Chapter 353: The independent character of the lion
Because other lion groups do not have wise lion kings like the Chuye group, their lion kings will not think about how to protect the little lions, they will only think about how to escape.
Therefore, among the lions crossing the river, there can be a pride of more than ten lion cubs, which is the pride of Chu Ye. Not to mention that there are not more than a dozen cubs in other lion groups, there are only a few adult lions.
Although lions are powerful, this big cat is far inferior to hyenas in terms of unity.
We all know that lions and lions are the two top predators of the cat family, and both have the title of king of beasts.
But lions and tigers are very different in their living habits.
A lion is a social animal, while a tiger is a solitary animal. Except when Tiger is in love, he will be with his partner. At other times, he almost lives alone.
Of course, this has a lot to do with the environment in which the two animals live. Because tigers generally live in jungles. The terrain in the jungle is too complex, and it would be very inconvenient for large animals like tigers to live in groups.
Because social animals often move and live together. From one place to another, they are all in groups.
However, in the jungle, there are large trees and vines everywhere, and these plants will seriously affect the movement of social animals. Therefore, animals living in the jungle basically swim alone and live alone.
The terrain in the jungle dictates that the only way to hunt prey is through ambush. This method is only suitable for hunting alone, not for group hunting. Because if you hunt alone and lurk, it will be difficult for prey to find you.
However, if a group hunts together and conducts an ambush, it will be easier for the prey to discover them. After all, there are too many groups, and it is not easy to hide them all.
On the prairie, the terrain is relatively simple. If you want to hunt successfully, ambush is not advisable, but hunting is a more reliable method.
We know that predators on the savanna almost always live in groups. Except for leopards and cheetahs, which do not like to live in groups, all other carnivores live in groups.
In fact, even loners like cheetahs and leopards hunt in teams during the dry season. After all, during the dry season, food is scarce and there are relatively few small herbivores. There are only some large herbivores. If you want to hunt successfully, you can only team up and hunt together.
Cats seem to like living alone. Animals such as leopards almost always live alone. The only exception is lions, which live in groups.
Therefore, some people feel that lions should not be considered cats but canines because they do not like to live alone but prefer to live in groups. And the appearance of a lion does look a bit like a 'dog'.
This statement seems to make some sense, but there is no evidence to prove that lions should belong to the canine family. In any case, lions should still be cats, not canines.
Although lions are social animals, they still have the characteristics of cats that like to live alone. First of all, not all lions live in groups, like some stray male lions, they live alone and hunt and feed themselves.
Even though the lion king lives in a pride of lions, he still likes to be alone, and he does not hunt with the lionesses. When the lionesses come back from hunting, they will snatch their prey. For the little lion in the pride, even though it is its biological child, it does not care or love at all. If a little lion dares to provoke it, it will also show anger.
If a certain male lion defeats the original lion king and becomes the new lion king, he will kill the cubs in the original pride without mercy.
Although these living habits of male lions are not the same as those of tigers, they have many similarities. Even though the male lion lives in a pride of lions, his character is still very independent.
In fact, even female lions often go hunting together. However, there are also times when one hunts alone. Generally speaking, when female lions go out to hunt in groups, it is mostly during the dry season, because during the dry season, food is scarce and it is more difficult to successfully hunt.
At this time, the lions' prey are large herbivores. If the lionesses do not unite, it will be difficult for them to hunt successfully. At this time, the female lions in the pride usually choose to go hunting together.
However, during the rainy season, this is not the case. During the rainy season, food is plentiful. There are many prey species to hunt.
At this time, the lionesses may not need to go hunting together. If three or two of them go out, they can hunt some prey.
Also, if a pride hunts smaller prey and there are more lions in the pride. Some female lions will take time to hunt alone if they don't have enough to eat.
All in all, although lions are also social animals on the African savannah, they are still very different from standard social animals such as hyenas and wild dogs.
Animals such as hyenas and wild dogs are very standard social animals. They basically do not hunt alone, but at least five or six of them hunt together.
Of course, this is also because their size is not particularly strong and their success rate in hunting alone is not high. That's why they choose to hunt together.
If we only look at it from the perspective of hunting, animals such as lions and hyenas are similar. They all hunt in a joint team.
However, in terms of life, it is very different.
It can be said that the life of the lion pride is relatively simple. And the life of a hyena is very complicated.
The lions living among the lions do not have many hierarchies, and they are even said to be equal. Except that the lion king may enjoy the right to eat first, in other respects, everyone is almost equal.
However, among hyenas, this is not the case. First of all, the hyena group is a feminist society. Among hyena groups, female hyenas generally have a higher status than male hyenas.
However, even among female hyenas, there are those with different statuses. If she is the biological daughter of the Hyena Queen, she will have the most power besides the Queen. Even the Hyena Queen's biological son is not as powerful as her daughter. But it also has more power than an ordinary male hyena.
Therefore, the hyena family is a small society with strict hierarchy and complex structure. In this society, there is a strict hierarchy, and the hyena queen has the final say in all life and hunting matters.
