Chapter 866 Caught the Ostrich's Son

After drinking enough water, the feeling of hunger surpassed thirst and became the biggest need of the body.

The strong ostrich jumped on the rock pile and continued to move forward towards the entrance of the underground river, with its black feathers fluttering in the ups and downs.

Looking at the familiar route of the ostrich, it is obvious that this is also an "old customer".

Harley, who has been hungry for more than a day, is eager to try. The genes in his body give him the instinct of hunting.

As it kept pressing its claws and the muscles on its shoulders surged like water, Bifang held down the restless cheetah, shook his head and whispered to the audience: "Don't attack when the animal is about to drink water. This is not a good opportunity."

"Thirst can weaken the animal's nerves, but when it knows it is about to drink water, its brain will be briefly excited and it will be highly alert to the surrounding environment. If it attacks at this time, the probability of failure will be very high. It is always paying attention to every move around it."

"Look at the ostrich's head. It is looking around and observing the environment."

Bifang held down Harley's head with one hand and stretched out the other hand from the cracks in the rocks to point at the ostrich.

The drone shot from the perspective of the finger, and the audience saw that the ostrich slowed down significantly after approaching the cave entrance, and the frequency of looking around increased greatly, which was obviously very alert.

"The ostrich's eyeballs are larger than its brain, and it has the largest eyeballs among land creatures. Although there is no necessary connection, it may be because of this that the ostrich has excellent vision and can see things 3 to 5 kilometers away, so we must be careful."

"We wait for it to come out after drinking water. That's the best opportunity. After drinking water, the animal will be in a comfortable state, and the nerves will be more relaxed at this time. It is also a good opportunity for us to catch it off guard."

"Of course, we can actually catch the turtle in the jar. After the ostrich goes in, we will follow it in to catch it, but the cave is too dark. We didn't explore it well. We don't know if there are other exits or hidden dangers. It's best not to take such risks. Just wait for it to come out here."

[Ostrich: There is a way! ]

[Have a good last meal]

[Drink, drink hard]

In this way, Bifang and Harley chose to stay put in the face of the ostrich in front of them.

Watching the huge ostrich enter the cave little by little.

Watching the prey disappear in front of his eyes, the cheetah Harley became a little impatient, grabbed the cuffs of Bifang's clothes with his claws, and opened his mouth to bite.

Bifang withdrew his hand and ignored it.

He was sure that if he really let Harley go, with the little skills he grew up in the protection center, he would most likely return empty-handed.

"Cheetahs are carnivores, and their main prey is small and medium-sized ungulates, including Thomson's gazelles, Grant's gazelles, and impalas, but ostriches are also common prey for cheetahs."

"Although cheetahs run fast, their running distance is very limited, so when hunting, cheetahs will try their best to get close to their prey, one step at a time."

"Approach the prey within 10 to 30 meters, and then hunt the prey."

"Because cheetahs have relatively short teeth, cheetahs sometimes cannot bite their food to death with their teeth, and often rely on their upper and lower jaws to clamp the prey's neck like pliers, causing the prey to suffocate to death."

"It often takes five to ten minutes for those large prey to die."

"Let's get closer so that Harley can take action more easily and increase its probability."

[Ah, Lao Fang wants Harley to do it himself? ]

[Is it reliable? 】

【One person and one cheetah, but we actually think that cheetahs are unreliable when hunting. Is it in this river (eating watermelon)】

"Let it try."

It has only been hungry for a day, and its physical condition is still good, so Bifang did not hold the idea of ​​​​getting the ostrich. He planned to let Harley try it himself to see how good its hunting talent is.

For cheetahs, it is even easier.

Wild animals do not have three meals a day, and whether they can eat meat depends on luck.

Most carnivores can go a week without eating. Only when they have cubs do they need to hunt every day. They live alone on weekdays, basically once every two days.

It's only more than a day now, less than two days.

It's no problem if you can't catch it.

Compared with its compatriots in the wild, Harley's food is definitely a paradise. There is even a lot of fat on his body, and it feels fleshy.

Complaining now is completely because he has never experienced hard times.

