Chapter 323 The hippo wants to eat meat
However, these female lions did not take this giant hippopotamus seriously. They felt that hippos were vegetarians and would not compete with the lions for food. This hippopotamus ran over, and it definitely wanted to eat the grass here, not the giraffe meat.
So, these lionesses were still there eating the minced meat from the giraffe. As for the hippopotamus that wanted to run over, they just looked up at it and continued looking for the minced meat.
The same goes for Maomao. He also stared at the hippopotamus running over, and then continued to compete with the lionesses for food.
However, Chu Ye was still staring at this uninvited guest. Because Chu Ye felt that this hippopotamus was no ordinary hippopotamus. Since it is a mutant hippopotamus, it will definitely do some unusual things.
Sure enough, when this hippopotamus ran over from a distance, it did not go looking for grass to eat. Instead, I came right over and wanted to eat giraffe meat.
This move shocked all the lions present. Chu Ye felt his jaw dropped even more. After all, he never imagined that this hippopotamus would come to snatch the meat.
Because there is not much meat left on this giraffe. When this hippo ran over, it felt that if it wanted to eat meat, it had to drive away these female lions.
So, this hippopotamus immediately drove the lionesses away and let one of them eat the minced meat of this giraffe.
But how could Nika and Mira be willing to give up their prey to this hippopotamus, so they immediately started fighting with this hippopotamus.
Maomao was nibbling some leftover meat on the giraffe's neck just now. She was a little far away from the hippo and had not yet had a head-on conflict with the hippo.
He originally thought that this hippopotamus would not compete with lions like them for food. However, the sudden change took him by surprise. I don’t understand how this hippo can compete with the lions for food.
Because this hippopotamus is very tall and strong. Inside its giant mouth, there are four extremely hard and sharp fangs. Since then, the strength of animals like hippos in the entire prairie is definitely one of the best.
It can be said that in the entire savannah, the only animal that dares to fight a hippopotamus alone is probably an elephant. Even male lions don't dare to compete with adult hippos alone.
You know, an adult hippopotamus weighs nearly two tons. It weighs almost as much as a giraffe. And an ordinary male lion does not weigh more than 300 kilograms, which is really nothing compared to a hippopotamus weighing nearly two tons.
Therefore, if a stray male lion encounters a hippopotamus, it will have no choice but to run away and will not dare to compete with the hippopotamus head-on.
Of course, the only animal that dares to attack a hippopotamus is a lion. Because lions have strong fighting power, if they go out to hunt in groups, no matter what kind of prey they are, they can become the targets of the lions.
Hippos are also targets of lion attacks. If more than a dozen lions go out to hunt together, even huge hippos will become targets of lion attacks.
After all, for a pride with more than a dozen lions, it needs a lot of food every day. If they only hunt some small prey, they obviously cannot satisfy their huge appetite.
Therefore, as long as the lions go out to hunt together, they will definitely choose some large prey. Because only by hunting large prey can all the lions in the entire pride have a full meal.
For animals living on the savannah, it is possible to eat regularly only during the rainy season. During the dry season, they are hungry almost every day.
Animals are not like humans who can eat enough every day. As adults, animals live a life of one meal and no next meal. In fact, they not only had one meal but no next meal, they may have passed today without tomorrow.
In fact, our human understanding of animals is still very limited. We humans are obviously still relatively naive and ignorant in the face of the mysterious and colorful nature.
This giant hippopotamus actually started eating meat during the dry season. This phenomenon may seem incomprehensible to ordinary people.
However, for Chu Ye, who has lived on the prairie for two years, this does not seem to be a very difficult thing to understand.
Of course, Chu Ye was also very surprised when he saw the strange behavior of this hippopotamus. Because the behavior of this hippopotamus was completely beyond Chu Ye's imagination.
But no matter what, Chu Ye quickly understood the strange behavior of this hippopotamus. After all, it is the dry season and the animals are very hungry. For animals with astonishing appetites like hippos, it is possible for them to eat meat if there is not a lot of grass for them to eat.
Hippos have never been absolute vegetarians. They will have many opportunities to eat meat during their lives. Not only do they eat meat during the dry season, but sometimes they also eat some meat during the rainy season.
Originally, in nature, there was no clear boundary between herbivores and carnivores. Some carnivores may also eat some grass or plant fruits when they are very hungry.
Some herbivores may also eat some meat under certain special circumstances. Although they don't like eating meat very much, sometimes, they seem to have to eat some meat.
For the mutated hippopotamus in front of him, it felt that it needed to eat some meat. So, it wanted to come and snatch the food from these lions.
However, it may not have seen that there is a very tall and strong male lion next to these female lions, guarding these female lions.
Of course, maybe this hippo didn't take Chu Ye and these lionesses seriously at all. It feels that with its huge size, it can completely deal with Chu Ye and this group of female lions.
As a result, this hippopotamus began to attack Nika, Mila and the other lionesses. It opened its mouth wide and bit a lioness on the head.
Fortunately, this lioness reacted faster and jumped aside quickly, preventing the giant hippopotamus from having its head exploded.
Just imagine, for such a giant hippopotamus, the bite force of its huge mouth must be very amazing. If the lioness just let this giant hippopotamus bite her head, it might really be doomed.
