope, zebra, buffalo, etc., as well as young hippopotamus and elephants, and also eat fish and birds. Sometimes attacks humans. Life span is 70-100 years.
The Nile crocodile is very large, with a body length of 2-6 meters, and the average length of the largest subspecies is 3.7 meters. The entire body of the Nile crocodile is olive green to brown, with black spots and reticulated patterns.
The fourth tooth of the Nile crocodile protrudes outward from the V-shaped depression in the upper jaw. There are 5 premaxillary teeth, 13-14 maxillary teeth, and 14-15 maxillary teeth, with a total of 64-68 teeth.
Nile crocodiles are very strong and have a powerful tail that helps them swim. The weight of an adult Nile crocodile is 225-1000 kilograms.
Juvenile Nile crocodiles are dark brown in color, with obvious horizontal stripes on the body and tail. The color of the transverse banding becomes lighter as adults.
The Nile crocodile has 6-8 columns of solid thick scales on the back of its trunk; there are serrated edges on the outside of its limbs and webs between its toes.
Nile crocodiles like to live in water, but many areas in Africa have dry seasons and rainy seasons. During the dry season, a large number of animals will die due to lack of water.
In order to avoid such adverse living conditions, Nile crocodiles often use their mouths and feet to dig burrows on river banks. During the dry season, Nile crocodiles hide underground until the next rainy season.
Young Nile crocodiles often feed on small aquatic invertebrates, insects, etc., and eat small vertebrates such as fish, amphibians, and reptiles. Adults can prey on large vertebrates including antelope, buffalo, hippopotamus larvae, etc.
Adult Nile crocodiles also swallow rocks for ballast, which helps the Nile crocodile maintain its balance on the bottom of the water.
Nile crocodiles are very ferocious, but they are very friendly to a small bird called the toothpick bird. This bird often looks for bugs to eat on the Nile crocodile's body and mouth, but the Nile crocodile never harms them.
Toothpick birds have very keen senses. As long as they hear the slightest movement, they will flap their wings and make loud noises. Upon hearing the toothpick bird's "reminder", the Nile crocodile will immediately sink to the bottom of the water to avoid unexpected attacks.
The Nile crocodile is very ferocious. It is indeed the most patient hunter. The moment it preys, it can be ejected from the water like an arrow, which looks very impactful.
The Nile crocodile is the earliest crocodile species recorded and studied. The name of the Nile crocodile comes from the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. Today, many families near Lake Nasser raise small animals caught from the river. Nile crocodile.
The Nile crocodile is a huge creature. As a vertebrate of the class Reptile and Crocodileidae, its general length is about four to five meters, and the larger ones can even reach eight meters.
Nile crocodiles always burrow underground on river banks. They have a ferocious temperament and often attack animals that come and go by the water, and sometimes they also hurt people.
The Nile crocodile is a very ancient crocodile. In the early Triassic period 200 million years ago, the earliest crocodiles on the earth appeared, and people today call them protosuchians. Protosuchus was good at running, had slender limbs, and lived on land.
By the middle of the Jurassic, Protosuchus evolved into Mesosuchus. The limbs of mesocrocodiles began to become shorter, and the types began to increase, and they could be distributed on continents and oceans.
In the early Cretaceous, after Mesosuchus, true crocodiles appeared on the stage of history, and true crocodiles adapted to life in the water. Since then, the true crocodiles have divided into two branches: the Crocodile family and the Crocodile family. At the beginning of the Cenozoic Era, the Crocodile family has divided into two branches: the Crocodile and the piscivorous Crocodile.
The Nile crocodile is very ferocious. It is indeed the most patient hunter. The moment it preys, it can be ejected from the water like an arrow, which looks very impactful.
It is said that the largest crocodile in the world is a Nile crocodile named Gustav, which is more than ten meters long. According to official statistics from Burundi, it killed 100,000 people in the ten years from 1992 to 2002. Nearly 300 people.
In the 1990s, a terrifying legend spread in Burundi, Africa, that a huge crocodile was hidden in Lake Tanganyiko, the largest lake in the country. People named it "Gustave".
Many local residents claim to have seen this giant beast. According to people's descriptions, this giant crocodile is so huge that it can easily overturn fishermen's boats. Gustav will silently lurk in the water, waiting for prey to approach, and then quickly attack.
In 2004, a war broke out in Burundi. After the war ended, people suddenly remembered that they had not heard from Gustav for a long time.
But in 2007, some witnesses claimed that they saw Gustav again, but there was a row of bullet marks on its body, which were probably left by machine guns during the civil war.
Chu Ye just wanted to go to the river to drink some water. He never expected that this time he would encounter the overlord of the water - the Nile crocodile.
To be honest, Chu Ye also knew that crocodiles lived in many rivers in Africa. But Chu Ye felt that if he just drank water for a while, he would not encounter a water killer like a crocodile.
But this time Chu Ye really encountered a very big crocodile. This crocodile is relatively large, about three meters long. It is considered a very large crocodile.
It is precisely because the crocodile is so huge that it dares to attack a strong male lion. If it wasn't a huge crocodile, it wouldn't dare attack a strong lion.
Chu Ye originally thought that since he was a lion, no crocodile would dare to attack him. He felt that crocodiles generally would not take the initiative to attack male lions. After all, male lions are also very powerful, and many animals will run away when they see a lion.
But this time, Chu Ye unexpectedly encountered a strong and brave crocodile. This crocodile didn't even pay attention to a strong lion like Chu Ye, and decided to sneak attack on this lion.
Originally, this crocodile was hiding in the water, preparing to sneak attack on some herbivores. But when Chu Ye came here, all the herbivores were scared away by Chu Ye.
This crocodile saw that it could no longer prey on those herbivores, so it decided to treat Chu Ye as its prey.
Originally, it was like a large crocodile with a body length of more than three meters. It didn't take any prey in its eyes at all. Whether it is a lion or an elephant, such a big crocodile dares to challenge these strong men.
This big crocodile decided to sneak attack Chu Ye. Because it may be a feeling, since it was Chu Ye who scared away other people's prey, then people can only regard Chu Ye as their own prey.
Chu Ye was still standing by the river, and then stretched out his long tongue to drink the clear river water. He felt that the river water here was very sweet, and he wanted to drink more of the clear river water.
But at this moment, there is a crisis hidden under the seemingly calm water. A huge crocodile with a body length of more than three meters was slowly approaching Chu Ye.
Chu Ye was just concentrating on drinking the river water and did not think about any danger at all. He felt that neither crocodiles nor other carnivores dared to fight against this strong lion like him.
