Chapter 167: The buffalo leader’s counterattack
As long as Nika and the others launch an attack, these buffaloes will not be able to quickly run into the territory of the lions next door.
After Nika saw this situation, he asked Feifei and several other female lions to surround the buffaloes from both sides.
Generally speaking, when lions hunt, they outflank them from both sides, and then let one lion drive away the prey. When they start to scatter, they aim at a target prey and keep chasing it. Along the way, there will be Other lions continued to join the fight. In the end, everyone worked together to capture the prey.
This time Nika also used the same outflanking tactic. He first asked Feifei and several female lions to surround the buffalo herd from both sides, while he himself drove the buffalo away.
When these buffaloes saw a lion running towards them, they naturally started to scatter in all directions.
Nika aimed at a sub-adult male buffalo, feeling that this one was more suitable for them to hunt. Not very big, but not a small buffalo either. The weight is about four to five hundred kilograms. As long as they hunt successfully, they can feed the entire lion pride.
When this sub-adult male buffalo saw that he had become Nika's target, he hurriedly ran towards his team.
However, Feifei and the other lionesses quickly pounced on the buffalo.
Although this buffalo is almost adult, it is also relatively large. But under the attack of six female lions, he quickly fell to the ground.
Victory was in sight, and Nika was very happy. He immediately went over and bit the buffalo's neck.
This buffalo was attacked by six female lions and had no power to fight back. It lay on the ground, struggling helplessly.
Nika had bitten the buffalo in the neck, and the other lionesses jumped on the buffalo to prevent it from getting back up.
The buffalo opened its mouth and let out some low screams.
'Moo! ——'
This buffalo, looking at the buffalo herd that had run away, let out a moo, as if calling its companions.
But its companions just stood in the distance and had no intention of coming back to rescue it.
Nika and Feifei were very happy, feeling that this buffalo would soon become their prey.
But at this moment, something unexpected happened to them. The group of buffaloes that had run away unexpectedly came back again.
The leader was a very tall and strong buffalo, weighing over a thousand kilograms. He is the alpha male of this group of buffalo.
Its name is Dis, and it is a mature male buffalo. It has a very high status among this buffalo herd. In this buffalo herd, all buffaloes must obey the leadership of Des.
These days, Disi lives in the lion group and another lion world in Chuye. It seems to know that this place is the junction of two lion groups. They may be afraid of each other and will not attack them.
That night, Disi was also careless, feeling that the lions of the two prides did not dare to attack their group of large buffaloes. After all, buffalo is one of the five major beasts in Africa. They are so large that ordinary predators would not dare to attack them.
Only the top predators like lions dare to attack buffalo herds. Smaller predators such as hyenas, cheetahs and leopards generally do not dare to attack buffalo herds.
At most, they would attack some old buffaloes that had been driven out by the buffalo herd, or some young buffaloes that had not yet grown up. Only large predators like lions can compete with buffalo herds.
But what Dis didn't expect was that tonight, he would be attacked by six female lions from Chu Ye's pride.
One of the sub-adult male buffalos actually fell into the hands of six female lions, Nika and Feifei.
This was a result that Dis didn't expect. He originally thought that he could lead the buffalo group into the territory of the lion group next door.
But the buffalo captured by Nika still heard its final cry for help. It couldn't bear to see its companions, and was killed by Nika and other female lions.
So Qi Qi made a bold decision to lead the buffalo herd back to rescue his companions.
Originally, when the lions attacked the buffalo herd, the buffaloes did not always just run away. Sometimes, they would unite to fight back.
Once the lions encounter a situation where the buffalo group fights back, they will have no choice but to give up hunting. Because the buffalo herd is so powerful, no matter how many lions there are, they can only give up hunting when faced with a buffalo herd that is stronger in number and physical strength.
If the lions want to hunt successfully, they can only divide and surround the buffalo herd if they are not united, then find a suitable target and hunt it together.
If the buffalo herd is united, no matter how many lions there are, it won't matter. Don't say it's just the lionesses who come to hunt. Even if the male lions come together, it is unlikely that they can defeat the united buffalo herd.
Nika was unlucky this time. She met the buffalo leader Dis and decided to fight back against the lions to rescue their companions.
