Chapter 193 The Experienced Lioness
Of course, when Nikka and the others wanted to hunt this group of giraffes, they also used this method. They must first surround the group of giraffes before they can find a suitable hunting target and finally attack the target.
Nika led the lions to a distance of only more than ten meters from the giraffes. Here, he could clearly see the size and strength of each giraffe.
Although there are more than ten female lions in Nika, they still feel a little guilty when facing the powerful adult giraffes.
When lions hunt, they generally like to use a chokehold, because this method is the most effective. Of course, other carnivores do the same, and it's an instinctive reaction of adult predators when they hunt.
Especially when hunting large prey, lions will use this method. Let the prey suffocate to death in the shortest possible time.
Just like when lions hunt buffalo, they will try to knock the buffalo down and then bite the buffalo's throat. But the buffalo is so big that just biting its throat is not enough.
In order to kill the buffalo as quickly as possible, the lions also use the 'kiss of death'. In other words, the lions will block the buffalo's mouth with their own mouths so that the buffalo cannot breathe.
All these moves are common moves for lions, and they are also very effective moves. But when these moves are used on giraffes, some of them don't work.
Giraffes are so tall that lions in front of tall giraffes are just like a little lion in front of tall lions.
Facing giraffes that are much taller than themselves, the lions also feel helpless.
But no matter what, during the dry season, lions must hunt these tall and dangerous animals in order to get more food.
Especially the largest group of lions on the prairie like Chuye needs to hunt large animals like giraffes and African elephants.
Nika and the others want to hunt a giraffe today. Although they have not hunted such a large prey for a long time, they must hunt a giraffe today.
The buffalo herds have left, and if they want to survive, they can only hunt giraffes and African elephants, the top large herbivores on the savannah.
Nika led the lionesses and surrounded the entire herd of giraffes. This giraffe group only has seven or eight giraffes, which is considered a relatively small group.
But no matter how many giraffes there are, the strength of each one of them is amazing. Nika observed it for a while and felt that a giraffe would be more suitable. Because adult giraffes are more difficult to deal with.
Especially the alpha male giraffe, which weighs nearly two tons and runs like a big truck. If anyone dares to block it, it can knock the opponent away in one fell swoop. If it is kicked by the giraffe leader's iron hoof, no matter what kind of animal it is, it may die.
Although Nika and the others have more than ten female lions, they still dare not provoke the giraffe leader. They eventually chose a female giraffe with her cubs.
Because such giraffes will be distracted by protecting their young. Such giraffes are the best prey. If successful, you can hunt not only an adult giraffe, but also a cub.
This group of giraffes has actually discovered Nika, but they are still here eating the leaves of their favorite acacia tree.
Because from the point of view of giraffes, lions generally will not hunt them. Especially for the powerful male giraffe leaders, the lions dare not provoke them.
Therefore, when this group of giraffes knew that enemies were surrounding them, they were still eating their favorite food leisurely, as if they were not hunting them, but other animals.
In fact, Nika also felt that the giraffes had discovered them. After all, giraffes can be seen from a distance. A lion hiding in the grass can avoid the eyes of a buffalo, but it cannot avoid the eyes of a giraffe.
Originally, Nika thought that if these giraffes discovered them, they might run away quickly. In this case, they may have to give up hunting these big guys, because once they start running, it will be difficult to stop them.
However, these giraffes are also very bold. Even when they know that a group of lions are surrounding them, they are still eating leaves leisurely.
This surprised Chu Ye who was watching from the side. He also thought that when Nika and the others approached this group of giraffes, they would definitely run away immediately.
However, the giraffe's calmness exceeded Chu Ye's expectations. These giraffes obviously don't take Nika and the group of female lions seriously.
The same is true. Generally speaking, if a lion group wants to hunt large herbivores such as giraffes and African elephants, it must have male lions participating in the battle. If the male lion is unwilling to join the battle, it will be difficult for the female lion to hunt these large herbivores alone.
Giraffes are very tall and strong. But this guy has a weakness. Just can't fall down. Once it falls, it is doomed.
The great thing about giraffes lies in their height, which allows them to eat leaves from big trees. When other animals have no grass to eat, giraffes can still eat fresh and tender leaves from big trees.
The reason why acacia trees and baobab trees in the savannah grow like big umbrellas may be because giraffes keep eating them. These tall plants can only grow into an umbrella shape to reduce the chance of being eaten.
We all know that giraffes sleep standing up. Because they can't lie down to sleep. They lie down and it is very laborious to get up again.
If a predator catches a giraffe while it's sleeping, it won't have time to stand up before the predator pounces on it.
Therefore, giraffes sleep standing up, but in order to reduce the burden on their necks, they put their necks on the forks of trees.
When giraffes drink water, they are more vulnerable to predators. Because of their tall bodies, it is very difficult to get their heads to drink water.
We all know that when giraffes drink water, they need to spread their front legs and then slowly lower their long necks. Only when their mouths touch the water will they start to drink.
Although they are a little tired from drinking water in this way, they never dare to let themselves lie on the ground to drink water. Because that would be very dangerous. If a predator attacks them, it will be difficult for them to escape immediately.
However, when giraffes are eating, they don't have to worry about anything. They can raise their long necks and eat the branches and leaves on the crown of the acacia tree.
For some predators on the ground, it may be difficult to find an effective way to attack such a tall prey.
Therefore, the giraffes can take a walk in the courtyard while eating without having to worry about any predators attacking them.
The author once saw such a scene on TV. A group of lions pounced on an adult giraffe and wanted to kill it. But the giraffe was still there eating leaves from the big tree, and didn't care at all about the lion that jumped on it.
