Chapter 560: The hunting strategies of lionesses
The same is true for a pride of lions. The lion king is equivalent to the head of the family, and the female lion is equivalent to the mistress of the family. In addition, there are their children.
A lion group can range from three or four lions to as many as a dozen lions. They all live together in a blood relationship. Their blood relationship is completely equivalent to a human family.
This is not the case with the herd of cattle. The herd of cattle is not a family, it should be said to be a family. Just like a family in some villages in human society, a family is formed with the same surname. This family may consist of many families.
If a single family member has a very close blood relationship, then within a family, although there is a blood relationship, they are already relatively distant.
The herd is just like that, it is just a family relationship. There is not such a close family relationship between them, so they are not as united as a pride of lions.
Because of this, when a pride of lions attacks a herd of buffaloes, the response of the buffalo herds is almost always to run away. After all, their unity is nothing compared to that of a pride of lions.
If the buffaloes were a family like the lions, they would be closely united and would not be able to defeat the lions.
But the reality is that many cattle will choose to run away when they see a pride of lions attacking them. Even if a buffalo is caught by a pride of lions, they rarely go back to help.
This is the difference between buffalo and lion. This is precisely why the two populations can check and balance each other in strength.
In fact, this is not just true for the buffalo group, but also for the relationship between any group of herbivores and carnivores.
Because of this, the herbivores and carnivores on the entire prairie can form a good ecological balance, allowing them to thrive on this prairie. '
After Chu Ye explained the matter again in an easy-to-understand way, Fatty understood. After all, if you say this, even a primary school graduate can understand it.
'Boss, if you say that, I will understand. It seems that a pride of lions is a family, while a herd of cattle is just a group of people. 'The fat man finally summarized what Chu Ye said in more incisive words.
After hearing this, Chu Ye looked at the fat man and praised him, "Fat man, aren't your words very philosophical?" You also said that you didn’t understand what I said before, are you just showing off? '
The fat man said modestly, "Why am I pretending?" No, I just listened to you explain it clearly and I just summarized it. It’s not that big of a deal. '
While Chu Ye was talking to Fatty, the situation on the battlefield changed somewhat.
Feifei saw the buffalo leader break out from the encirclement of the seven lionesses, and then ran towards the place where they were staying.
This was an accident, because according to the plan of the lionesses, they were to surround this buffalo. In this way, you can take it down.
The lioness just appeared first, just to select the target first, and then drive the target into the circle formed by several other female lions.
This is the usual hunting method of lions. This is usually the case for them. First, one female lion attacks a prey, and the other female lions wait in the distance. When the prey is driven into them by the female lion that appears first, Once inside the encirclement, they will attack in groups.
The leading lioness is often the leader of the group of lionesses, or a lioness queen. She is often the lioness with the most combat experience, and every battle plan is formulated and implemented by this lioness.
The combat operations of the seven lionesses just now were planned by the lioness queen who appeared first, and everything was going according to her plan.
As for why it chose a buffalo leader, of course it was because the buffalo leader was injured. When a pride of lions attacks a herd of buffaloes, it is also crucial to choose a target. Only by choosing a suitable target can the success rate of hunting be increased.
Under normal circumstances, when lions choose targets, they will choose targets that are old, weak, sick, and disabled. After all, the success rate of hunting such targets will be very high. Especially for behemoths like buffalo, when lions attack, they like to choose some small buffalo to attack.
Of course, this also depends on the number of lions in a group. If there are only three or five lions in a group, then when they hunt, they basically choose the old, weak, sick and disabled individuals as their hunting targets.
In this way, their hunting success rate is very high, and because their number is small, they consume less food every day. Hunting a small prey may be enough for them to eat a meal.
For large prey like buffalo, even a half-sized buffalo weighs hundreds of kilograms, which is enough to feed a pride of only three or five lions. Therefore, for lions with a small number, buffalo calves are their first choice when hunting.
However, for a large pride of lions, like the one in front of you, with more than a dozen lions, when they hunt, they must try to choose a larger individual. Because if you choose small individuals, although the hunting success rate is relatively high, when it comes time to eat, it may not be enough.
Only by choosing a relatively large individual can everyone get a share of the meal. Especially for female lions who hunt by themselves, the size of the prey directly determines whether they have food to eat.
Because the status of female lions in a pride happens to be in a rather awkward position. Although they work the hardest, they may have to stand aside when it's time to eat.
Because among a pride of lions, the male lion has the highest status. Male lions can get something for nothing and have priority in eating. When the male lion is eating, other lions can only stand aside. Even the little lions have to wait until the male lion is full before they can go and eat.
After the male lion is full, then the cubs go to eat. Only when the cubs are also full can it be the female lion's turn to eat. But by this time, the food may have been almost eaten. If it is a small prey, there will only be some bones left.
Therefore, for a group of female lions, they try to choose larger prey when hunting. Only in this way, they may not work in vain, and they may get a share of the pie after hunting hard. Otherwise, all their efforts are just for the lion and the little lion.