When Des and a group of buffaloes ran up to Nika and Feifei from a distance, they were dumbfounded.
Feifei and the other lionesses wanted to run away.
But when it comes to the meat on your lips, how can you throw it away!
Nika drank up Feifei and the others who were trying to escape, and asked them to continue fighting to capture this buffalo.
Nika felt that as long as he did not run away, the buffalo herd might not dare to come forward. After all, lions are the natural enemies of buffaloes, and they are naturally more afraid of lions.
Feifei and the others saw that Nika was unwilling to give up this capture, so they had no choice but to obey Nika's arrangements.
However, this time Nika was wrong again. This time Dis was determined to rescue their companions. Seeing that Nika still hadn't escaped, it immediately rushed forward.
Since there is a moon in the sky, the view is relatively good. This group of buffaloes will not be unable to rescue their companions just because it is night.
Dis stared at two huge bull's eyes, lowered his head, and watched Nika make some low mooing sounds.
Nika saw that Des wanted to attack it, so it had to temporarily let go of the buffalo's neck. This buffalo had already been bitten by Nika with only one breath left.
Now even if Nika released its neck, it did not stand up immediately, but just lay there and panted slowly.
Nika glared at Des and let out some low growls from his mouth, trying to scare Des away with his roar.
But Dis, relying on his large number of cattle, certainly did not take Nika seriously. When he saw that Nika was not running away, he immediately charged towards Nika.
Because Nika was too close to Des, when it saw Des attacking it, it wanted to dodge, but it could not be destroyed. Dis' huge body crashed into Nika like a car.
Nika couldn't dodge, and Dis's long horns scratched her front legs. Fortunately, it had already ducked aside. Dis only scratched the skin of Nika's front leg with his long horn, and did not hurt any vital parts.
But even so, the skin of Nika's front legs was already bleeding, leaving a long blood mark on it.
Facing the powerful buffalo leader, Nika felt that she was too small. Under the attack of the buffalo leader, it was really vulnerable.
In fact, don't say that Nika is vulnerable, even other female lions are the same. When Des came back to attack them, the six female lions had no choice but to dodge and did not dare to compete with the huge and powerful buffalo leader.
Nika was already injured. He knew that today's hunting failed and there was no need to worry about it anymore. As long as the buffalo leader decides to rescue their companions, the lionesses will have no choice but to give up this hunting operation.
The sub-adult male buffalo on the ground had been bitten to the point of death by Nika. But the timely appearance of the buffalo leader gave it the possibility of rebirth.
When the lionesses left his body, he panted on the ground for a while and then regained his strength. Slowly it rose from the ground and returned to the herd.
Nika saw that his prey had escaped, and the leader of the buffalo group had led the entire buffalo group to compete with these female lions.
Faced with the sudden change, Nika could only choose to run away. Because they are no match for these buffaloes.
When Nika led Feifei and the others to escape back, Dis and their buffalo herd were still chasing Nika. After chasing for several hundred meters, they gave up chasing.
Nika led the five lionesses back to the camp in embarrassment.
The hunt failed, and Nika was a little embarrassed. When it came to Chu Ye, it showed a helpless look.
As soon as Chuye saw Nika's expression, he knew that they had failed in hunting this time. However, Chu Ye didn't care. After all, as long as he is willing to help Nika and the others, they will definitely be able to hunt successfully.
It's just that Nika feels a little embarrassed. They have been unable to hunt prey for several days in a row. They failed again tonight, making it feel a little unable to hold its head up in front of Chu Ye.
Nika lay in front of Chu Ye, sticking out his tongue to feed on the wound on his front leg. It knew that it had to feed the wound quickly to make it heal quickly.
After animals are injured, they almost always use their tongues to feed their wounds as a form of self-medication.
They cannot heal wounds like humans, and can only feed their own wounds with their tongues. This is because there are some acidic substances in the saliva of animals, which have a disinfecting effect.
Chuye didn't notice the wound on Nika's front leg at first, thinking that Nika was too tired and lay down next to him to rest. Chu Ye didn't see it until Nika lay next to him and used his tongue to feed his wounds.
