Chapter 143: Baboon stealing food
This huge crocodile was the same huge Nile crocodile that attacked Chu Ye before. This crocodile failed to capture Chu Ye just now, and now it wanted to capture an impala to satisfy its hunger.
So many impalas came to the river to drink water. This is a good opportunity for the crocodiles hiding underwater.
But for crocodiles, there are many prey in front of them at once, but it is not as easy to hunt successfully as having a single prey.
Because if there are too many prey in front of him, the hunter will not know which prey to hunt.
The reason why impalas crowd together to the river to get water is because they can protect themselves and paralyze the enemy.
On the surface, it seems that this strategy of Impala is completely useless, or even a wrong behavior. But in fact, Impala's approach makes perfect sense.
Although the crocodile is very powerful, if there are a lot of prey drinking water by the river, its hunting success rate will be relatively low.
And if there is a single prey drinking water by the river, the crocodile's hunting success rate will be higher.
In the African savannah, many animals live in groups. Herbivores, in particular, do not live alone.
The reason why herbivores live in groups is so that they can take care of each other when fending off natural enemies.
The same goes for impalas. There are usually dozens of them living together. Whether they are eating grass or drinking water from the river, they will go together. Especially when it comes to drinking water, they won't do it alone.
The reason why impalas crowd together to the river to drink water is because they need to use this method to paralyze their natural enemies. The crocodiles no longer know which impala to hunt.
Chu Ye was lying under a big tree not far away. From its angle, he could clearly see the situation by the river.
Seeing so many impalas going to the river to drink water, Chu Ye felt that they would soon be attacked by crocodiles.
Sure enough, when these impalas were fighting to get to the river to drink water. Suddenly, a huge crocodile jumped out of the river.
This crocodile may be the same crocodile that attacked Chu Ye just now, and it is now attacking the impala again.
Chu Ye also felt that this time, an impala would definitely be attacked by a crocodile. Crocodiles also have a good chance of hunting successfully. After all, with so many impalas together, wouldn’t it be easy for a crocodile to successfully hunt them!
But what Chu Ye didn't expect was that the crocodile did not succeed in hunting this time. When it was about to attack an adult impala, the adult impala suddenly jumped up. Although crocodiles are very fast, this adult impala reacts faster.
When this crocodile jumped out of the river, the entire impala group was like a frying pan and suddenly began to run away.
Although there were dozens of impalas drinking water together by the river, this crocodile did not hunt an impala.
This is a strange phenomenon. After all, with so many targets, hunting should be easier. But when the crocodile faced dozens of impalas at once, it didn't seem to know which impala should be its target.
Chu Ye was lying under the shade of a tree. He looked at this crocodile and failed to hunt again. He himself felt pity for this crocodile.
'Hey, this stupid crocodile failed to hunt again! Even if you say you can't hunt a powerful prey like me, why can't you hunt a weak impala? '
Chu Ye saw that this big crocodile failed to hunt again. He felt pity for this crocodile, and also felt that this crocodile was too stupid. There were so many impalas, and it could not catch even one. arrive.
When the crocodiles appeared again, the group of impalas were scared away by the crocodiles, and they did not dare to return to the river to drink water.
To say that this group of impalas has already drank some water, they naturally do not need to risk drinking water anymore.
The impala no longer needs to drink water, but other animals still need to drink water.
At this time, Chu Ye saw two cheetahs walking towards the river. They wanted to drink water.
And the crocodile that failed to hunt hid in the river again.
These two cheetahs are a pair of cheetah brothers. They are only sub-adult cheetahs and may not have enough experience in living outside.
The two cheetahs were very thirsty. When they arrived at the river, they began to lie down by the river and drink water.
Of course, these two cheetahs also knew that there might be danger in the river. They drank for a while and then raised their heads to look at the river in the distance.
When they felt that there was no movement in the river in the distance, they lay down by the river and continued to drink water.
But at this moment, the water suddenly splashed, and a huge crocodile jumped out of the river. This crocodile bit a cheetah in the neck at once.
This action is the same as the one when the crocodile bit Chu Ye just now. The crocodile bit the cheetah in the neck again.
After this cheetah was attacked by a crocodile, it struggled to escape the crocodile's control. But the strength of this cheetah cannot be compared with Chu Ye. Chu Ye's strength was even greater than this crocodile. Therefore, Chu Ye was able to drag the crocodile to the shore in turn.
But this cheetah is not so lucky. Its strength is far less than this crocodile. Not to mention that this cheetah is just a sub-adult cheetah. Even an adult cheetah is not as strong as a huge crocodile.