After surviving more in the wild, this guy will understand what cruel nature is.

Bifang led Harley forward several meters and came to a place closer to the cave entrance.

This position was not as good as before, and it could not hide the figures of a man and a leopard. However, the ambush was mainly about surprise. When the ostrich came out and changed direction, it could not see them directly.

They waited for about a quarter of an hour.

Bifang, who had his head pressed against the rock wall, became alert. It was not because he heard anything from the ground, but because the ostrich's head appeared in his sight.

Harley's breathing became low, and his eyes were fixed on the ostrich in front of him.

Even Jerry poked his head out of the backpack, with a pair of dark little eyes staring at him.

"Chase, pounce, bite, remember these? Go!"

Bifang spoke in a low voice, not knowing whether the cheetah could understand human words, and finally slapped the cheetah's butt.

The cheetah, which was already condescending, jumped out of the air with the help of this slap. After only two landings, it covered a distance of more than ten meters and came behind the ostrich.

At this time, the ostrich did not react at all until Harley landed on it. Under the feedback of the touch, the entire bird's body trembled and it let out a cry full of fear.

The whole process was so short that the audience in the live broadcast room didn't have time to see it clearly. They only felt that as soon as Bi Fang finished speaking, a black shadow jumped out from his side. Then he landed and kicked off, then landed on the ostrich. In the end, No idea what happened.

Perhaps the audience can only see it clearly after the live broadcast is slowed down.

Only Bi Fang, whose dynamic vision was astonishing and whose nerve reflex speed was equally superhuman, could see clearly. Looking at the cheetah jumping on the ostrich, he clenched his fists and felt excited.

Well done, you can have ostrich meat today!

But just when Bi Fang thought so, he saw the frightened ostrich jump and rise into the air. Then the cheetah that jumped behind it lost its grip and fell to the ground wiping the ostrich's feathers. , and fell to the ground at its own speed, rolling several times.

When he got up again, the ostrich had already escaped ten meters away.

The two distances added up to more than thirty meters, and even Bi Fang was helpless at this time.

However, Harley, who rolled around on the ground several times, obviously didn't think so. Perhaps he felt that he was lost, so he got up from the ground and ran after him.

The hunting instinct engraved in his genes made Harley chase the escaping ostrich regardless of his own safety.

Bi Fang was not upset when he saw this, everything was as expected, he grabbed his spear and chased after him.

Soon, the audience before the live broadcast saw the three-linked strange scene of a cheetah chasing an ostrich and Bifang chasing a cheetah through a drone flying high in the sky, if not counting the Gambian rat in Bifang's backpack.

But soon, everyone saw the terrifying speed of the ostrich and the cheetah.

On the vast African grassland, the ostrich took the lead and rode away from the crowd. The cheetah following closely behind it was not far behind. It was almost only less than ten meters behind, and it looked like it was only half a body behind.

Compared with the first two, Bifang, who is at the back, seems to be quite stretched out, and the distance is constantly being lengthened.

In fact, Bi Fang's running speed at this time may not be half of the previous two.

In almost a few breaths, the tail lights of the two guys in front were almost invisible.

Only the audience can follow the fierce competition between the two beasts through high-altitude drones.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that Bi Fang saw the cheetah sitting on the ground sticking out its tongue.

Clearly, this was a fruitless hunt.

[Good guy, failed]

【Not surprising at all】

[So are you going to be hungry again today? 】

[I gave you a chance but you didn’t use it]

"It doesn't matter. I have been mentally prepared for it. I can only say that it was expected."

Bifang panted and stood not far away looking at the figure of the cheetah behind the bushes. He laughed, not at all angry or annoyed because he could not catch the prey.

At his current level, even if he really can't catch prey, he can still survive by looking for plants, beetles, etc., but his quality of life will drop a lot.

Bi Fang didn't care about this, so there was no big existential crisis.

After adventure after adventure, there are still many events that can bring a sense of crisis to Bi Fang. Encountering poachers, encountering apex predators, and rare natural disasters are all extremely dangerous times.

can be regarded as the most basic and routine dilemma.

Lack of food, lack of water, these most basic difficulties can hardly bother Bifang anymore.