This group and the lions struggled with the giraffe for a long time, but to no avail. When the giraffe wanted to leave, it suddenly shook its body a few times, and the lions who had spent a long time climbing on the giraffe fell down one after another.
After that, the giraffe continued to eat leaves from the big tree next to it, and the lions who fell down could only watch the giraffe drooling, looking helpless.
This is the case with this group of giraffes now. They don't care at all about the lions surrounding them, they are still eating leaves leisurely there.
Chu Ye felt a little angry at these giraffes who ignored the female lions of his pride. I just want to go and knock down a giraffe.
It's just that he felt that he should not cause trouble. Nika and the others have been carefully deployed. They have set their sights on a female giraffe and want to list it as their attack target.
Chu Ye felt that if he suddenly rushed over now, he would scare away the group of giraffes. Although giraffes are not afraid of female lions, they are still a little afraid of tall and strong male lions.
Especially Chu Ye, the only tallest and strongest male lion on the African savannah, will definitely scare giraffes away as long as he appears in front of them.
'I'd better wait here to see if Nikka and the others can successfully attack! If they don't succeed, I'll help them. Chu Ye temporarily held back his impulsive mood and just watched Nika and the others start to attack the giraffe.
Feifei stood in front of Chu Ye. When she saw Nika and the others trying to attack the giraffe, she also wanted to go over and help. After all, Feifei also knows that it is very difficult to hunt a giraffe. It is also a member of the lion group, and it is only right now to go over and help Nika and the others.
But just when Feifei wanted to take action, Chu Ye stretched out his paw and grabbed Feifei.
Feifei looked back at Chu Ye, still a little confused. However, it has always listened to Chu Ye's words. Since Chu Ye wouldn't let it go, it had no choice but to give up.
Nika and the others had no idea that Chu Ye and Feifei were watching them. When they saw that the time was right, they took action immediately.
Nika was the first to rush out and ran directly towards the female giraffe with her cub.
This female giraffe saw a lioness running towards her and immediately stood in front of her cub.
It may be that this giraffe only saw Nika, a lioness. It did not run away, but was just ready to fight Nika. After all, an adult giraffe is not afraid of a female lion at all.
Although the other giraffes startled Nika and ran away for a while, they quickly stopped. Obviously, they are not worried about what kind of threat Nika will pose to them.
Nika originally thought that if this giraffe saw him running away, it would let the lionesses lying in ambush come out to stop it.
But this giraffe did not escape. Nika did not let the lionesses come out for the time being, but just circled around in the grass with this giraffe.
Nika, a female lion, although she cannot hunt an adult giraffe for the time being, she feels that she can hunt a baby giraffe.
So, Nika launched an attack on the little giraffe. However, this little giraffe is also a few months old. It is very clever and keeps running around the mother giraffe. It was difficult for Nika to succeed for a while.
The female giraffe kept attacking Nika, which made Nika feel physically and mentally exhausted and unable to continue fighting.
There was no other way, so Nika had to ask the other lionesses to come over and help. Soon, more than a dozen female lions surrounded the female giraffe.
Facing a dozen female lions, the female giraffe had to pay attention. At this time, it wanted to run away, but more than a dozen female lions immediately pounced on it.
Nika jumped on the back of the giraffe first, and Mira and Raj also jumped on the back of the female giraffe. The other lionesses also pounced on and bit the giraffe's four legs, preventing it from escaping.
The little giraffe seemed to be smart. When the mother giraffe was fighting with the lionesses, it took the opportunity to run back to the other giraffes.
Although the giraffes are tall and powerful, they cannot hold up so many female lions. Now Nika, Mila, and Lachi, more than ten female lions, all pounced on the female giraffe.
Even though the female giraffe is very strong, when faced with the attacks of more than a dozen female lions, she can only parry and has no power to fight back.
Chu Ye and Feifei watched Nica and the others' hunting process, and they were very happy. After all, Nika and the others are about to succeed, and they will soon be able to eat giraffe meat.
You know, Chu Ye has never eaten giraffe meat since he was reborn on the prairie. Now that he saw that the lionesses were about to bring down this female giraffe, he felt very happy.
Although Feifei is a real lion, it seems that she has never eaten giraffe meat when she grows so big!
Although lions sometimes hunt giraffes. But the chance of successful hunting is very small. It can be said that for female lions to successfully hunt an adult giraffe, it is almost as difficult as winning a lottery ticket.
A lion can only eat giraffe meat a few times in its life. Even seven- or eight-year-old lionesses like Nika and Mira have eaten giraffe meat only a handful of times in their seven or eight years.
However, today, Nika, Mila, and Lachi are about to successfully hunt this female giraffe, and they can all have a feast of giraffe meat.
Chu Ye and Feifei hid in the grass. Seeing that Nika and the others had controlled the female giraffe, they felt that victory was in sight. They, the pride of lions, would soon be able to enjoy a giraffe feast.
This female giraffe finally couldn't resist the attack of more than a dozen female lions. Nika jumped directly on the giraffe's back, then bit the giraffe's belly, and then let his body hang on the giraffe's neck.
This action is a technique used by lions when hunting giraffes. Because giraffes are very tall, it is not easy to bring them down. You have to bite its neck and hang your body on the giraffe's neck. Only in this way can the giraffe lose its balance and fall to the ground.
Nika is a female lion who is very experienced in hunting. Even giraffes, which are rarely hunted by lions, have been hunted before.
Now Nika is leading more than ten female lions. After a fight, she is about to knock down the female giraffe. Once a female giraffe is put down, it will be difficult for her to stand up again.
However, at this moment, something unexpected happened.