Therefore, this cheetah was more unlucky. After being bitten on the neck by the crocodile, it only struggled a few times on the shore before being dragged into the water by the crocodile.
There were only some splashes on the water, and then it became calm again. Everything is as if nothing happened.
The cheetah standing on the shore watched as his brother was dragged into the water by the crocodile. He could only watch helplessly what was happening in front of him, and he had no choice at all.
This cheetah just stared at the calm water for a while, then turned and left. Although it is not full of water, it no longer wants to drink water. After all, the river is too dangerous.
Chu Ye looked at everything in front of him and felt a little cruel. But he knew that this was the law of survival of nature. In this prairie, it is a world where the weak and the strong survive.
Chu Ye rested under this big tree that day. For Chu Ye, as long as he was on land, he felt that he had nothing to worry about. Because now there won't be any animals that can threaten his safety on land.
After eating a lot of buffalo meat during the day, Chu Ye didn't feel hungry that day.
Chu Ye had been lying under that big tree to rest. At night, it sleeps under this big tree.
It wasn't until the next morning that Chu Ye woke up again.
After Chu Ye woke up, he felt a little hungry. After all, after a day of digestion of the food he ate, his stomach became empty again.
'Didn't I still have half a buffalo left yesterday? I have to go over and eat the rest of the food, otherwise, the food will go bad. '
Chu Ye knew that the climate here was tropical and the weather was very hot. No meat could be stored in this place for more than a few days.
So, Chu Ye came to the big tree where he hid the food yesterday. He also wanted to eat yesterday's food.
But when he climbed up the big tree and wanted to eat the leftover food from yesterday, he found that the food was gone.
'Huh! What animal stole my food? '
Chu Ye felt a little strange. After all, he placed the food on a tree more than 20 meters high. Under normal circumstances, no animals would climb to such a high place to steal other people's food.
But at this moment, Chu Ye heard the cry of a baboon coming from a big tree not far away.
These baboons seemed to be fighting for some food.
'Hey, what are these baboons doing! Why did you make such a loud noise? '
Chu Ye was a little curious, so he got down from the big tree and walked towards the big tree not far away.
When he walked to the foot of a big tree not far away, he saw a group of baboons fighting for some food on the big tree.
Chu Ye took a closer look and saw that it was the remaining buffalo meat he had eaten yesterday.
'Good guys, you gang of thieves dare to steal Chu Ye's prey. You are really impatient. '
Chu Ye also knows very much about animals like baboons.
Baboon, a genus of primates, apes, suborder Stenorrhinus, Monidae, commonly known as baboon.
It is large in size, second only to the orangutan among primates, with a body length of 50.8 to 114.2 cm, a tail length of 38.2 to 71.1 cm, and a weight of up to 60 kg.
The head is thick and long, the snout is protruding, the ears are small, the eyebrow arch is prominent, the eyes are sunken, the canine teeth are long and pointed, up to 5 cm; it has cheek pouches; the body is stout, and the four limbs are equal in length, short and thick, and are adapted to activities on the ground. ; There are brightly colored calluses on the buttocks.
The fur is yellow, yellow-brown, green-brown to brown, and the tail is generally darker; the fur is rough, with short hairs on the face and ears. Males have long hairs around the face, neck, and shoulders, while females have shorter hairs.
Inhabits tropical rain forests, savannas, semi-desert grasslands, plateau mountains, low mountains, plains or canyon cliffs. 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.
Live in groups, from a dozen to more than a hundred in each group. The main natural enemy is the leopard. There is no fixed breeding season, and one litter is born. Lifespan in the wild is about 20 years. Mainly distributed in Africa, some species are also found in the Arabian Peninsula.
Baboons are the only higher monkey species that live in large groups in camps. Baboons also have the most rigorous social life among monkeys, with obvious hierarchy and strict discipline, and the cruelty of punishment is terrifying.
Baboon groups in the wild will fight, divide into groups, or change kings after a cycle of several years. Because exchanging the old with the new and the strong with the weak are the laws of the baboon kingdom. Baboons generally reach sexual maturity around the age of six, and their aggressiveness is naturally part of the reproductive factor of competing for mates.
Of course, the baboon group is not always at war. Generally, after the new king is born, it will be stable for a long time, and the number of reproduction will increase, and the group will grow rapidly.
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, some research data on baboons show that communication between baboons helps groom each other's fur and reduces the number of heartbeats, which eases the mood, and can promote the release of endorphins (endogenous substances related to analgesia) in the brain. (one of the sex morphine-like substances) secretion is accelerated to eliminate nervousness.
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.