This is proven both at the North Pole and at Point Nemo.

"This is the grassland. Not every time there is a harvest. I believe Harley is not stupid at all. He has the talent for hunting. As long as he tries a few more times, he can always discover it in the end."

After a while, Bifang stepped forward to call Harley back, but as soon as his sight passed the bushes, his steps froze.

The initially disappointed audience also widened their eyes.

Not that Harley caught an ostrich.

The ostrich was not caught, but the ostrich's child was caught by Harley!

Several huge ostrich eggs suddenly appeared in front of Harley. The clean and thick eggshells glowed with a milky white luster in the sunlight.

Harley gasped, turned to look at Bifang, then lowered his head and licked the ostrich eggs.

Bi Fang raised his eyebrows and touched his growling belly.

“Well, it seems Harley is a pretty good hunter.

"We have eggs to eat."

Click.

The dry branches were broken off and thrown into the bonfire.

In the burning fire pit, an ostrich egg was thrown directly into it, and it was soon turned black by the fierce fire.

The other two were lying intact on the sand beside them.

"Many animals eat or abandon their own young. Perhaps the ostrich deliberately lures Harley to its nest and uses its young to drag away predators. This is a successful reproductive strategy."

In front of the fire pit, Bi Fang was explaining to the audience why Harley could find ostrich eggs.

"Pricide is very common among animals. We often observe this phenomenon in hamsters, cats, rabbits, fish and other animals that we have a lot of contact with."

“From a biological perspective, the ultimate purpose of life is survival and reproduction.”

"We cannot live forever, but as long as we have children during our lifetime, we can pass on our unique genes."

“On the African grasslands, after the foreign male lions drive away the old male lions, the first thing is to kill all the cubs to interrupt the lactation period of the female lions, so that the female lions can re-enter the breeding period and the new male lions can reproduce themselves. Their descendants will inherit their genes.”

"Sometimes, lions will eat their own cubs in order to reproduce. Especially if the cubs are in poor physical condition, disabled or sick, the probability of the female lion eating the cubs will be greatly increased."

"For a lioness, if one number is useless after practicing, it is better to eat it quickly so that she can seize the time to reproduce and practice the next number."

"On the other hand, in addition to problems with the cubs themselves, infanticide often occurs due to external factors, such as other odors on the cubs' bodies."

"In many zoos, there are incidents where cubs are eaten because they are contaminated with human odor."

"Animals can't recognize DNA and have a very keen sense of smell."

"When it smells human scent from the cubs, it can't tell if they are its own babies, so it eats them."

This kind of rule is very cruel, but in the animal world there is no emotion at all, only the benefits of reproduction.

So torma is, to some extent, a successful reproductive strategy.

"Lizards, birds, snakes, and fish all eat their own eggs due to certain factors, and the long-tailed lizard is the most prominent."

"When the lizard is in crisis, it will eat all its eggs immediately."

"Rather than being eaten by others, it is better to eat it yourself. These eggs are the 'meat' that falls from your own body. Eating this meat can better prepare for the next round of reproduction."

"No matter what kind of animal food seeds are, they all reach the same goal. Everything is just to better pass on their own genes and continue the inheritance of the entire race."

"The same principle applies to abandoning children. For animals, if they can contribute their children in exchange for their own lives, it is also a very cost-effective deal, just like an otter will hold out its children when it encounters danger. Earn sympathy from predators.”

[I know this. When I saw it for the first time, I thought someone was making it up, but then I found out it was true]

【It really shocked me】

[The Cat Team has made a great contribution! 】

"Of course, it cannot be ruled out that it was an accidental collision. The ostrich took the cheetah to its nest in a panic."

Bi Fang poked the ostrich eggs in the flames with a wooden stick and turned them over to better absorb the heat and accelerate their maturity.

"The shell of the ostrich eggs is very thick, so we need to bake them for a while. It would be better if there is soy sauce. After they are cooked, just pour the soy sauce on them. It is definitely a delicious dish."

After roasting for about a quarter of an hour, Bi Fang felt that it was almost done, so he used two branches to stand it out.